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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 10, 1926.
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Meeting of Livingstone and Stanley finally discovered the vet:rare e.Xplor-
er, and the meeting of the, two men
Fifty -fire years ago, on the 10th
November, 1871, occurred the mem-
orable meeting of Dr. David Living-
stone 'and Sir Henry Morton Stanley
in the wilds of Central Africa. -
Livingstone was a Scotehman, and
he commenced his career as a nth-
sionary and explorer in 1840 at the
age of 27, and during the next thirty
three years his travels covered a
third of the African continent, exten-
ding from the Cape of Good Hope to
the Equator and from the Atlantic
to the Indian Ocean., In all the coun-
tries through which he travelled he
gained the affection and veneration
of the natives, and although his geo-
graphical discoveries were numorons
and valuable, he will always he apere
ally remembered for his great work
in the cause of Christianity and civi-
lization. He started on the last of
his journeys in f866, and was finally
given up for dead as no news of his the body of their beloved master to
the coast, and in due time the re-
mains of the saintly missionary and
explorer were laid to rest in West-
minster Abbey.
In after years Stanley made two
more adventurous journeys into the
heart of the Dark Continent, with
which his name will ever ba associ-
ated owing to the extent and impor-
tance of his geographical discover-
ies. He died in 1904 in England,
where the closing years of his life
were passed, and it was during that
period that the writer had the privi-
lege of meeting him on several oc-
casions and heard from the lips of
the intrepid explorer himself that rhe
most thrilling and memorable epi-
sode in his career was his meeting
with Livingstone in Central Africa.
took place at Ujiji, where Living-
stone was resting after a severe ..at-
tack of sickness. • He was inspired
with new life by the timely arrival
of Stanley, who was able to supply
liim with several much-needed sup -
Thee, made two shdrt journeys of
exploration together, and then on the
15th March, 1872, Stanley started
on his return march alone, all his
endeavors to induce Livingstone to
accompany him having Droved fut-
ile. The veteran refused to return
to civilization until he had completed
the task he had set out to perform,
and after Stanley left him he never
again looked upon the face of a
white man. A little over a yeer after
their parting, on the morning of 1st
May, 1873, Livingstone was discov-
ered kneeling at his bedside, dead.
His faithful native servants carried
whereabouts was received for a con-
siderable time.
Stanley, who was a Welshman by
birth, was born in the year in which
Livingstone started on his frsi Afri-
can journey. At the age of 19 he
went to America, where he served in
the army during the Civil War, and
later hoe became a journalist attach-
ed to the "New York Herald." Gor-
don Bennett, the proprietor of the
newspaper, did not share the common
belief that Livingstone was dead, and
he despatched Stanley to find and re-
lieve the missing man. Stanley was
provided with ample funds, and on
the 21st March, 1871, he commence•t
his eventful march into the unknown
wilds of Central Africa. After over-
coming innumerable difficulties he
HOW THEY GOT THEiR NAMES
When you speak the names of days
of the week or of the months do you
ever wonder why they were so call-
ed? Most of the days were named
to honor the pagan gods of olden
times. So, Sunday recalls to our
minds the days when people worship-
ped the Sun and the Sun -God was
thought to be all-powerful. Monday
was named in honor of the Moon
lest it feel slighted to know of a
day named for the Sun and none for
itself. Tuesday was so called to
please Twi, the War -God of the Sax-
ons. The French know this day as
Mardi, and have so named it after
Mars, the Roman God of war,
Wednesday was named for Woolen or
Odin, chief of the gods of the Saxon
people. Thursday is for tha Thun-
der -God, her. Friday is named for
gentle Frig, the wife of the god Worl-
en. Saturday owes its name to a
Roman god, Saturn.
The months were already named
before the calendar was changed. In
the very olden times the year began
in the springtime and not, as now,, in
the winter. January was named for
Janus, the two-faced Roman god.
Janus stood for the beginning of
things and it was thought fitting that
his one face should look back ovee
the year just passed while the other
face looked ahead for things bright.
and new. February was named for
the feast of Februa or purification, a
Roman feast which was held on the
15th of this month, and in the minds
of the Romans, February stood for
the month of purification. March is
so fierce that it was named for the
fierce war god mars. April, which
heralds the spring, and the softening
of the earth, derives its name from
the Latin word aperio, which moats
to open or soften, May was dedicat-
ed to Maia, the mother of the winged
god, Mercury. June, the month of
roses, was named in honor of the
fair goddess, Juno, who was thought
to ge quen of all the goddesses. July
gets its name from Julius Caesar who
celebrated his birthday in that
month. August was named for the
l5mperor Augustus. September,
which used to the seventh month of
the year, was given its name which
comes from the Latin septemn, mean-
ing seven. In like manner October
was derived from the word octo, or
eight. ]November, similarly took its
name from nevem, meaning nine; and
December, which was originally the
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government. Ile predicted that the JThat Sir Henry is not unduly op- creased only $6,810,479, or 4.34 per was as low as 79.27. The remaining
net earnings for the year would be I theistic is shown by the statistics. ; cent. from $156,942,407 !n 1929 to months of the year will be a season
5.15,000,000. This is undoubtedly a The figures issued for the first nine
,Y7 magnifieient prospect, and, as Sir
Henry is usually within the mark, it
may be accepted as a fairly accurate !
forecast, The President of the Can-
adian National Railways is a confirm-
ed optimist, and keeps persistently,
proclaiming that they is every ground
for faith in the future of Canada.
