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Zurich Herald, 1917-10-05, Page 7• GERMANY AS A COLONIZING FORCE FAILED TO WIN CONFIDENCE OF THE NATIVES. Is Not Capable of Ruiiiitg Helpless and Alien .People With Justice Or With Mercy. • People have been staggered by Ger- man atrocities in Belgium and north- ern France, But those who know the tale of Germany's dealings with her 'African subjects were quite prepared for them, writes Sydney Brooks. For very nearly everything that the Ger- mans have clone in this war there is a precedent to be found in her colonial history. There are black spots on the record of all European pepples and Governments in -their treatment of Africans and Asiatics; but there is none so black as Germany's extermin- ation of the Hereros. All the crass- ness and all the cruelty of which the German mind and character are cap- able'were summed up in ,,that horrible • episode. At the time it was thought to be unique. Now we all know it to have been merely -typical of the stu- ee pidity that vitiates German intelli- gence and of the brutality that con- verts German sternness from some- thing fine into something bestial. A Reign of Terror. Join the Home Defence movement for the conserva- tion of food. Help to pre- vent waste by demanding the whole wheat grain in break- fast reak-fast foods and bread stuffs. .Substitute whole wheat for meat, eggs and potatoes. The whole wheat grain is the most perfect food given to man. In Shredded Wheat Biscuit you have the 'whole wheat grain made digestible by steam -cooking, shredding and baking. Every particle of the whole wheat grain is used including the outer 'bran coat which is so useful in keeping the bow- els health„ and active. For any meal with milk, and fresh fruits. Made in Canada. gallery remains to -clay, , the ascent must be made on an iron stairway constructed by the Archaeological Commission.•.• -a climb that is suf!lelent to test the nerves, for where you go up over the side, nearly four hundred feet above ground and far out beyond the; base of the cliff, the downward view is not cut off, as it was in Kas,, yapa's time, THE LADIES OF RELL. (Ae the Highland regiments are called by the Germans.) There's a toss of the sporran, A swing' of the kilt, And a skreech free the pipers In blood stirring lilt; They step out together, As the pibroch notes swell— Oh, they're bonnie, braw fighters, The Ladies of Hell. THE LION ROCK OF CEYLON., Wonderful Natural Fortress Remark- able For Its Curious History. Among the many relics of ancient civilization now to be seen in. Ceylon none is more interesting than Sigiri, a wonderful natural fortress remark- able not only for its singular .appear- ance but also for its curious history. About 475 A.D. a parricide prince, Kasyapa by name, who had also at- tempted to murder his brother, fled from his home into the wilderness, where he founded a new capital city round a rocky mesa. Four hundred feet above the level of the surrounding country on the three - acre top of the mesa, Kasyapa built his palace,—a monastery, for he want- ed to make retribution for his sins,— and many other brick and stone build- ings. He carved out cisterns, a bath- ing tank and a natural -garnet -studded throne from which he could survey the city and the wonderful expanse of luxuriant tropical country near by. For many years he lived there in se- curity, and then his vengeful brother came. Kasyapa foolishly desffended from his rock to give battle, and his war elephant, turning aside to avoid 'a marsh, caused his followers to think that he wished to retreat; so retreat they did, and Kasyapa's brother had his revenge. After the prince's death ' the monk's maintained the citadel forlr a long time, but the walled city that surrounded the mesa gradually decay- ed, and so in time did the edifices on the summit. Six centuries ago they were abandoned. To -day the mesa, on which the archeologists are working, is stained red by the action of the rain on the bricks of the citadel, and when the sun strikes it at the right angle it. looms up in a sort of bloody splendor, forming a fitting monument to its former villainous ruler. Facing a terrace at the base of the rock is a guardhouse. On the front of the rock is carved the head of a lion, and on this same terrace are it's claws, between which ..,a staircase as- cended, so that itis thus apparent why the mesa is called "lion