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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. But we 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
London 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 35 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 moun-
tains, rising as high as 9,000 feet.
above the sea.
But before you reach those noun-
tains, you will have tocross in-
numerable sand dunes, and you will
find it very thirsty work.
Rivers Without Water.
'Most of the rivers which 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 willet them flowing.
When the rain come 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,
esortnamely, 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 yes 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, mote than twice as
`lofty as Snowdon. The climate im-
vroves, too. It is warmer and more
genial, andwater 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 723- 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 excitementwas caused
by the recovery of diamonds in the
district of Luderitzbucht. The stones
were small but good, of the Brazilian
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
aro 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-siekness.
This,. briefly, is the country which
Germany has been forced to hand
over to us.
" Sir Hiram Maxim's many "inven
tions include. roundabouts .and Mouse-
traps.
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WAR -TIME ECONOMY.
Waste at This Time Is Nothing Short
of a National Danger.
An effort is being made by the Scot-
tish Municipalities, without sacrificing
the efficiency of necessary services,
to respond to the appeals of the Gov-
ernment for the practice of war -time
ecenomy. The retrenchment which is
being put into force all over the coun-
try by public bodies shows that the
authorities are alive to the warning
given by Mr, Asquith, that waste on
the part either of individuals. • or of
classes, which is always foolish and
short-sighted, is at -this time nothing
short of a national danger. The ob-
ject which all seem to have set before
themis rigorously to diminish ex-
penditure ,and increase savings. Edin-
burgh Corporation have reduced their
estimates for the year by a sum of
about £10,000. The City Treasurer
on this satisfactory result has been
enabled to hold out a prospect of some
measure of relief for the ratepayer.
In the urgent necessity for economy
the first saving should be made upon
capital expenditure. The larger Scot-
tish municipalities are acting upon
this ,principle. In. Glasgow all schemes
involving 'new work which have not
been finally. contracted for have been
postponed,. and no new proposals.ne-
cessitating capital expenditure are
to be undertaken. •
In Dundee, while the part of the
new Town Hall scheme for which Sir
James Caird has made himself per::
sonally responsible,is to be proceeded
with, the other Section, estimated to
cost about £170,000, which would have
fallen upon the rates, is to be held up has gone up in the prirerazy 'market
Aberdeen is following the same about thirty per cent., with prospects
course. Permission may be sought to
raise . £450,000 for the purification of
the Dee;, but the works will not be be-
gun until the war is over. A useful
example is also being given by Dan -
dee and Aberdeen in the matter 'of
school buildings.
HIS MAJESTY THE KING.
The Rose, 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 may'st thou never forget
The weal of those•rnighty dominions
On which ,the sun doth not set.
The pulse of thy Sovereign, power
Vibrateth in every. land.
We pray•for peace, but if it cease
We're all at the King's. -command.
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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
right,
.And, the Fame of the Union Jack.
Three cheers for the 'ling of England!
'. With three for the Red, White and
Blue!
May the King have peace and plenty,
And the love of his subjects, too.
—F. Falling, Vancouver, B.C.; •
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Tea on the 'Battlefield.
Tea 'suddenly becomes'" one of the
items of war material, -and the price
until after the conclusion of the war.
Dundee School Board had intended
to proceed with the erection of a
new school, and to carry out extensive
alterations on an existing secondary
institution. Both works will be sus-
pended, while Aberdeen School Board
have postponed extensions, and altera-
tions on certain schools, estimated to.
cost between £20,000 and £30,000.
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 schoolteacher in the West says
in this connection:
"At the time I commenced the 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
gooci•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 Grape -Nuts I 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,arestey and I sleep sound.
I have such strengthdand 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 -
nate."
"There's a Reason."
Name given by Canadian ?astute
Co., Windsor, Ont.
Iver read the above cotter ? A new
ono appear" from time to till"!. They
are gems ne, true, and full of htunant
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 vias 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, airmenrs
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 Morias" and "Jack John-
sons" hp would hardly take kindly to.
But once "blooded" to the artillery
the rest would come to him as all
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, meting
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
ing the air by chemical prescriptioli.
BURIALS DIFFER.
Tribes Lay Their Dead North
and South:
The modes of burial differ widely
among various , peoples, from the
rudest ceremonies and methods of the
wandering tribes to the ornate, im-
pressive, revrent .services of "the heir
Some
of all ages, in the foremost files of
time."
