HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1912-6-20, Page 61VEAKINEi SAFE IYESThETS
Oauadians Not 'Yet a Nation of Investors, But
Opportunity for Purchasing Bonds of Small
Denominations Will Bring About the Habit.
Purchasing Securities on the Instalment Plan
The articlescontributed be "Investor'
are for the sole purpose of guiding prow
peotire investors, and, If possible, of ear.lag than from losing Money through
Plnoing It In "wild -cat- enterprises,The
impartial and reliable character :eruotoe of the
writer
of sema be veiled he upon. The
81 thi of Cheep articles and the 10 serve
of this paper have no interests to serve
in connection with this matter other than
those of tba reader.
Tho French are generally known as a
nation of severe. They are, however,
vmore
re. an erg' Prenok rman nand woman
have an inherent ambition to lay by a
small amount from eaob year's earnings
to keep them in their old age, and most
of them do so. For investment they Mur.
chase the 'Y•entes"--which is the Govern-
ment bond of the icrenoh nation, and
which may be had in small denominations.
'However,, it skn't about Cho French that
I want to al
Canadians have in some measure fel.
lowed the lead of the French. The ainwet
of very lri h—about 195 fosrtea h inr h biihnt,
or taking an average of four to the fain.
tly, about $380 for inch family. On this
sum, however, the income it not grad, —
$10.40 a year. A Chinaman, it is said,
eau subsist on about $10 a year --in China
—but no white person would cure to try,
'However, this sum only represents a part
of the saviugs of Canadians. Many of
those who build up a reserve ngelrst a
rainy day invest the money in secaria00,
and some, unfortunately, in mining stocks.
The amount of the former, if they could
be compiled, would certainly more than
double the per capita amount of savings.
However, the point is that Canadians
as yet are not an investing nation. The
number of Canadians who hold Poulin.
ton of Canada bonds aro so few that one
might almost say they could be counted
on one's fingers. Very few Canadians
own any of our Provincial bonds, and
scarcely fifteen per cent. of our muniei.
pal debentures were placed here during
1911. When It comes to other classes of
bonds there is a different story, for the
greater part of 1911's output of Canadian
Industrial bonds went into the hands of
Canadian investors.
This allows a distinct distaste on the
part of Canadians fqr conservatism. In-
dustrial bonds, as a class, are by no
means the highest type of investment, el.
though there are several issues on the
market that one can purchase without
misgiving. However, this 8110w0 some,
thing more. Practloally no bonds but in.
dustrials are, as yet, issued in denomina•
Mons less than $000, r 0a e n
Y a 9 Yet be a use
there to an unmistakable tendency on the
part of all corporations to issue "baby
bonds," as they are often caned. TM,
fact that one may invest so small a sum
as 8100 in a bond which is certainly, in
the majority of eaeee, is far safer than
even most investment stocks has induced
many careful people of small moans to
invest in the more stable security, This,
no doubt, accounts in no small measure
for the popularity of industrial bends,
though, of 008200, the higher rate that
they bear is 8 contributing factoi of un•
questionable lmpor;ance.
The inexperienced investor, however, is
Moue to overlook the fact that even
where bonds are issued in denominations
greater than be can afford at the mo•
meat ho may still purchase them. A
number of Canadian investment houses
are prepared to sell bonds on the install-
ment plan so that one maybuy a sound
$000 or $1,000 municipal debenture, pay
down one or two hundred dollars and
Par up the rest when convenient. Of
course, the house charges interest on the
unpaid balance, but at the Dame time this
is offset by the interest which the bond
itself bears. Many investors like to par•
chase bonds in this way, as it gives them
an incentive for saving, as they are nu.
turally eager to pay off the balance due
and rereive their security.