rock," a translation of Sinha-girl—or, as it is contracted, Sigiri. The staircase was a remarkable work, for Kasyapa had to build it round walls that bulge for- ward at base and summit. It was a walled gallery of stone, spiralling round the rock to its summit, and was covered with cement and decorated frescoes, some of which are preserv- ed even now in their original brilliant colors. As only a small part of the Germany's rule in Africa has been a rule of terror, an unending tale' of wars, massacres and brutal reprisals. The annals of her Government in the Cameroons are drenched in bloodshed. - There has been a "punitive expedi- ' tion" for almost every year that she has held possession. In East Africa shehas fought nearly twenty cam- paigns, all of them provoked by her own conduct.. In Southwest Africa re- volts and bloody repressions, culmin- ating'some ten or twelve years ago in the rising of the \Hereros and, their systematic annihilation, have been continuous. Very few of Germany's colonial governors have come home, as Bismarck used to put it, "with a white waistcoat," and when a German is a brute he -is a very brutal brute. The stories of slavery, violence, tor- ture, illegality and lust that lie at the door both of officials and of planters, that were investigated and proved, make e up a terrible narrative of moral b deterioration and obliquity. The Ger- man civilians have•:;,pillaged the na- tives of every colony in which 'they have settled, and the German officials have' connived at and have frequently instigated their murder and enslave- ment. A Sentence of Death. If, therefore, a Briton is asked why Germany's colonies can never be re- stored to her, his answer is a ready ane. It is that the •Germans cannot be trusted to rule helpless and alien people •with justice or with mercy. Nowhere have the natives found in hard tyranny of the German Govern- ment anything that their loyalty or gratitude could gather around. The enthusiasm with which in this war they have everywhere welcomed their British and French deliverers sets the seal of utter condemnation on Ger- many's government of her dependen- cies. They havefelt that with its overthrow an oppressive and unwhole- some blight has been removed and that better times, a little freedom, some security for their land and their possessions, are at last in store for 'them. Bitter as is the European hat- red of Germany, it is as nothing com- pared with the passion of loathing and revulsion she has inspired among her African subjects, There is not one of them who would not regard their restoration to her rule as a sen- tence of death; and even if the Allies were. to 'make her a present of all her old colonies, Germany, before she could utilize the gift, would have to reconquer them one by one. 'THE FIRSTHEADLIGHT Nature of This Phosphorescent Light Still Unknown to Science,' ,.The first headlight was carried not by a locomotive, but by a winged in- tAI t ---the lantern fly. Nobody knows just why the lantern fly carries a lantern. Very likely it is for the purpose of notifying insects of like species and opposite sex of its whereabouts. But the contrivance is wholly unique of its kind. The front part of the lan- tern fly's head is extended in such a way as to form a hollow, bulbous structure' that (in a dead -and -dried specimen) has s paperlike consistency. When the insect flies at night the papery bulb is 'illuminated. By what? Nobody can say, except that it 16 •a phosphorescent light, and the na- ture of that is a puzzle to science. The Japanese government issues. insurance policies up to $124, for Which no medical examination is re- *tired . °They are far frae the heather And far frac the moor; As, the rock of their hillsides Their faces are dour. • Oh, "The Campbells are coming" ' Free corrie and fell What a thrill to their slogan These Ladies of Hell. As they charged at Culloden Like fire o'er the brae, Their brothers are charging In Flanders to -day. And one lesson in manners The .boches has learned well:' It's make way for the ladies ---- The Ladies of Hell! 