Among some the dead are buried
lying, other' sitting, as is the ease
with several of the Indian tribes; and
instances are related where warriors
or leaders in the nations have been
buried seated upon their favorite war
horse, as was done with the famous
Blackbird, the chief of the once -pow-
erful Omahas.
But there is a remarkable agree-
ment of custom for the practiee of
placing the body east and' west, Sorge- -
times the body is placed with the head
to the east and simetimes to the west,.
It is held by certain writers that this
custom is due to solar symbolism,
and the head is placed to the east or
west according as the dead are
thought of in connection with the
sunrise, the reputed' home of the
deity, or the sunset, the reputed home
of the °dead.
There are, however, some ' tribes.
that lay their dead north and south,
and others bury men with the face
to the north and women with the face
to the south; while among some of the
African tribes, if one happens to die
away from his home, he is buried fac-
ing his native village.
Appendicitis Prevented
Life Lengthened
Health ' thn:iined
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 therefore preventable. If you have
constipation, bad breath or headache
you need medicine right away. The
moment you suspect your bowels are
clogged you should take Dr. Hamil-
ton's Pills, the smoothest regulator of
them all. They move the bowels and
cleanse the liver so smoothly you
scarcely notice the effect. But you
get the action just the same. Taken
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. Hamilton's 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.
QUAINT -INN NAMES.
Germany *Holds the Record for Fan-
tastic Names.
Scattered throughout England are
some curious inn names, but Germany
probably holds the record for out-of-
the-way signs and fantastic names.
The most absurd results are usually
obtained by the name of some animal
with a more or less unsuitable object.
The Comfortable Chicken and the Cold
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.
Minard's Liniment relieves Neuralgia.
Blondes should avoid the lighter
shades of blue, which gives an ashy
appearance to the complexion.
Minard's Liniment Cures 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 cheerfulness! Oh,
wonderful is the good if does.
RECOVERS TITS SEIICIT.
Wounded British Soldier Also Able to
Hear Now.
Robert Beck, of Chicago, whowas
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.
Beek, who was a motor cycle police-
man on the Chicago force when the
war 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 in
laughter. The next moment he found
that he was able to talk and hear
normally. -
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Applied in
tea' ... 4, `i 5 Seconds
Sore, blistering feet
red from corn -pinched
toes can be owned
tackby Putnam's Ex.
tractor in 24 hours.
"Putnam's" •soothes
�way that drawing pain, eases' inotant-
y, makes the feet feed good at.once.
Get a 25c. bottle of "Putnam's to -day.
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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 .awayfrom 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
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
assured him.
"No, it won't, my friend," contra-
dicted the bishop. "I'ye got to find
that `ticket. I want to know where
I'n 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."
Minaret's Liniment Cures Dandruff.
Impelled by Duty.
"I must say these are fine biscuits!"
exclaimed the young husband.
"How could you say those are fine
biscuits?" inquired the young wife's
mother in a private interview.
"I -didn't say they were fine. I mere-
ly said .I must say so."
This is to certify that I have used
MINARD'S LINIMENT in my fam-
ily for years, and consider it the best
liniment on the market. I have found
it excellent for horse flesh.
(Signed)
W. S. PINEO.
"Woodlands," Middleton, N. S.
His Habit. .
"You'll have to quit smoking," said
the physician.
"I don't smoke."
"Then you'll have to quit drink-
ing."
"I don't drink."
"Haven't you any habits?"
"None at all—except taking medi-
cine."
Minard'a Liniment for sale everywhere.
Smash Up—Jack—"What sent Algy
to the insane asylum?". Tom -.-"A
train of thought passed throug his
brain and wrecked it."
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The Diplomatic Way.
"My neighbor,in the most urban
way, has notified me to keep my chick•
ens out of his garden." '
"And you."
"With the utmost courtesy I hay(
informed him that my chickens mas
go where they please."
"You must have been reading 'al
on diplomatic matters."
"Yes, it all illustrates current pro
gross.. A year ago, oyer the saint
episode, we would have been scrap
ping."
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into the system just'as surely as
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impure fats and mineral coloring
matter (such as ,many of the
-heap oir tinents contain) get
into your child's b'lood I Zam-
Buk is purely herbal.- ;No pois-
onous coloring. Use it always.
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