HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1919-4-10, Page 3"LIBRE BELGIQUE"
FILES ON SALE
!FO All) THE RECONSTRUCTION
OF LOUVAIN UNIVERSITY
Patriotic Belgian Newspaper Which
Deflect the German Military
Authorities During 'War.
Under the heading "Four Years a
Secret—The Belgian Newspaper That
Defied the Germans," the London
Times publishes the following an-
nouncement;
the proprietors of La Libre Bel-
gique announce that they are offer-
ing for sale to the highest bidder
four complete files of La Libre )3e1 -
gigue which was secretly published
in Belgium during the German Poop. -
Winn,
To each file is added a dedication
and the autograph signature of Car-
dinal Mercier, primate of Belgium,
and a certificate by the heirs of Vic-
tor Jourdain, the founder and chief
editor of Le Libre Belgique, testify -
Ing that each file is complete and con-
sists exclusively of authentic copies
that were secretly printed in Bel-
gium during German occupation.
The entire proceeds of the sale
will be devoted to the reconstruction
of the University of Louvain. Offers
may be sent to La Libre Belgique,
Brussels, or to the Times office, Box
Y 262, London.
La Libre Belgique was the patri-
otic Belgian newspaper which
throughout the German occupation
of Belgium defied all efforts of the
military authorities to suppress it.
The identity of its publisher and of
its editorial staff remained unknown,
dspite the most drastic measures the
Germans took, and! the newspaper
never missed publication, but appear-
ed regularly every week, now in this
part of the country, now in that.
Baffled von Bissing.
It was n thorn in the side of the
German authorities, and General von
Bissing in particular made most
strenuous efforts, even employing
army spies, to discover the manner
and place, or rather the places, of
its printing and publication. At one
time a reward of 75,000 marks (nor-
mally $18,750) was offered to any
one disclosing the identity of the
publisher and editors. On another
occasion, in September, 1916, the
seven principal printers in Ghent
were arrested at random "until the
responsible persons," an the order,
"who publish and print La Libre Bel-
gique are denounced or surrender
themselves to justice."
At different times numerous per-
sons were arrested and sentenced to
long terms of imprisonment for sup-
posed complicity in publication of the
newspaper, and on the same ground
two Belgian priests were arrested as
recently as April, 1918, and one of
them condemned to death. Once the
convent of St. Michael, in Brussels,
was suspected of harboring the mov-
able printing press, and the Germans,
in a vain search, battered walls down
and dug three feet down under the
floor of the cellars.
But all efforts at discovery were
fruitless. La Libre Belgique contin-
ued to appear... General von Bissing
continued regularly to receive a
complimentary copy every week and
on the occasion of the anniversary of
Belgian independence the editor was
even able to issue a special number.
Laughed at Germans.
Sometimes the newspaper poked
fun at the authorities and pretended
to give them clues and advice in
their search. "La Libre Belgique is
written and printed in a motorcar,"
it declared on one occasion.
When the Vlaamsche Leeuw, an-
other secret newspaper, first appear-
ed in 1916 it contained an announce-
ment, "On sale now; here, every-
where. Editorial office, Komman-
dantur, Brussels, just above the print-
ing office of. La Libre Belgique,"
LUCKLESS NAMES
John Has Proved an Unlucky Name
to Royal Family.
The prize bounty ease which came
up recently, and which had to do
with claims as to the sinking of the
German cruiser Breslau, brought out
a curious decision of the Admiralty.
The Goeben and Breslau were bril-
liantly taclrled by two of our ,small
destroyers, the Lizard and the Tig-
reas, yet the Admiralty suppressed
the names of the commanding offi-
cers,
It now tarns out that the name
of the commander of the Lizard was
Lieut. Norman Ohlenschlager, and it
was thought that the Teutonic sound
of the name would offend the sus-
eept3biliti s of the British public,
The death of poor little Prince
John has called to mind the fact that
John has been an unlucky name for
Royalty all through English history.
From Kin) John, who lost all his
treasure in the Weill, and died of a
surfeit of lampreys, there has never
been a lucky John.
Thomas has always been regarded
as an unlucky name, because jt was
that of the doubting apostlo. So, too
but 10 a leaser extent have James and
Sailors do not Iike thine bearing
the names of serpents or reptiles,
Me Navy has loot two Serpents, a
Clobre, s Viper, and a Basilisk.