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He who made them let them Far above their agony, To the light that never dies Round the rest:'of Pareelise. Gladly do they' march along, Full of laughter and of song, Finding none that sorroweth Past the glorious road of ,Death. —E. E. Speight. ee !ANN Granulated Eyelids, 1 Sore Evos,'Eyes Enflamed by e Sun, Deaf and • ind Try it in FOR •st `c M � relieved by manna Try it in YOUR your Eyesaiid in.Baby's Eyes, NoSearting .instEyeComfort Marine Eye ttentedl At Your Drgeftere or b� Y ma31.60eper bottle, rAurinp Eye Salvo, in Tubes 2Gc. For $ook of the Eve—Free. Ask Mld<urlste Eye Remedy Co., Chicago d What the forest fire thieves in one year would pay the premiums on $1,000 life insurance for 300,000 Can- adians at 25 years of age. It would almost double the pensions on 19,000 disabled soldiers. A Hay Building. Farmers in the vicinity of Sunny- side, Yakima County, Wash., did a dis- tinctive thing when they erected a "palace of hay" in which to hold their N 600o it t fair, Some t annual county of alfalfa were used ill building the structure, whose walls were twenty five feet high. It not only housed, all the exhibits but a restroom, in- formation bureau and a grand stand in front of which a vaudeville program was given daily. The hay was loaned by the farmers and at the end of the fair was auctioned off at a very good price. The last hundred pounds of finish on a beef steer Is the most economical gain and makes a steer grade prime and get•the top of the market. Buyers come from all parts of the country and pay highest prices for the good, well -finished animals at the Auction Sale of the Toronto Fat Stock Show. THE KANGAROO ytinard's Liniment Cuxes Dandruff. How to Tell Age of a Fish. Could you tell the age , of a fish if asked to do so? It has been found that the age of a fish may be read from its scales. These increase in size by annular growths, two rings being formed each year. The "otoliths," or ear stones, which lie in two sacs on either side of the base of the cranial cavity, afford anoth- er means of determination., Like the scales, the otoliths increase by two rings annually. Each spring a white ring is formed and each autumn a black one. Thus the num- ber of either white or black rings in anotolith gives the age of the fish in years. In the case of flatfish the lat- ter method has been found more re- liable, whereas in the case of the cod the scales give a better result. Al- though varying much in size and shape in different species, the otoliths show a remarkably constancy in the same species; hence they are of consider- able value in the diagnosis of a species. Minard's Liniment Co., Limited. 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Ages ago there were many tribes of these animals, which carry their young in a stomach pouch, on the American continent, but naught now remains of them except fossil bones. Australian marsupials "are curiously differentiated. The so-called "wom- bats" resemble badgers. The "bandi- coot" has long ears and hops like a kangaroo. The "Tasmanian devil," though small in size, is one of the fiercest and most untamable of living There are marsupial creatures. p. wolves,,' marsupial rats and marsupial bears. The "koala" lives in trees and suggests a cross between a Teddy bear and an opossum..- There are even "flying" marsupial's, which flit about in the forests from tree branch to tre° branch like flying squirrels. Power 18 powerless unless its pos- sessor is conscious of his ability. 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The ba- , by could not get sleep. en ny My husband bought a box of Cuticura Ointment and a cake of Soap and I used two tins of Ointment with two cakes of Soap and site was healed.' (Signed) Mrs. A. Down, 1040 Gertrude St., Verdun, Montreal, (lie., March 2. Cuticura Soap and Ointment often prevent, �primples or other eruptions. For Free Sample Each by Mail ad- dress post -card: "Cuticura, Dept A, Boston, U. 8. A." Sold everywhere. STOPS Ld MENESD from a Bone Spavin, Ring Bone, Splint, Curb, Side Bone, or similar trouble and gets horse going sound. It acts mildly but quickly and good re- sults are lasting. Does not blister or remove the hair and horse can be worked. Page 17 in pamphlet with each bottle tells how. $2.00 a bottle delivered. Hprse Book 9 M free. ,ABSORBINE, JR., the antiseptic liniment for mankind, reduces Painful Swellings, En- larged Glands, Wens, Bruises,Varicose Veins; heals Sores. Allays Pain. Will tell you more if you write. 