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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1902-10-02, Page 2OO DOOO0000000004 CANADA AND THE SOUTH AFRICAN TRADE. 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000006.0 Department of Agrieul lure, 01 - taws, Sept. 25. -The paeiflen1lon of South Africa., and the establishment of a direct line of steamers, have naturally caused the Ca tuella manufacturers and shippers to ex- amine the conditions 11 111C11 0ar- sound the new field of trade and commerce. The Canadian Depart - Mont of Agriculture line receiver many Inquiries as to what youth Africa requires and how it wee beet'eequlre It, In the first place, wroth Africa reaulres everything that eel aAi, Imo to offer; and it requires it to two grades -the best than can be supplied in open competition at market price; and the best that. can be supplied irrespective of price.' Naturally, tun fl ret must recelye, primary consideration, eepecally when the fact Is recalled that In the very year that war was proclalm- ed the South African market turn - Over to the United States of Amer- ica was $18,000,000. This was not the reentt of epasmo,il° effort, but the outcome of direct personal commercial representation for a Stirlen of years on the spat. To quote Mr, 'W. W. Moore, of the Doatnion Department of Agricul- ture, who was cont by the lion. Sydney Fisher to ascertain all the details of South Afrioan trade re- lations and practices, "tlie magul- tude and value of the South African market has been recognize,) by the bustnaee houses of the United States for years past, and by pereletent eftortti rind good huelnese tactics they have there built up a substan- tial trade." Business Cannot be Done In South Africa by proxy any more than it can In India. Catalogues, circulars, pamphlets, bills, lettere, soliciting buslnese without a per- sonal canvass and fair-sized mani- ples yes melees as mueteiv without meat. To do anything there a firm must know the conditions of trade and the local manner of conducting buetless; and local tradere must know the standing and business methods of any lirni before they will do bustneee with them. Once get In the tutu edge of the wedge and the eutdre factory may fo.low; but get- ting the start In Is the difficulty. The United States, New Zealand and Australia are all doing well in South Afira, then why doled Can- ada bo less eueceesfui? Now the tide to at the flood; It only remains for her commercial ern to act well their part, and South African pat- ronage will not full to appreciate the boki and patriotic part the sone of Canada have taken in the war to nphotd the right In the Tranevaal and in peace to supply the domestic wants of her populace. What Does South etrtea Require that Canada can supply by our newly -organized direct etonmehlp The colony of Natal, of which Dur- ban le the chief city and part, re- quires annually $1,123,435 worth of flour, which le admitted free of duty; end tie thc first consignment of Cana- dlan flour was landed th"re during Mr. Moores visit, end proved Retie- faetory. In every respect, the dealtre Stizlday School. INTERNATIONAL LESSON NO. 1. OCTOBER G, 1002, Joehos Encouraged -Josh. 1: Commentary -1. Now-Thie indi- cates a close connection with what precedes. It Is quite probable that the book of Joehun originally began with the last chapter of Deuteronomy, After 'the death - After the thirty days' mourotug were over. The servant 01 the Lord -Tele was the official title of Moeee, 0e Di- vested with a sptclun miselon to make known the we, of (Sou, and conferred great honor and uutlmrity,-J., F. & B. The Lord epake-The Lord did nut weak with Joshua tier to face, an he d11 with Mores, but probably through the high pwleet.-.,um. zxvlh ld. Joshua -111s mime was originally Hoehea, Salvation, ur Helle on of Nun -Nothing 111 kuoton of Nun only that he was of the tribe of Ephraim;. Moses' minister -it was customary for great prophets to be thee attend- ed by ministers or servants. Thus had Joshua been trained in the best pos- sible school. 