By laying pp a reserve of this sort and
as a result of the forced saving, invest•
ing becomes a habit. Undonbtediy, not
only .saying, but investing, be0Ome0 soe•
and nature to most people who have gone
in for It seriously,. and like all habits, it
is hard to break, Unlike most other ha-
bits. however, it fs ono which no thought-
ful person would disoourugo,
The French have the investment habit
and it is time for Canadians generally to
acquire it. A little practice is all that Is
required for a largo number of people
who make no attempt at saving, for, n0•
ti] one makes a determined effort, it is
501 190, to say that one's income is too
small to admit of putting any of it by.
When Canadians acquire this habit—and
our savings bank deposits show that no
small proportion have it in an encouraging
measure—our prosperity will no longer
depend. as it does now, on the willingness
of the British investors to take our se-
curities,
ODD QLUIRIiS OF FOREIGN LMV
Damages Recovered by a Cook Who
]Ind Told Truth About Her.
It is said that a Prenehman, re
plying to an inquiry made of him
as to the character and qualifies
tions of a woman applying for ere-
ployment as cook, got into serious
trouble when he wrote that he could
not recommend the applicant "by
reason of her extravagance, imper-
tinence and predilection to drink"
while she was in his service. The
person to whom the Frenchman
wrote the letter showed the com-
munication to the Book, with the re -
suit that the latter immediately
brought suit for damages against
the writer,
This case thawed a peculiar fea-
ture t,f the French law on this sub-
ject. The matter was decided
against the writer, who was fined
and admonished 141 he had no
right to circulate injurious state-
ments concerning another person,
even though the statements might
be true. Since that time, it is said,
French housekeepers, tc evade the
responsibility thus placed upon
them by law, have issued certifi-
cates of character in form some-
thing Iike the following:
"This certifies that• Mnis, Marie,
late nurse to my daughter, aged
one year, did not leave her on a
bench in the. Jardin dos Plantes and
go away and forget her on October
Met."
It is obvious that•a certificate of
this sort serves its purpose without
in any way laying the writer open
to a suit for damages.
Another curious illilatrstion of
the principle 0f relpon.sibility
abroad is afforded by a civil dam-
age suit growing out of the break-
ing of 11 elate glass window in a
German town, A witness lied tes-
tified as follows:
"As I was passing down the street
in front of the window I saw a big
stone come whirling through the
air and I had just time enough to
dodge mysclf from being hit by it."
The witness was sharply ques-
tioned upon the point whether the
stone- that broke the window
would have struck him had he not
dodged it. He was then dismissed.
Eventually the decision of the mag-
istrate was this:
"Inasmuch as if the witness had
not unfortunately ducked lis head
the glass would not have been
struck by the stone ho is hereby ad- t
judged responsible for the breaking
of the window anti is ordered to
pay to the owner the value of the
same•"
The Paris concierge has always
'been a privileged person, but he has
acquired new impol'tanee within re-
cent
e- a
cent:years by reason of a 'court de-
eisioi1 handed down there.. A con-
eierge had permitted himself the
lib°nLy of opening the letters of a
young lady, one of the tenants of
the house.
Discovering Mlle fact the young
woman brought enit against the
concierge. The ease was tried and
was decided against the ,young wo-
Manl it being hold' that the respon-
sibility of the State ended with the
delivery of the mail to «eine, person t
who was authorized :to revive it
said that the concierge was such a a
person. Eut•the court censured the n
concierge for being "guilty of en; n
,d.
indelicacy.'' - t
There was no redress for the own-
er of the letters beyond this, and
to complete the whole the concierge
next brought suit in his turn
against the young woman. This,
however, was too mush for any
court. The case was dismissed
- without a hearing.
TOLL OF THE ICEBERGS.
The list of vessels battered or
sunk by icebergs is a long one, and
it is well to recall at a time when
all the world is thinking of the Ti-
tanic. Thus to• take an example or
so at haphazard, in the spring of
1898 four steamers of the England -
America route utterly vanished,
and in 1899 ten steamers disappear-
ed. In 1908 the Mongolian was im-
prisoned for two days an the ice, but
escaped ; in 1909 the Lake Cham-
plain, the Regulus, the Bonavista,
and the Montrose were so battered
by the floating ice that eaoh escaped
calamity by a very narrow margin,
while none can tell :how many fish-
ing smacks are yearly dashed to
pieces by these towering, glassy
crags.
se
WELL POSTED.