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THE SYMBOLISM
OF -WATERMARKS.
ORIGINALLY PLACED ON PAPER
AS MAKER'S SIGNATURE
At Present it Signifies a Standard of
Quality and Its Use is of
Advantage to All.
Watermarks, as they are gen.eraliy
known to -day, merely serve as trade-
marks, helping to distinguish one
grade of paper from another, and to
enhance for commercial purposes
the value of the liberal advertising
which the various paper mills em-
ploy. In earlier days the devices
were symbolic in their character,
and stood as the signatures of the
papermakers rather then as an ex-
ploitation of the paper itself.
In those times, of course, the paper
was all made by hand, and the me-
thod of introducing the watermark
was 'primitive, yet this same method
bas obtained in hand -made papers
with slight improvements down tc
the present day. The mold is a shal-
low box of wood, upon which a fine
wire cloth is stretched, which is made
of parallel wire. This is called the
sieve. The design to be watermark-
ed is made by wires bent into the
shape of the desired characters, and
attached to the surface of the wire
cloth, This results in making the
paper thinner where the device is
introduced, and the watermark thus
becomes transparent.
Of Ancien, Origin. '
Watermarks are found in paper
200 years before the ?invention of
printing and they represent the ut-
most diversity of design. Among
these may be mentioned the circle,
including the stylus and the star; the
bull's head and- stylus, appearing in
many a variation; the bow and ar-
row; the jug; the anchor; the cross-
bow; the scales, and the cross—in
multitudinous variety.
A few years ago a volume appear-
ed in which many deductions were
made concerning these watermarks.
According to the theory advanced,
papermaking was introduced into
Europe by the Crusaders or the
Moors, and first became prominens
in establishing the industry in Pro-
vence. Here was the site of a primi-
tive civilization during the Middle
Ages, and it was also the home of the
Albigenses, who were the most pow-
erful opponents the Roman Catholic
Church had before the Reformation,
and who were both rationalists and
mystics,. Reasoning on this basis,
the author claims that the early pa-
permakers were Albigenses, and that
driven from their strongholds, they
were obliged to seek new locations
for the establishment of their indus-
try. Never ceasing in their devotion
to their secret doctrines, they found
it necessary to devise some means for
communicating with each other and
the early watermarks, according to
this theory, provided an excellent• ve-
hicle for accomplishing this purpose.
This adds romance and interest to
the subject, but unfortunately the
author succeeds in prov,iding but
scant 'nuiltority for the basis of his
theory. It is still only safe to as-
sume, therefore, that these marks
were placed in the paper as a guar-
antee of their quality, and without
so serious a purpose ea is ;suggested
in the theory advanced.
Until the invention of papermak-
ing machinery in 1798, watermarked
paper was universal except in the
inferior unbleached SWISS varieties.
Since that date it has only been oc-
casionally that the watermark has
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been employed, and then for definite
trade purposes. In later years, how-
ever, publishers have recognized the
opportunity which the watermark of-
fers to introduce their own mono-
gram, or, in other words, to give to
the complete volume unity to which
the presence of the house mark con-
tributes in an indefinite but agree-
able way.
The Russian papermakers have
perhaps been the most ingenious in
developing watermarks, which in
some cases cover the entire sheet,
but the Japanese have been more
artistic: While the Russians employ
imperial wreaths, arms and portraits
beautifully reproduced, the Japanese
introduce fn artistic fashion flying
birds, dolphins, floral designs, land-
scapes, buildings, mountains and
clouds. Some of these -watermarked
sheets are really works of art, and
worthy of being framed as trans-
parencies.
The use of the watermark in mod-
ern paper is distinctly to be encour-
aged. A paper mill placing its sym-
bol upon the sheets which it repro-
duces assumes a heavier responsibil-
ity as to the quality and uniformity
than the mill which produces paper
without watermark, whose lack of
quality can never be traced hack to
its original source. It brings in the
personal touch and the personal guar-
antee, and as such raises the stan-
dard, all of which tends to better
unity in the making of books.
The Return.
Golden through the golden morning,
Who is this that comee,
With the pride of banners lifted,
With the roll of drums?
With the self -same triumph shining
In the ardent glance,
That divine, bright fate -defiance
That you bore to France.