2. This Jordan-t'ul:e,l the "descend- er" because of its rapid descent of a thousand feet between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Rea. It in one of the most p eeulinr rivers in the world. All this people -Accord - Ing to the tecuud eeusus 'Num. xxvi, 51) the wurriore, mum over twenty Tsar/ o1 age, numbered (101,- 780, Walden 23,000 Lolites. Tian jMAlflee an estimate of not less than 2,000,000 persons altogether. 8. Your foot shall tread -The en- tire land was before then, and it depended upon their courage and lattlt how' much of it they possessed. "It has been supposed that the wards 111 thte verse were lntende.l to 'et- yma the ease with which they were t0 conquer the whole land, an in - dance of which occurs in the tak- ing of Jericho, 4. From the i•Ildernees -The boun- daries of the land are here defined. The "wlldernese," or desert of Ar- abia Petrea, 'vas the southern boun- dary. This Lebanon -A double range Of ountains which formed the northern boundary. Euphrates -The *extern lonndery. This was the largest, tbe longest, and the moat Important of the :tiers of Asia. It Ss 7,400 miles in length. jf„ Not any man, etc -Whi at a pro - being ell pleased milt the quality titer. tlte} despatched repeat orders in Mr. Moore's; presence, here Ie a staple commonly for which a stable dem•ind exists. Tap require a 1111 rd, spring wlttutt flour, and ('anadlan products, will get the preference, over those of other count rte. Natal coneumee $106,060 worth of imported clause, Canadian eheddare; meeting n ready sale. The 70 -pound' cheese will ek, for Durban town trade,1 but the country trade can only be coronet West when each cheese doesi ma exceed 20 pounds in weight. The mina' culony requires' $435,710, worth of Witter per annum. The 56-1 pound box will do for the local trade ' of Durban, but the interior trade will only toueh tuned butter put up In ' one, two, or five -pound tine respect- ively. There ix an impure duty of 6 deme per pound on both cheese and butter. On bacon and hams the Impart ditty Is 4 Dente per pound, and $145,515 worth are required annually. Hith- erto Canadian mate have been wir- ehaired In London and Llverp.ol and thence //hipped to the Colony. .11r. Moore wax informed by several gro- cers that Canadian Bacon Was the Rest on the Durkin market, and It le pre- ferred over all otter kinds. Cape Culouy, of which Cape Town, Feet London, and Port Elizabeth aro the dlet•Ibuting centres, the latter for the Orange River Colony, the Transvaal, and the northern part of Cape Colony, requires at least $4,- 185,070 worth of wheat a year, tate duty on wheat being 50 cents per hundredweight, the extra Impart be- ing to encourage wheat milling In the Colons-, for they only require $388,890 worth of flour imported In the course of twelve months. On cheese and bolter the impart duty le six 0(1,10 per pond. Of the former the Colony requires $353,- 200 worth a year, and of the latter 8418,855 per annum. While our 70 pound cheeses may be suitable for Cape Town alt outer places demand *mull cheeses, not in any case ex- ceeding 20 peonde each. Pox butter may sell In Cape Town, bit no- where else, the demnod being for one, two, and five pound tine. Iu bacon and !tams the wants are similar to those In Natal. A few of the many other ford pre- clude required which Canada can supply are potatoes, dried and tinned fruits, canned meats, frozen and chilled melts, roiled oats, condensed milk, split peas and beans, tinned vegetables, British Columbia tinned salmon, and lame, and in Industrial products all kinds of manufaeturud articles. b.' much for the article that must encounter competitive pride. In the past "pricer rather than "quality" has ruled in Broth Attica ; but this noddy applied to the up -country trade, because 1n the towns the well- to-do class want and must have a good article, price being a secondary consideration. But this feature of Routh African trade will, no doubt, become leek prominent as the inter- ior becomes more thickly settled and 1te inhabitants more prosperous, mise Ie tfoe, He was to have victory 7o every conflict. But the divine promise Irnplles a ore dltlon. See vs. 7-9. I will jie with thee -Joshua need- ed no other /fives, hut he needed these great promiteee. A crisis hail arrlvet In the history of the nation and he knew that Jehovah atone could brine them Into their promised inheritance, 8. Be strong, etc -Better, "be etrongani firm," It denotes strength of hand and arm to lay hold of and retain anything within one's grasps and firmness in the knees and 'chill ly to matntnln one's 300111on 'ignited the attack of foes. The expression occurs with increasing ',reels/isle four times In this chapter, and 18 rather A commend than en exhortn- tion.