A. California Doctor With 40 Year's'
Experience.
"In my 40 years' experience as a
teacher and practitioner along hy-
gienic lines," says a Los Angeles
physician, "I have never found a
food to eompare with Grape -Nuts
for the benefit of the general health
of all classes of people.
"I have recommended Grape -Nuts
for a number of years to patients
with the greatest success and every
year's experience makes me more
enthusiastic regarding its use.
"I make it a rule to always re-
commend Grape -Nuts, and Postum
in place of coffee, when giving my
patients instructions as to diet, for
I know both Grape -Nuts and Poe.
turncan be digested by anyone.
"As for myself, when engaged in
much mental work my diet twice a
day consists of Grape -Nuts and
rich cream. I find it just the thing
to build up gray matter and keep
the brain in good working order.
"In addition to its wonderful ef-
fects as a brain and nerve food
Grape -Nuts always keeps the di-
gestive organs in perfect, healthy
tone. I carry it with me when I
ravel, otherwise I am almost cer-
tain to have trouble with my sto-
mach." Name given by mail by
Canadian Post=Co., Windsor,
Ont.
Strong endorsements like thehove from physicians all over the
country have stamped Grape -Nuts
he most scientific food in the world.
'There's a reason."
Look its pkgs. for the famous lit-
ho book, "The Road to Wellvillo,"
t(or redo the above fetter? A new one
'appears from *IMO to time. Tho? arb
toluene, true, anti full of human interest.
Levying money by granting licen-
see was a custom first introduced in-
t, England by Richard I. in 1190.
Sorrow is the night of the mind,
nd ',hat would day be without its
ipht? The day reveals the sun
n1v, but the night brings to light
he whole of the starry 0n9ivorao,
AUSTRALIAN Il OISPERSERS It
MOUNTED POLICE OF TICE
EARLY DAYS,
Row the. Queensland Government
Punished the Native Law-
breakers.
"While they were in power," says
a matt one time in the cattle busi-
ness in Australia "the black track-
,
erFblice of h
n
eensland Mer beYo
nd
doubt the most expert and efficient
suppressors of offenders against the
peace and safety of the public that
ever had the sanction of (Severn-
ment authority. They were not
only police, they were likewise
judge, jury and executioner.
"That unique system of policing
in Queensland was put in. operation
in 1875. "Queensland is the largest
division of Anetralia, and tc this
day immense tracts of it, particu-
larly in the northern portion, are
dense streteites of wilderness al -
meet untrtdden save by the native
bushmen, the original people, many
of them still in the state of savage-
ry and determined opposition to the,
ways of civilization that marked
then when the first whites sought
that region to colonize and make
available to the world its greatest
resources, 'When I wont to Queens-
land thirty-five years -ago they were
a constant menace to the settlers
and particularly a source of danger
to the stock raisers and miners.
"No effort had yet been made to
civilize the bushmen tribes. They
still ohtmg to their primitive wea-
pons, the spear and the boomerang.
Small in stature, of a low degree of
mentality, they were, aggressive in
their protests against the settlers
and cunning in the planning of
their attacks. At odd and unex-
pected times they would come -
SWOOPING OUT OF THE BUSH,
raid the ranches, murder the herd-
ers and escape with the stolon cat-
tle and horses to the fastnesses of
their wilderness haunts, into the
unknown intricacies of which no
white pursuers could successfully
follow them. They waged war also
on the Chinamen who worked in
the, gold mines of that isolated re-
gion, end as they invariably carried
their dead victims away with them,
the horrible conviction possessed
the white sottleis that the bushman
were addicted to cannibalism.
