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Flesherton Advance, 22 May 1919, p. 3

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â-  ^ GERMAK TRADERS IN SOUTH AFRICA evlDENCE OF UNJUST DEALINGS WITH NATIVE TRIBES. German Police Aided the Traders and Furnished No Redress to Dis- tressed Colonists. There are two opinions concerning the right of any nation, however ad- \ancod, to subdue and to govecn an uncivilized or partly civilized people, even when the government is Just and benencent. There can be no two opin- lous regarding a nation that usea its power to oppress and rob its weaker neighbor. It was the Germans' own deeds in their African colonies that made iU impossble to restore those colonies after the war. In an article an the German rule in Southwest Afri- ca, printed in the Fortnighty Review, the writer quotes the testimony of an under chief, Daniel Korego, of Omaru- ru, concerning the reasons for the na- tive rebeirten of 1904. Our people, he said, were being robbed and deceived right and left by German traders; our cattle were driven by force; we were flogged and ill-treated and got no redress. In fact, the German police assisted the traders instead of protecting us. Traders would come along and offer goods. When we said that we had no cattle to spare, as the rinderpest had killed po many, they said they would give us credit. Often, when we refused to buy goods, the trader would simply unload Tgoods and leave them, saying that we could pay when we liked ; but in a few weeks he would come back and demand his money or cattle. He would then pick out the very best cows hp could find. Theft and Robbery. Very often one man's cattle were taken to pay other people's debts. If we objected and tried to resist, the police would be sent for, and, what with floggings and the threats of shooting, it was useless for our poor people to resist. If the traders had been fair and reasonable, we should never have complained: but this was not trading at ail â€" it was theft and robbery. They fixed their own prices Beginning to Rid .\frica of Its Oppressors. The work of clearing the Cameroons of Teutons is in progress. A number of German families who have been deported from there have arrived at Rotterdam en route for the Fatherland. The Camerooiis are no longer a German colony, and their room was preferred to their company. The picture shows Ger- man women carrying their luggage to the quay. BITS OF HUMOR FROM HERE STiJEJlE The Only Easy Way. "Pa, what's the easy-payment plan?" "Paying cash, my boy, for whatever you buy." There Was a Reason. "Darling, I cooked dinner for you all myself, and you've never said a word about it." "I -would have, dearest, but some- how I hate to be always complaining." WAKTE9 SfP.SCRrPTION .XriENTS TO WORK direct for publisherr: .hiffhi-'ft eorn- mlsi^iin Apply I'lrcii'mkin Manager. Can;iilt;in Home Journal. Toronto r.iTjj nrrr TXY w.«iTTrij r>oc. iwui OF riGEoxa and up. ^nte for rrlros. I. Weinrauch ft Sa& K-IS .«t Jean Baptlste M.ir!^.-!. Mont- a irusiis. Nr: â- P.SE.S K\R.N $15 TO »;5 tfr fren bookiot. Sc^pnrr. r>«»p(-, 4*? T^ Roval A WEEK. 3eL_ of PCB, SAI.E. w ELI., ETQT-irrEn NFr\v.«r.\PBR and job printiric plan' in Eastern Ontario Inmirance oarrle.l Jl.SOU Will en far J1.2no on nnick K.ile. Box gX Wilson Pnh'i^i'lie fn Tfl Toronto As Obviously. | illustrating the matter-of-fact StlSCEttAITEOt^?. A-VCER. TtMOR.-3. I.CMPS. Int-rnal anri external, .-urerl way in which the average British blue- out pain by our home treatment. Writ* , , , , ^ u » 1 • 1 rr,, us before too I.it.^ Dr r'!lin:'.n Medical ETC. wlth- Wril» jacket looks at things. Admiral Ty- whitt relates how he was one day questioning a batch of them as to their accomplishments. "Which of you men can swin?" he asked. "I can. sir." said one. "Good?" answered Tywhitt. -Where did you learn?" "Why â€" er â€" in the water, sir," came the unexpected reply from the rather mystified bluejacket. Co . I^imlted. Colllnerwood. Ont a 4 ^e«^.l^..A t>~.~ .-^z^.. :r 73 ;f -t.r :rr'ir^ nti'l::** '.0 1*11 ' ft--.. *^in tali t«m ;tj •->.