-Terry. Shalt thou divide-`5ee It. V. The Lord 511008 Joelllul tI11lt "he ie the last link in the chain which unites prophecy and fulfil - Meet," that "all the glorious posse , btlitle' of hie nation hinge upon his own personal valor and fidelity." 7. Ail the law -"Ali the morel, ceeentondal and political precepts Oxen from Jehovah to the hand of Moses," ',Joshua la admonished that the law meet be curtly end care- fully observed if the great work to which he had been called wive to be successfully accomplished. He woe to carry out its provisions to the letter. -Cam Mb. To the right or tett-Perteet obedience IR re- presented by a etraagtt line, rind n Course of Mn by it crooked way. May - est prosper -There is no real or lasting prosperity outside of a per- fect obedience to all of God's eom- mandments. 8. Book of the law -Moses had al- ready written the lacy, and they were to diligently study It and uudl- tate upon it, and their lives were to be governed According to its precepts. ' 9. Thy Clod is with thee -"AR the sok-tea's valor le stimulated by the eye of hie captain, 00 a vivid renl- tzation of the preeence of God le n safeguard against fearfulness and discouragement. 10. Officers of the people -These were the lenders of the army whose officers embraced various dutlee It eeem0 to have been a part of their work to act as heralde, and to pre- pare the tribes for action. 11. Prepare your rlctuale - The word denotes toed obtained In hunt- ing. -Cam. Bib. Although Ole man- na did not cease until several day's after this, yet the supernatural supply probably began to decrease as the natural supply increased. PRACTICAL SURVEY. Monet, was dead. From Nebo 1n the laud of Moab God had revealed to his longing 'eyes the land of prom- ise towards which In weary strug- gles He had led Ills disobedient and rebellious people. Thirty days they mourned him In that strange laud. Tbelr mourning 55010 a pitiful mixture of customs, grief and remorse. He had (lever been fully apprel•iated, had been frequently neglected, and some- tlmee abused and Instilled. His greatness, however, towered abode It all. A new leader. Now that this mighty man 0118 dead, to whom shall they look to be their leader '1 The time did not seem propitious far a change. The wilderness be - duct, the river before, the forward move, the new and possibly peril- ous country, the certain ware with untried enemies, all constituted it crisis in their uffalrs ssli101 seem - el to demand a Moses fur their leader. Bat God'e ways are higher than neu'e ways, and for each great emergency in eau's aftatt'e, God las Hie man ready and fully prepared for Juet that oconsioa. Of the conditions which were the busts of this courage, there may be mentioned: 1. erelaratlon• He 11141 for some time been Intimately 1100o - elated with :ptoses In all his relations to God, to the people and to their enemies. Ile had been trusted by Moses, as an Independent general, to lead the warriors In their battles, and had defeated the enemy. Joeilua xvlt. 1:1. lie was chosen to be with (or at least near byi Moses when le went on the mount to receive tae tables of stone. ,10011110 was In the regular succession for the leader- eldl). He was also 0peeia11J• commis- sioned by Moses ill a solemn, pub- lic. service. Num. excel. 2'2-24. The people also gave him more than their endorsement -they gave film as good a commission as ever was made in writing and by repeated anti format endorsement encouraged his heart for God's great work lying Just be- fore lite. Josh, I, x,vi. 18. 3. An. eluting -Whether JoOhuu wee netn- olnted wltlt holy cel (Ex. NO'. 