"These depredations had become,
more frequent and more murderous
in their character under the sys-.
tematic leadership of convicts trans-
ported for brutal crimes committed
at home and who •had escaped to the
unexplored tracts of the bush,
where, joining the natives, they be-
came still more savage and creel
than thus°, uncivilized people them-
selves. To deal effectively with this
danger, which was halting the ad-
rvance of settlement and striking a
disastrous. blow at the industries
that were making for the develop-
ment of the regicn, the Queensland
Government resolved to try the exex-
poem/wet of a mounted police force
ormed from certain tribes of na-
tives that had accepted the over-
tures of the settlers and lived in
peace with them, if not in entire
accord with thbir ideas of existence
and duty. These natives were of a
district distant from the northern
wilderness and bad no ties of assc-
ciatiou with the beslime:1 of the
latter.
THE NATIVE POLICE.
"It was no easy tasir to organize
a force of police. from such material.
The natives had to be taught to ride
horseback and to 'handle the pistol
and rifle. They were afraid of both
horses and firearms, but when these
fears were overcome those half
savages became enthusiastic and ex-
pert horsemen and marksmen. And
the duty they were to perform was
congenial to their aboriginal na-
ture, That duty (vas their business
to hunt down the wild murderers
and horse and cattle thieves and to
`disperse' all suspicious parties and
gatherings. They were called 'Ms -
parsers,' and when their effective-
ness had become' undoubted they
got the significant name of 'Black
Trackers.' They were, no -b required
to bring in prisoners. Whenever
their services were required a force
was drafted fan the entire depart-
ment. Some particularly sagacious
one among them was appointed
leader of that active force, which
was scarcely necessary, for the or-
ders were really individual carte
blanche.
"When a force of these armed and
mounted savage policemen started
in pursuit of alleged criminals the
trail was followed mercilessly, and
not a native mans, woman or child
found in the vicinity where the
crime he'd been committed, nor for
as far as the Black Trackers follow-
ed in the bush, oseeped. They were
killed one and all.
"These wild troopers became use-
ful in hunting up whites who were
so frequently lost in the groat wit,
derness that scores had perished
annually, wandering aimlessly
about in the trackless waste, tend in
capturing Escaped convicts who had
SOtrGHT THE WILDS.
Even on these errands they exer-
cised their prerogative of killing
every wild back tey mot. Nor slid
they coniine this duty to the ohattce
meeting of such, but did not hesi-
tate to go out of theft way and lie
for drays in amhtrsh at water holes
that wore scattered about in the
wilderness, and where bushmenr
camp to refresh themselves rn their
wanderings; then corralling the un-
suspecting savages the vigilant
black trackers shot them down to
the last one.
"So complete was the approval
of the eattlemen and gold miners of
this `dispersing' system of police
protection that it was a common
sight to see skulls of `dispersed'
bushmen adorning door posts, gate
posts and oven interiors of houses
of the wealthiest among them, But
fertile great body of settlors the idea
of the Goveenment supporting so
inhuman a department at last be-
come unbearable, vagie and , horrified fled b
Y
ti •
1e, butcheries
bythe tar calico in the
I L, o
name of law and order, they far -
warded many petitions praying for
the interference of the home Gov-
ernment in the black tracker police
for the purpose of having it abol
ishod. The home Governmenj; final-
ly took cognizance of the appeals,
and that system of dispersing the
wild evildoers in Queensland was
ahendoned."
YIN CENT ASTOII,
Of New York, who, when he be-
comes of age next November will
be the master of en estate of pos-
sibly ,$100,000,000.
tee—
I;CTER IIINA.TION OF TUTS AND
ALICE.
If it were generally known .that
there is lie teotthle to rid a house,
barn or any building of rats and
Hike by the use of Gillett's Lye, 11
is doubtful if the article could be
made as fast as it would be used
for this purpose alone. Tho pro-
cess connected with using it is
very simple, the plan being to
sprinkle a little of the article in
and around the holes made by those
pests in floors, partitions, etc. In
addition .to this it is we1I to use a
thin piece of board about e foot
square, or even smaller, and snake
a complete circle of the lye on the
board about a quarter of an inch
deep, and inside of the cirele place
some meat or cheese. In endeav-
oring to get at the bait the feet of
the rats and mice will be bulked,
and the whole colony, whether
large or small, will immediately
disappear from the premises.