81 and $2 a bottle at dealers or delivered. Liberal trial bottle for i!ac estops. W. F. YOUN% P. D. F., 516 tymans Bldg., Monti al: rK° ibsorbiac and Marlene. Jr.. ere uredo fa Mu* d9. o--o—o—a--o—o—o—o—o—o—o-- qo WITH THE FINGERS! SAYS CORNS LIFT OUT WITHOUT PAIN le Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns or any kind of a corn can shortly be lift- ed right out with the fingers if you will apply on the corn a few drops of freezone, says a Cincinnati authority. At little cost one can get a small bottle of freezone at any drug store, which will positively rid one's feet of every corn or callus without pain or soreness or the danger of Infection. This new drug is an ether com- pound, and dries the moment it is ap- plied and does not inflame or even ir- ritate the surrounding tissue. Just think ! You can lift off your corns and calluses now without a bit of pain or soreness. If your druggist hasn't freezone he can easily get a small bot tie for you from his wholesale drug house. I: ere g se Strength of Delicate People 100% in Ten Dit,ys In many instances—Persons have 1 two ith umbo comingtabletiPe .oNext t take five -suffered untold agony for years doctor- I nuxated iron three times per day after y ung for nervous weakness, stomach, ;meals for two weeks. Then test your liver or kidney disease or some other i strength again and see for yourself how ailment when their real trouble was !much you have gained, I have seen lack of iron in the blood --How to tell. i dozens of nervous, run-down people wha I were ailing all the time double, and even New York, N,Y.—In a recent discourse 'triple their strength and endurance and Dr. E. Sauer, a Boston physician who has entirely get rid of their symptoms of studied widely both in this country and dyspepsia, liver and other troubles its in great European medical institutions, teem ton to fourteen days' time simply said: If you were to make an actual by taking iron in the proper form, and blood test on all people who are i11 you this, after they had in some cases been would probably be greatly astonished at ( doctoring for months without obtaining the exceedingly large number who lack,any benefit. You can talk as you please iron and who are 111 for no other reason about all the wonders wrought by new than the lack of iron. The moment iron r remedies, but when you come down to is supplied au their multitude of danger- i hard facts there is nothing like good old ous symptoms disappear. Without iron,iron to put color in your cheeks and good the blood at once loses the power to sound, healthy flesh on your bones, It is change food into living tissue and there- { also a great nerve and stomach strength - fore nothing you eat does you any goad;.ever and the best blood builder in the you don't get the strength out pf lelworld. The only trouble was that the Your food merely passes through Your i old forms of inorganic iron like tincture system like corn through a mill with the ! of iron, iron acetate, etc., often ruined gorlilnedrs sAo s wian �et oaspua lr` tih att itsile eam nitlil ncuaonu's Iwpeeor pe l e's teeth, th , up s e t their e ir stomachs and nd not assimilated and for these' blood andnerve atacystica' people be- reastlnstheYfrecvent . did mere harm come generally weakened, nervous alild ti n good.But withthe discoverytof. all run down and fretuenly develop al j the newer forms of organic iron all this sorts of conditions. One is too thin; furl ,has been ave lea5ant t u take drag for Other is burdened with unhealthy example, is p t some are so Weak they can hardly walk; injure the teeth • and is - ,almost im- some thildt they have dyspepsia. kidney I mediately beneficial. le some cant sleep at tingr,A night, ht, ethers troub :�c?TE: The manufe,'tarers ,.f sou. night,uand'slee to and tired all daY; some fussy and irritable* lacl'tre hyslcal potency that�1�theybautho izectheiannwon,:e- s 11 a p and bloodless, but . a power and endurance. In such cases it char table institution itt for feit 0nntot e is worse than foolishness to -lake stimil- rating medicines or mtraeotl0 drugs, any mail or woman tastier sixty who lu, its which btrly whip up your fagging gtvital Ipal, socor orer in sst their strength t lX00i per, powers for the moment, maybe pease of your life later our, NO Spatter theythave 110 •sen your'.mrnneyrI vlany \ o,, what any one tells you, if you a e at .notStrong and well 'au owe it to V. oilrself double oit 'y ours strengthIron In 'ten does ritnot 411-0r � st toTi snake the fotlowing test. See it lone you can work or how far you can is disbttlStd 1,y an good drrxgslsta.