22-2e) or not, we do not know. He certain- ly had the Spirit of God with hint un Ido and fu him, to a remarkable degree. This was the culmination as well as the logical result of the other parte of hie preparattgn. Courage of itself le a mighty weap- on 1n any warfare, hut when ft IR given by god, the min to whom 1t le so given ixoome s irreelstible. With such backing as that mentioned in - tliin lesson, Joshua wan himself the nighty power of God. There was, as there ai 01 ye le, one condition -there ntn0t be abeo,ute integrity and obed- lenee. 44444444+++++++++4+++4+44+ HOW AUNT DINAH I GOT INTO TROUBLE i ++++++++++++++++++alit'••+4•F+ The pajama girl hal come to stay. Shn lo not of rho order of ephemera, the fleeting fads of the day, which are gone ere one can way they are. At least, that le what all the pajama girls are declaring. Pajamas are the most heavenly thing/ that ever were invented fur the delectation of man and converted into a Wetting for woman. Snowy camtrics and lace frills no longer hold their dominion over the fair one who Moo elected to become a pajama girl, says the Brooklyn Eagle. The most Reductive mase of ribbon and lace trimmed lin- gerie to the way of aright robe le pulsed by with call Indifference. "No more nightgowns for me," confided an ardent member of the pajama sister- hood. "1 simply adore my pajamas, Felt a bit queer In them at first, don't you know, and kohl looking at myself in the mirror to Bet 11 I wag really myeell or the other fellow. It wasn't long, though before I succumbed to the delicious comfort of then. Now I'm Inlev converting all my friends, and the very ones who at first held lip their Icldsin horror and ibrlcked, 'Oh, how chocking 1 How to Hulett 1' Pre Just the most euthUOiaetIC over pajameg now. Confrere now, aren't they Jolty i:ttle affair's?" They cer- tainly were d&celedly piquant on their pretty owner. They were made of blue and white stride mercerised Innen, with 1nun10 end fade of plain tchtte all a little pocket on the left gide. Pomcillmee they are of soft silk In drllr'te hues. The feminine order 0f p^pimnhorrt 1s nnturnily a $react one, nn.1 it fo Duty n: 5(1110 intlmatn friends and dearest enemies who even seeped that she le a member. The perfumery counter In a de- partment More Is always a Reenter of etlrnetlon. .44•44 4444 +•44 4444 +444 •••4 •1 A 000D AND TRUE FISH STORY 2 N++•4+++$+•44444444+4 444• More than $1(1(1,00,1 is nkat Capt. Jame.' Earle, a N, w Bedford whirler um visiting in Honolulu, realized In 18811 from nue sperm whale. lu fact, the whale teas 001" of the most valuable ever caught lit ally ocean. It was not the ninety barrels of oil which gave the leviathan its extra- ordinary value, for that 011N Redd to Something like $1,000, but within the whale's vast Interior there was found to solid piece of amtx'rgrio weighing 780 pounds, Thie was the largest single piece of ambergris ever found, according to the records, and that It come from one luno whale made the rich discovery the more Inter- esting to the sclentillc world. Tile 780 pound piece of ambergris woo sold In chunks 101 nil markets of the world for (25,000 sterling, and It laid the foundation of wealth for almost every man Interested in. the whaling expedition, which originated In New Zetland. Capt. Earle came here in 1807, on the whaling ship Europa as a cabin WY, hie father then being Ole first urate. Ile later went to New Zea- land to phi the whaler Splendid, which he fitted out, obtaining there- by a bounty of $10,000 offered by the New Zealand Government for the first whaler fitted out for service. He went as emend 'nate and roan by promotion until he became maeter and mart owner. It was in October, 1882, thnt the Splendid, while cruis- ing abort the Chatham Islands cant et New Zetland cam' upon the sperm a•hnle which wan the biggest bonanza of the 80a on reeord. Ninety barrels of oil were taken. from (t, and while delving into the carcase the huge piece of nmiu'rgrls wan found. Ambergris is a concretion formed only in the Sete/dines of the sperm whale and is sometime found float- ing on tho surface of the sea like pumice Brune, 'weir ,(here these ani- mal