The plan is worth trying, but the
good kind—Gillett's Lye—should be
procured. Refuse the many cheap
imitations and substitutes.
A MONSTER PIPE.
Pipes are of all shapes bnd sizes,
and you may buy seine in Germany
which hold as much as a pound of
tobacco. "Some large and fine
specimens of meerselraum," in
Mr. Andrew Steinmetz, 1n his
"Smoker's Guide," "are carved so
elaborately into pipobowls nus to
command two or three hundred
guineas each. But all these giants
of emokedom `pale their ineffectual
fires' before the monster pipe of
the South American Indians, the
pipe of the tribe of Oyatopoks. Ik
remains burning night and • day,
filled with a species of herb, which
they use instead of tobacco. This
huge pipe -is surrounded at one time
with a hundred to At hundred and
fifty aspirants, who fix their Ion;
tubes of reed into the nunr0roua
holes with which its sides aro
bored."
A man who is not able 10 make a
bow to his own conscience every
morning is hardly in a condition to
respectfully salute the world at any
other time of the day,
Fair Girl—"My father made his
fortune when he was a ,young man.
Would you like to know how he did
it7" Gallant Youth—"Not perti-
oularly l but I would like to know
if he still has it."
"Young man, how do you expect
to marry my daughter if you aro
in debt2 "Why, sir, hi my spin-
ion, it's the only square thing to
do. Tho longer I am rsnaged to
Ler the worse off I will be."
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RAISER'S AFRICAN FARM.
Other Ventures in Which life
Financially Interested.
Tho German Emperor has ju
bought two sheep farms in term
South-west Africa for £4,enn
the Berlin correspondent ,f
London Standard. The export
wool is at present small, had it
believed that in the course of ti
this will become a valuable sour
of income to the colonists, and
Kaiser desires to encourage t)1
branch of colonial activity.
In choosing the farms his Males
acted on the advice of Herr Heck°
a gentleman at-tulle-Lito the imp
ial court, who is visiting his br
ther's ranch near Windhoek.
In acquiring two farms -in Sou
Africa the German Emperor
finding a• further outlet for th
business qualities which, had h
been born to commerce instead
to a throne, would have assured
won for the ICaiser a high positio't
among merchant princes, bt m.
not be generally known that h
Majesty 1s already the owner of
porcelain and tile factory at Cecil
nen, in east Prussia.
This commercial venture has
proved very successful owing to lila
Kaiser's active participation in the
management. No detail has -proved
too insignificant for him to master,
and the Emperor is not above re-
commending personally his 0711
wares and finding new markets for
the Cadinen products.
These wares are on sale at a shop
in Berlin called "The Royal lTohen-
zolle 01 Stores," and at one time it
was his Hajesty'g custom to pay vis-
its of inspection to houses and
buillings where. the Cadinen tiles
had been used.
The Emperor is a keen agricultur-
ist and all the latest practical de-
velopments ' of this important
science find illustrations on. the
farms which form an important part
of the royal estates in Silesia. His
Mejeaty is also financially interest-
ed in the Hamburg -American Line
and almost invariably attends the
launches of new liners from the Vul-
jfati yards. Ono of these, the Im-
pea•ater, is to tale water this
month, and the German Emperor'
has again signified his intention of
being present,
RACING AN AVALANC1TE.
Terrible Experience in the San
Juan Mountains.
is
St
an
•a:�
kite
Cif
me
ce
the
is
ty
1,
or-
O-
th
is
tho
0
of
ly
n
down the slope, and went. In less
than half a minute a tremendous
snow avalanche, one hundred or
perhaps two hundred feet deep and
five or six hundred feet long, thinedared over the spot where I had
stood.