You! But o'er your grave in Flanders
Blow the winter gales;
Still for sorrow of your going
All life's laughter fails,
Borne on Antes of dawn the answer:
"O'er the foam's white track,
God's work done, so to our homeland
Gomes her hosting back,
"Conte the dead glen with the live
men
the marshes far,
Front
mounds in no•man's n 1
From the m v 1 oy,
Lit by cross nor star,
"Come to bled with hers the essence
Of their strength and pride,
All the radiance of the dreaming
For whose truth they died,"
So the dead men with the live men
Pass an hosting fair,
And the stone 10 rolled forever
From the soul's despair.
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A.:food scientist states that one and it walk, not trot. A poor dug will trot
one half pints of mill` with half 8 iv tolld 1properlylrtraina Id that very
willsaick-
ve
pound of pea -flour would supply all mnily
the essential ingredients for a whole
day's food,
SUN LIFE HAS RECORD YEAR.
The Sun Life Assurance Company's
48th Annual Report just leetumd, not
only surpasses last years record, but
in better then 811y ever fanned by the
Company. Every department of its
activities shows strength and pro-
gress. New business secured conetl-
tuted a record, total aaaeta are higher
than ever before, income is larger,
total assurances in force are much
greater, while the surplus of over
$8,000,000 indicates that the Company
is In a splcudld posltionto safeguard
the welfare of those intrusted to its
earn,
Its assurances In force now exceed
$340,800.000. a gain of nearly $29,000,-
000 during the year. New policies la-
med and paid Inc exceed $51,591,000,
while assets, which gained $7,460,000
during the year, now crowd close to ,
the $100,000,000 mark. To be exact,
these amount to $97,620,000,
The net surplus remaining above all
Ilabilitlea and capital stock exceeds
$3,000,000. During the year the Com -
patty paid to policy holders and their •
beneficiaries $9,768,000, a sum con -I
slderably in excess of the amount paid
last year, the heavier claims being due I
to the war and the influenza epidemic. 1
Another new record was made In
regard to income with $21,651,000 re-
ceived, a gain of over $2,300,000 dur-
ing the year. The Company is now
comfortably installed in its new office
building on Dominion Square, Mont-
real, where unequalled facilities en.
able them to carry on their large and
growing business in the best possible
manner.
Pussy -Willows.
You stand beside me as I write
Glad Springtime's first bouquet:
'Tis true your perfume is not strong
Nor color very gay;
Yet how I love your velvet buds
My pussy -willows grey.
You soon will change your first Spring
gown,
My sweat Springtime bouquet;
And dresses of the palest gold
Shall be your next array,
With tassels tossing in the breeze,
You'll wave the hours away.
The bees are whispering drowsily—
They scent Spring's first bouquet;
Soon they will know you've work for
them
And to you make their way:
You tell them Spring is really here,
My pussy -willows grey.
Sure ! High Heels
Cause Corns But
Who Cares Now
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Because style decrees that women
crowd and buckle up their tender toes
in high heel footwear they suffer from
corns, then they cut and trim at those
painful pests which merely makes the
corn grow hard. This suicidal habit
may cause lockjaw and women are
warned to stop it.
A few drops of n drug called freez-
one applied .directly upon a sore corn
gives quick relief and soon the entire
corn, root and all, lifts out without
pain. Ask the drug store man for a
quarter of an ounce offreesone, which
costs very little but Is sufficient to re -
m070 every hard or soft corn or callus
from one's feet.
This drug is an ether compound and
dries in a moment and simply shrivels
up the corn without inflaming or even
irritating the surrounding tissue or
shin, Clip this out and pin on your
wife's dresser.
An Absurd Question.
w"You sign this deed of your own
free will, do you, madam?" asked the
lawyer.
"What do you mean by that?" de-
manded the large, florid -faced woman,
looking threateningly upon the lawyer.
"1 mean there has beenno compul-
sion on the part of your husband. Has
there?"
"Him?" she ejaculated, turning to
look at the little, meek man sitting be-
hind her, "Frederick? I'd like to see
him eompnlse me,"
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A Practical Example.
"Inconsistent, I call it. The editor
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on the conservation of white paper."
"For his magazine."
"Yes."
"Well?"