cruises. In It are often found imbedded the horny beaks of the squids on tvhlcti the whnte feeds. It was formerly used ti. medicine, but to now dissolved In alcohol and used an a bane lo perfumes, rendering them more lasting. It affords About 85 per cent. of a peculiar tatty and emit -Milne eubetance called am- bretn. The voyage of the eliendll In that 001(0011 watt 11 fortunate one in etery respect, for she came into Littleton port, New Zealand, with the big piece of au/beep-ix worth Its weight In gold, and 1,101 barrels of sperm oil. "When we arrived In port,' Bald Capt. Earle yeterdny, "I tele- graphed to the agent of the Otago Whaling Company to come up. He • came, the ambe•gi't* was taken ashore, loaded 'Leto a car, 01)10)) WW1 locked and the key stowed away in the agent's pocket, and he stood guard there, too, until the stuff was safely placed. Tho first year that I had brought any ambergris into port wo gpt 515 a pound for 21 Pounds, but when the big piece came in the news so aotontshed ev- erybody that cablegrams were sent all over the world, and the result was that the price dropped. Some went to London, but as for my own share I took it In bulk and car- ried it home with me. I wasn't in a hurry to sell It, but thought by wait- ing the market for It would rise. I got $18 ea ounce for the gray and $8 for the black, while In London it lord only brought $12 and $p. The last of my share was sold to 1891. I remained with this company until 1886, when 1 went hpme. I have taken more than a thousand sperm whales line then hnd have never found 1.n any of them a piece of ambergris. -Pacific Commercial Ad- vertiser. What 1s a feaster? Suit for damages le now pending In the Chicago courts, which 10 based oa an unusual plea -the defendant Drilled the plaintiff "a lobster." Un- der a recent law concerning libel, the person sued for calling horrid names can go free If he can prove that the alleged "libel" le true. If that should enter Into this case, tome light upon the exact nature and habits of the genus lobster humanus might be thrown. If tiro defendant were to undertake to prove the truth of his assertion, how would lie go about It? This opprobrloue epithet tine been cast about among people of all grades of society for several years. When It struck and stuck to the right person, everybody seem the (piece of the title. But tenet, exactly, are the main charactertetice of the "lobs- ter "? "0h, he's a lobster!" coming from the rouged Cupid's bow mouth of Dotty Dimple, as she waits behind the wings with spear adjusted, ready to lead the line of "soldiers brave," wane that the gentleman under dis- cussion le susceptible to the right kind of manipulation whloh extracts birds and cold bottles from his poc- ketbook. "Tell me, what le a lobster'?' was the query lit to a man who had just growled the offensive word at the retreating figure of an acquain- tance wino had jostled him In the pa Osage way. "Well, a lobster is a" --he paused helplessly. "He's a kind of -of ani- mal that is always in everybody's way-out of place, you know." And ho brightened up with tbe glow of one who has accomplished that meet difficult proceee of thought, a'defln- ition. "Yon see, a chap that tries to butt In with another fellow's girl -the other fellow calla him a lobs- ter -see?" 80 that's a man's definition. But how about the womanfs? "What kind of a man do you call a lobster ?" The bright young woman who was asked the question pondered a moment, then said tersely: "A bore. He'e always dense and stupid." And there you have the two ver - alone. But how came all those repul- sive qualities to be fastened upon that Innocent, succulent, scarlet - black creature, the emblem of jolly, midnight good fellowship, the lobs- ter of the sad cea wave's? A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS. Rules the Late Lord Russell Prepar- ed for His Mon. IN there any reolpe tor moccasin" men have been asking each other Inc centuries. And to -day the question le being put more eagerly than It has ever been put before. Plainly the only answer obtain- able l• such as may be vouchsafed by men themselves successful. Per- haps the wisest thing to be done, If you are e0mewhat vaguely etart(ag out on a career and do not know how to make the most of 1t, le to study Rome mutt set of rules as those which the late Lord Russell wrote down for the guidance of hie 500 - a younger member of the Bar, We Household Words. 