There was no chance to dodge,
no time to climb out of the way.
My only chance of escape lay in out-
running the slide,
As I shat across the lower point
of the ridge, about to plunge blindly
into the gorge, I thought of the pos-
sibility of becoming entangled it
the hedgolike thickets of dwarfed
gnarled timber -line trees. I alai-
realized
lar
realized that I might dash against
a cliff or plunge into a deep canon.
OE coarse I might strike an openway, but it wags certain that I could
not stop, or see the beginning of
the gorge, or tell what I should
strike when I went over the edge.
As I shot tlu•ougla the air, I hada
glimpse down into the pointed ,a
snow -laden tops of ' few tall fie
trees that were firmly rooted amotif
is the rocks at the bottom of thr
a gorge. Luckily, I cleared th(
- gorge, and lauded in a place, when
file snow was unbroken.
The heavy .elide thundered ate;
me with undiminished speed, and
came crashing into the dead tree;
so close behind fee that broke)
limbs went flying past mo as I shot
down off a steep moraine.
That living alone in the high
mountains in winter is not necessar-
ily monotonous, this experience,
described by Mr. E. A. Milds in
"The Spell 6f the Rockies," suffi-
ciently proves. Going into the San
Juan Mountains during the first
Week in March to learn something
of the laws that govern snowslides,
he climbed on skean well to the top
of the range. Thousands of tons
of snow that covered the precipi-
tons peaks were ready to plunge
down and sweep the very spot on
which ho .stood. Almost before he
realized his danger, the snow on the
upper steeps suddenly flew up as if
front an explosion. t1. general slide
had started. •
I whirled, pointed my skoes
At the bottom of the moraine 1
was forced between two trees, flute -
off my balance, and my left ske,
smashed against it tree. Two feel
of the heel wore broken off and ting
remainder split. The slide did not
slow down, I could hear the rock/
and splintered timbers in its mils:-
grinding
ss:grinding together and thudcline
against the. obstructions over whiel•
it swept. I throw away nay ate
and "ta go." I Amply flashed
down the slope, rounded a cliff.
turned awkwardly ' into Aspen
Gulch, and tumbled heels over head?
into safety, Then I picked myself
up, to see the elide go roaring by
within twenty feet of me.
Drive thy business; let not thy
business drive thee.
Monthly Review
of `:mad Market
In addition to a general
review of the Securities
Market our monthly pub-
lication, issued on the
I51h, contains reports
from Toronto, Montreal,
and London, Eng., and a
special article on some
prominent Canadian
industry.
Every investor should have a
copy of this monthly review.
It will he moiled free on
request.
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$ISIIING FO11 CROCODILES.
Bow the Dyrllis of Borneo nook the
Great Reptiles.
tinder ordinary circumstances,
the Dyaks of Bcrneo as111 nothing
mare of the orocediles that infest
their rivers than .to be left alone.
Nobody thinks of catching or .dia-
turbine any of the creatures until
one of them has begun to display a
ta=ti for human flesh, Then the
professional crocodile -catcher is
called in, and crocodiles are caught
and killed until the discovery of
son of the brass arm ornaments,
whi eb every Dthe
vtr
Y vat wears,in
stomach of one of the victims
shows that the man-eater has at
last been caught. E. H, Gomes in
the National Geographic Magazine
describes the curious way of hook -
mg the great reptiles.
A piece of hard wood ten inches
long and an inch or so in diameter
is sharpened to a point at' both
ends.A length of plaited barn_bark
some eight Poet Iong is tied to a
shallow notch in the middle of this
piece of wood, and a single rattan
forty of fi`ty feet long is tied to the
end of the bark rope, forming a
long 1'ne.