* tfHEi-tt| 3-iV?r«ri:rrs. IM.. «r:^fret. >t Where Science Is Futile. The quinine treatment never fails To stop Sis when she bites her nails. The baby wears a cap all night So that his ears will grow up right Rosel'.e rubs castor-oil, by quarts, This DON'T BE A BORE! May Not Apply to You- Read It All the Same. -But The art of conversation is worth studying. There are many rules to be observed, but they are all simple, and easy to remember. First, you must know what to talk about. The following rules will help you: 1. Choose a subject which interests you. If it interests you it will prob- ably interest your audience. 2. Talk about things of which you have some special knowledge, for then you are sure to tell your audience something new and interesting. Xext you must know how to talk. 1. Talk modestly. Otherwise you will annoy ymir hearers by your self- assumed su)ieriority. TRAVEL BY FLOWERY WAYS. The Way of Peace. Saviour, in pity come to earth once ~â€" ~ ,. ^^ ,. „,^ , ,.. * ^i j^pj.g I There are many who believe that all | to make his escape from the uncom Man cannot find true peace without ) ^ig^^"';P'^ration3 and industrial con- Thine aid; No Need For Haste. The minister of a parish iij Scotland i _ _ was walking one misty night through j ^p;njie"r'sett!ement"of 'warts. a street in the vllago when he fell in- ^^ ^.^ ^^^^ ^^.^^.^^ ^^.^^^ .j to a deep hole. After vainly trying : ^^^ ^^ spankad out of broUier Bill. But there's one thing she bows be- Thou art its Prince, take Thou Thine honored place, And teach the rulers how Thy peace is made. ; fortable position, ho began to shout | j^^.^ ' for help. A laborer, passing, heard g^^ ^.^^^.^ ^id father of his snore! his cries and. looking down, asked who Talk cheerfully and hopefully, for the goods, but would never let us j otherwise you will depress your place our own valuation on the cattle. ] friends, and they will wish to be rid For a bag of meal they took eight cows, which were equivalent to six- 1 teen oxen ; for the Hereros would al- ways give two oxen for the cow. She I is a breeder, and we loved to increase | our herds. For a pair of boots they took a cow. Most traders took only <;ows, for they were farmers also and j iwauted more cattle. Often, when credit had been given, they came back and cUiiiaed what they called interest on the debt. Once I of you. 3. Speak charitably or you will be- come a mere scandal-monger â€" a per- son to be avoided. 4. Show an interest in your subject by your voice and manner. Interest is infectious, and your audience will soon catch the infection. The rules about when to talk' are all "Don'ts. " 1. Don't talk to a person who is tired and wishes to rest. Don't talk The cleansing drops still ooze from ] out Thy side. ] Oh let them tall upon the hearts of those Who represent the nations; Saviour, heal Their leprosy, true source of all our woes. Lay Thy Sacred hands upon their sightless eyes That they may see. nor falter from the way ; The sparrows fall-and Thou hast counted those â€" The nations fall, more dear to Thee than they. Oh, loving Saviour, grant Thy people grace. Pour righteous truth into the minds of men. Teach them to know, and fear, and fol- low Thee, Bless Thou the world and give it peace again. He Understood. The aoroplane banked and looped and volplaned, and then climbed till almost beyond the gaze of the spec- tators. Then a gasp broke from the crowd. got a bag of meal on credit, and later [ to a person who is reading. Don't the trader came and took eight cows â- for the debt and two more cows for whut he called credit: thus it cost me ten cows altogether. Just before the rebellion in 1903 things got worse than ever. All the traders came round and began to collect debts. Often their claims were quite false, and they were deliberately stealing our cattle. We complained to the German police, but they told us that we were all liars, and that the word of a Genmui would al- ways be taken, even if half a dozen of us had the impudence to contradict him. That made us feel as if it were just as well not to be alive Our people cried and lamented the loss of their stock: our poorer people no longer had enough milk to drink; all our cows were going, and every mcnth saw our property dwindle away. We saw our chiefs, who complained and complained until they were tired. No heed was taken of them, and we had no coijrts of law to which to appeal for Justice. talk to anyone who has something bet- ter to do than to listen to you. 2. Don't talk if you yourself are tired or depressed: for then your con- versation will be dull and depressing. 