"Now he turns it down just be-
cause I wrote on both sides of the
sheets,"
MONEY ORDERS.
Remit by Dominion Express Money
Order. If lost or stolen you get your
money hack,
The Victor.
"You naughty child, where have you
been?" demanded a mother of her
hopeful. "I believe you have been
fighting again with John next door.
,Tust look at your clothes! I'll have
to buy a new suit." "Don't scold me,
ma," responded the yotingster. "Yon
ought to see Johnny. His mothor'll
have to buy It now boy,'
Atinar4's Liniment Cures Dandruff,
If a dog ,is used in driving tlto
tale, insist that it walk at their I
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f their ?toads' and that;
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ISSUE 14—'19.
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FROM HERE &11HERE
Significant.
"I shuddered when Tom proposed."
"Was he so awkward?"
"Oh, no; he did it so well."
Will You Walk Into My Parlor?
A Mr. Cobb has married a Miss
Webb. IIe ):new they were meant for
each other the first time he "spied
her."
Force of Habit.
Lady (who has been shopping all
day)—When is the next train for
Richmond, please?
Ticket Office Clerk—The 2.10 ma-
dam.
Lady—Make it 2.05 and I'll take
it.
He Had the Name.
"You know, Pat, it is said that a
good name is rather to be chosen
than great riches."
"Is that so?"
"Yes, Pat. Now, which would you
prefer to have—a good name or
riches?"
"Well, you man give me the riches.
Me name's O'Toole and that's good
enough for any man."
He Was Careful.
To evade the draft, Sam decided
on the plea of imperfect sight. He
was warned by his companions that
he would have to be careful during
the tests at the recruiting office or
he would be tricked, and Sam said
he'd be careful all right.
The time came and the examining
physician, pointing to a card on the
wall, said: "How much of that sign
can you read, Sam?"
"Sign?" cried Sam. "Say, boss,
where am dat wall?"
To whom it may concern: This is
to certify that I have used MINARD'S
LINIMENT myself as well as pre-
scribed it in my practice where a lini-
ment was required and have never
failed to get the desired effect.
C. A, RING, M.D.
In Charge.
The soldier who believed in camou-
flaging unpleasant news in his let-
ters home was scribbling a note to
his mother as he rested on his way
to the guardhouse surrounded by his
guards.
"Dear Mother," he wrote, "I'm
quite well and going strong. At pre-
sent I'm in charge of a squad of
men."
His mother was delighted.
861nard's Liniment' Cttros Burgs, Etc.
Red was regarded by the Egyp-
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YOUR DANDRUFF AND
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Save your hair! Make it thick,
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try this!
Thin, brittle, colorless and scraggy
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There is nothing so destructive to
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of its lustre, its strength and its very
life; eventually producing a feverish-
ness and itching of the scalp, which
if not remedied causes the hair roots
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Got a small bottle of Knowlton's
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i a e ten ourstomach and
It will v� o y
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urSLL EQUIPPED NPIWOPAPER
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IV leE0CLY NEWSPAPER FOR SALB
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THMA
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Nemember th, name n It might not ba Seen .tern
Superior Attraction.
Beautiful Ernestine was sobbing as
though her heart would break.
"What Is it. dear?" asked the girt
friend.
"W -why," she sobbed, "I "t -told Jack,
after he proposed, to go up and see
Pena."
"What of that?"
"Why, they started playing cards,
and now he goes up to see papa every
night."
2alaar4's Llnlment for sale everywhere.
The Bible mentions nineteen dif-
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and thirty-five different animals.
GET SLOAN'S FOR
YOUR PAIN RELIEF
You don't have to rub it in
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Once you've tried it on that stiff
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a warm, soothing relief you never
thought a liniment could produce.
Won't stain the skin, leaves no
muss, wastes no tune in applying sure
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Cuficura
P° f les ( Face
That Itched and Burned.
Scratched Ce
"I had pimples and blackheads on
my face which were ca'ased by bad
blood. They came to a head
and were hard and red caus-
ing disftguremettt for the
Ulna being. They itched
and turned so much that.
1 constantly scratched and,
made them worse.
r "I sent for a free sample of Calcine
Soap and Ointment, and afterward*
bought mord. Now I am completely
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Wetmore, 35 Sheriff St, St. John,
11. B., Aug.10, 1917.
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