MI,• mesa irresistible bait is the
,carcass el e monkey, although the
body of a dog or a snake is often
used. The more overpowering the
'-tench the better—the crocodile will
only eat putrefying flesh. The bait
is securely lashed to the pointed
bar, and r no c,f the 011430 of the bar
is tied with a few turns cf cotton
line,
thread to the bark rope, bringing
bar and rope into the same straight
Next the bait is suspended from
-the bough of a tree overhanging the
river. Tho rattan lino is left lying •
on the ground, one end of it firmly
fixed in the, soil.
Attracted either by s1ne1) or sight,
a 00 codi a raises himself from the
water and snaps at tho bundle, the
slack line malting no resistance till
the bait. is swallowed and the ani-
mal begins to swim off. Then the
planted end of the line holds, till
the thread binding the pointed stick
to the bask rope snaps. The stick
at Duce returns to its natural posi-
tion at right angles to the rope, and
liecon0es dammed across the croco-
dile's stomach, the two points fix-
eg themselves in the flesh.
A firm pull will soon bring the
crocodile to the surface, and so on
shore, for the pain which every pull
at the rope causes constrains him to
follow docilely after the drag of the
rope.
An soon as he is landed the animal
is addressed by tire, catcher in most
eulogistic language, that he may bo
beguiled kite uffering 110 resistance.
Ho is called "a raja amongst ani-
mals," and told that be bues come on
fri•rdly visit, and must conduct
himself accordingly.
First the oreature.'s jaws are. tied
up—not a very difficult thing to -do.
Then the crocodile -catcher, still
pouring forth compliments upon his
nrev, tells him he will give him
rings for his fingers—and binds the
creatures hind Iegs fast behind his
back, so as to deprive him of his
grip on the ground end his ability
to use his powerful tail. This
ales no little courage and skill.
Finally the fore legs are tied in the
same way, a stout pole is passed
under the legs, anti Master Croce-
lrle, is carried off to the nearest
govermnent station, where alio
bounty is paid.
The moment the crocodile is safely
bound the language of flattery and
compliment ceases, and the Dyaks
bogin to howl and jeer at hint, de-
riding him for his stupidity and
helplessness.
IGNOIIANCBIN BOLIVIA.
treat Bulk of tare People Without
Seh0,1 Advantages.
In territorial extent, Bolivia
sounds third among the republics of
South America, and is 011.0 of the
two without a seaport, Her natural
outlet to the Pacific Ocean was
taken by 0111101 at 11018 end of 1110 war
of the Pacific, and to -day she is
shut off from the 9109 liktt Switzer-
land; La Paz, Oruro, and Potosi
1800 all cities standing over 19,000
feet above the level of the tea.
Bolivia's economic advance during
recent years Jias 1)00101 noteworthy,
eao'tien.lai'1y in the. lirto of railroad
extension, La Paz, Leto Titicaca,
t?18,00, and Potosi aro all linked
with Antofagasta e,8 the Pacific
coast, and express 11'01518 carry pas-
sengers from Lia, Paz, the capital, to
Antofagasta, on the sea -coast, in
two days.
Three centuries of Spanish demi
nation and nearly a century of poli-
tieal independence have done little
to produce 0t' to lay a solid faunae tion for a ,sound system - of public
education in any Wtby adequate to
Al -
the needs of the. country. Primary
education for the Quiohua 1808(1 Al-
mal•la, Indian 01011)00919, wlti01) forms
the bulk of the population, hardly
exists, and probably not one Indian
in 1t hundred can 118(1, What 1110,0
1s an 1ho •way of sccrindary echuca-
tion is largely monopolized by the
aristocracy and Cho bc1100 classes of
the country. A few have passed
from these institutions to tltc whi-
versitios, but the, 91'091 bttllc of the
people of Bolivia to -day are, en-
tirely ignorant of Clic benefits of
education,
'"Tndiens, you know," said the
widel »r'eatl man, "aro vory 81010al.
AT,
e never kntrw . to 1 n h,fr
"0111 - I dett'1, know,) s'opbecj' rfi
flippant
PCIs011 "'I'hc peat l:oilg
follow -/wide AIinneilaha."
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