3. Don't be afraid that if you remain silent your friends will think you dull. In any case it is better to be passively dull than actively boring. 4. Don't hold forth if there are more interesting persons present. Try to draw them out by asking them ques- tions, and showing an interest in them. You must also know how to select i time your audience: that is. to whom you ; should talk. Therefore: \ 1. Talk to the person who is most i likely to be interested in your conver- j sation. i 2. If you are a man you should pre- ; ferably address your conversation to ! a woman, and vice-versa. Men and ' women have a different outlook. .\ ' man's view of life will often be new i Had ship's anchor fall on my knee and leg. and knee swelled up and for six days I could not move it or get help. I then started to use MINARD'S LINIMENT and two bottles cured me. PROSPER FERGUSON. cenis only look to the material side of things and work machine-like for the production of wealth, regardless | Ue was. The minister told him and at of the winter's snow and unheeding of ; the same time evincel much agitation. the summer's bloom. This is often an I The laborer, however, took the situa- erroneous idea, for it is generally ' tion in a very philisiphical manner realized that man does not altogether i and remarked: live by offices and pens and papers | "Weel v. eel. ye needna kick up sic and engines and other accoutrements 'â-  a noise. Yell no be needed afore of labor â€" he requires trees and shrubs ' Sa\\bath, an' this is only Wednesday and flowers and the loveliness ofinjcht." nature. The Canadian Pacific Railway has always paid considerable attention to the development of garden plots along its lines. It is just thirty years ago since a C.P.R. employee raised a few varieties of flower seeds in his own garden, and distributed them amongst | j^ ^..^^ fgiung; Down, down it came, his friends in the service of the com-!^^gj. .^^j ^^.^^ twisting and swerving, pany, with the object of promoting ^j^^j, j^ appeared about to strike the flower gardening at the various sta- i garth. Then it suddenly righted, and tion plots of the railway. -Al vast ad- gg^y away. vance has been made since then: aiidl ..^^^^ ,,^,.- imjgijgd the aviator. "See now the company possesses a FlorSl Department with headquarters at , thought we were going to crash." Windsor Street Station, Montreal, and j ..â- vvell," said his passenger faintly, a Floral Couimittee which embraces j ..g^^,^ ^^^ ^.^^ ^f ^^^ ^^^ thought members from the Eastern and ^^est-ijjj^ same:" eru lines. It is under the guidance of j tills depuituient that the various -sta- tion plots and other properties of the companv are cleared up and beauti-i "I guess I'm. about the uniuckiest fled. Thousands of packages of flower fellow alive." ass<Mted the long, nar- seeds. bulbs, trees, and shrubs, ami row. mournful looking individual, large quantities of grass seeds and ^ "What seems to be the trouble ?" in- fertilizers have been distributed dur- ' quired his sympathetic companion, or- ing the last few years to station ' dering something consoling for them Uinard's Tilnltnent used by Fliysiciass. Can You Read It? The following letters are inscribed on a stone tablet placed immediately over tlie Ten Commandments in a church in England, and the inscrip- tion is deciphered by supplying one letter a number of times: PRSVRYPRFCTMN VRKPTHSPRCPTSTN. Keep your eyes open and not far off you will and the letter. MONEY ORDERS. A Dominion Express Money Order for Ave dollars costs three cents. Harrow before the com plants ap- pear above sTOund. .