1. , Begin each day's work with a memo of what le to be done, in order of urgency. 2. Des one thing only at a time. 3. In any but/Mese Intervlewo note In your diary or In your entrlee the eubetance of what takes plane -for corroboration in any future difficulty. 4. Arrange any case, whether for brief or for your owe judgment, In the order of thee. 5. Be ecrupulouely exact down to the emalleet item in money mat- te's, etc., In your account of them, 6. Be careful to keep your pap- ery In neat and orderly fashion. 7. There le no need to content Ignorance to client, but never be above asking for advice from those competent to give jt in any mat- ter of doubt, and never affects to understand when you do not un- derstand thoroughly. 8. (let to the bottom of any af- fair Intrusted to you -revolt the n mpleet-and do each piece of work as if you were a tradesman turtling out a beet sample of Itis manufacture by whichhe wishes to be judged. S. Do not be content with being merely an expert matter of form and detail, but strive to be a law- yer. 10. Always' be straightforward and elncere. Mode Him Hosaesick. I witnessed a most amusing Reese on a train a few weeks ago. A young man got on the train who had Just started out to be a travelling maleaman. He had all Norte of gr'ipa and a full (apply of railroad litera- ture. At the next station a farmer boarded the train. He was carrying a basket of potatoes, and looked fresh from the fleet/. The farmer left the coach door open and the young man looked up from hie maga- zine and exclaimed : "Why don't you 'hut the door? You look like you sero rayed In a ratable." Tho countryman sat down and inn a few minutes begun to snuffle, as 11 he was weeping "Say, old man, have I hurt your teelingo?" called out the youth. "If 5 bavle) I em ''e17 sorry, for of course I, did not really mean that you were edema in a stable." "But I was raised In a 'table," the farmer replied sadly, "and It maker; me homesick every time I wen a Jackass." To win nn argument doesn't nee- vesRnrity prove that you aro right. for Six Months Ve Did No Work Was a Victim of Nervous Collapse -Weak, Helpless, Suffering --An Extraordinary Cure by Dr. Chase's NerVe Food That Dr. Cliaee'o Nerve Food pos-' eeeses unusual control over the nerves and rekindles nervous energy when all other means fall, le well Illustrated in the case described be- low. Mr. Brown was forced to give up his ministerial work, and was eo far exhausted, that for a time he was positively helpless. Doctors were consulted, and ninny remedies were resorted to, in vain. Every effort to build up the system seem- ed to vain, and it le little wonder that the sufferer was losing hope of recovery, when he began to use Dr. Chase's Nerve Food. Bev. T. Brown, Methodist mloleter of Omemee, and late of Bethany, Ont., writes: "A year ago last November I was overtaken with ner- vous exhalation. For six months I did no work, and during that time I had to be waited on, not being able to help myself. Nervosa collapse was complete, and though I was in the physician's hands for months, l did not seem to improve. At any little exertion my strength, would leave me, and 1 would tremble with net/ow/nem. "From the first I used a great many nerve remedlea, but they seem- ed to have no effect in my case. I bad almost loot hope of recovery when I heard of Dr. Chase's Nerve Food, and began to use it. A. my system became stronger I began to do a little work, and have gradually Increased In nerve force and vigor until now I am about In my normal condition again. I conelder Dr, Chase's Nerve Food the best medl- chlor I ever used. Not only has it proven Its woitherful restorative powers to my own cane, but also to severe! others where I have recom- mended It." Dr, Chase's Nerve Food, 60 cents a box, slit boxer for $2.60. At alt dealer*, or Edmaneon, Rates & t7ai Toronto. , e