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tenth and not the twelfth month,
takes its name from the word decum,
which is Latin for ten.
DATE OF ASSEMBLING
LIKELY DECEMBER 9
Parliament to Meat Early Nest
Month, is Announcement of Acting
Premier—Appointment of Massey
Ottawa, Nov, 9.—Parliament will
meet early in December. Thie was
the intimation enade by Hon. James
A. Robb, Acting Prime Minister, at
the conclusion of today's meeting of
Cabinet Council,
While it is understood that no de-
finite decision has been arrived at, it
is rumored that Thursday, .sec. 9,
now appears to ,be the most likely
date for the convening of the,Iiouce.
Tuesday, Dec. 7, was originally sug-
gested as the probable date for the
opening, but it is intimated that, as
the following date is a holiday, it has
been practically determined that
Parliament will not convene en the
seventh of next month. An an-
nouncement in the matter is expect-
ed to be made within the next day
or two.
Another matter which, it is under-
stood, was under consideration to-
day, was that of the appointment of
Hon. Vincent Massey as Canadian
representative at Washington.
No official statement was forth-
coming on the subject to -night, al -
,tough it is intimated that the ap-
pointment may come before to -mor-
row's meeting of the Cabinet.
BRUCE COUNTY
South Bruce Liberals refused to
withdraw their candidate from the
field.
William McGregor, 83, died at his
home in Southampton as the result
of injuries sustained in an accident
a week ago. Mr. McGregor was born
at Bayfield and came to Seuthamp-
ton over half a century ago. He serv-
ed several terns as mayor, reeve and
alderman of the town. Ile is sur-
vived by a widow and one daughter,
Mrs. McCallum, of Toronto.
The formal opening ceremony and
dedication of the new I. 0. 0. F. hall
at Tara, took place last week. A
banquet was given, at which a large
number of Odd Felows from the local
and surrounding lodges were pres-
ent. Grand officers present for the
occasion were G. 0. Lute, grand mas-
ter of Ontario, and William Brooks,
grand secretary, both of Toronto.
THE VALUE OF WAX ,
Wax is a valuable product of the
hive too often allowed to yo to waste
in many apiaries. Pound for pound
beeswax is more valuable than honey
and the demand for this commodity
is greater than the supply, therefore,
it is to the advantage of every bee.
keere"- to see that none is lost.
Wax is originally produced through
certain glands in the bodies of the
bees and is used by them for build-
ing comb and the capping over of
brood and honey; therefore, every
piece of comb taken from the hives
and the cappings that are removed
from the combs at extracting time,
contain a certain amount of wax. in
large apiaries, especially those run
for extracted honey, the accumula-
tion of cappings, broken or discard-
ed combs, adventitious comb and the
scrapings from frames and hives may
yield several hundred pounds of wax;
while in smaller apiaries the amount
mey be comparatively small, yet en-
ough to warrant the saving of it
]hiring the summer months when
the bees are examined every nine or
ten days and especially when :here is
a heavy honey flow on, it may be
found necessary to remove from the
hives small pieces of bridge or burr
combs. These are usually thrown to
the ground, which is not only a dan-
gerous but a wasteful procedure. .A.
solar wax extractor standing in one
corner of the ,apiary or some con-
tainer to receive these small pieces
of wax until some time when they
can be melted down, would acid to
the returns of the apiary. All brok-
en or discarded combs and cappings
—never mind how shall the amount
—will pay for the rendering, The
present price of comb foundation
should be incentive enough to save
every particle of wax from the api-
ary.
NATIONAL RAILWAYS
In an address at VtItICOUVid,Sr
Henry Thoroton, chairman incl presi-
dent of the Canadian National Rail-
ways, pointed out that the net open
atieg, income of the sye ein this year
will be sufficient to pay all the 'Meer -
est charges on securities held by the
public and leave something over for
application against loans metric by fire
months of the current year are par-
ticularly encouraging, The groes
earnings of the road, up to the end
of September, were $189,490 '92, or
: $20,228,032 more than for the same
period last year. This was an in
crease of 11.95 per cent. At the
same time, the working expenses le -
$168,752,976 in the present year., of exceedingly heavy tratile, so the
The net earnings for the first nine figure mentioned by Sir is not
months of this year total x25,749,• excessive.
234, as against $12,325,752 for the f This is a good index of business in
same period last year, an inereaee of Canada, and justifies the opinion eX-o
108.80 per cent., and the operating! pressed by those who have visited
ratio has dropped from 92,72 to %ti,- i Canada that the spirit of 'progress
41. In September, winch is, ot• and prosperity is surging through the
course, a favorable month, the. ratio` whole country.
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