\fter the plants are we'l established, if the stand is Ninety per cent, of those people ^ too thick, han-ow again. Training for hi?:her branches of foreign trade will be discussed, at the suggestion of the Canadian Trade Commission, at the Universities Con- ference in Ottawa this month. Fate Was Against Him. What the Sun Does, Letting the sun shine for a given upon the blackened cover of a box filled with water or some other liquid, and noting the rise in tempera- ture, affords us a method of approxi- mating the amount of heat given oil by the sun. I5y such a method it is estimated that the earth receives every second from the sun enough heat to raise 600.000.000 tons of ice water to the boiling point, or to melt 4SO.C0O.000 tons of ice without change interesting to a woman, when it | j,, temperature. If this is the amount Export trade is not a hidden art like witchcraft or fortune-telling. The Canadian Trade Commission be- lieves dozens of firms in Canada could i business as yourself score in the foreign field rif formed "groups of indtistries." they Extremes meet in the types of samples of goods for the Roumanian Government sent for the Canadian Trade Oommdssion's inspection. A and will seem obvious and commonplace that tlie earth receives, think of the to a man. amount that must be passing off into 3. Avoid talking about your work to gp.^pg ^„j ^^^^^^J. placets. This amount a man who is engaged in the same i ^as been computed to be 2.200.000.000 Don't talk shop, i ^j^g^. ^^ ^^^^^ .^^ tj,.^ ^^.^j^,,, ^,jg ^.^^.^^ I receives. Scientists have shown that ^'^" the amount of heat received by us from the sun niav vary as much as On the other hand, your work may supremely interesting to a man gaged in some other business. These ruies may not make you a brilliant conversationalist, for that re- quires special gifts, but if you follow them >ou will never bore your friends. lew are perfect; many axe slovenly and they will always be glad to listeu ind unattractive. to you. [o satisfying' that -the chanoc is easy when one finds that tea or coffee oisa^rccs . Instant Postum is a rich,tasty bevera^^e, absolutely free fbom caf^ fcine. No Bbilin^.No Wsste, RegtaresZess Sttii^^r "There's a Reason '^ agents, section foremen, caretakers of round houses, and all employees liv- . iug on the property of the company. Travellers on the line observe the happy results achieved. The cultiva- j tion work is done in all cases by tlie j employees themselves, who in most cases acquired the art of amateur S'ar- , dening by taking their lessons from leaflets issued by the Floral Depart- ment. The best material is always | provided. .Vmongst the varieties of • trees supplied are: Maple, birch. I beech, poplar and cat.ilpa. Some of ', the shrubs are: weigelia, berberries,; laurel leaf willow and sumac. Pereu-| nials distributed are: Oriental pop- i pies. iris, phlox, veronica, gaillardia.' larkspur, columbine, sweet william. and pinks. Bedding plants used in- clude: geraniums, coleus, caauas, paii- sies. asters, verbenas, petunias, and castor oil plants. Standard seed pack- ets sent out contain: Nasturtiums, I alyssum. uiignoneite. sweet peas, ' phlox and kochia. Ferns and house i plants are given to the larger sta- 1 tions. The establishment and main- ! both. i "I'm jest naturally unlucky -Fate's i got it in for me. I'll leave it to you if | a guy deserves this kinder luck. A i year ago I gits tired o' liviu' in board- 1 in' houses an' 1 ups an' gets married. Now fer a home an' goodby boarding house vittles, say I. An' before six ' months was past my wife she opened ' a boardin' house to support us. Ain't thai fierce? Why couldn't the woman , git some other kind of work to do?" He brushed his hand across his eyes, lest a briny drop might embitter his beer. : Hurrali! How's This I Miaard's Etlnlmant IiiuulMrmaa's Friend. You Within the Wood, were so solemn and so dark. wood ; 1 used to be afraid of you because 1 could not see where your dim foot- j path hied. ! The crooked shadows of the crooked ! haws i Were witches bent on luring me ' inside. Cincirnati authority says corns dry up and lift out v/ith fingers. Hospital records show that every time yon cut a corn you invito lock- jaw or blood poison, which is needless, says a Cincinnati authority, who tells you that a quarter ounce of a drug called freezone can be obtained at lit- tle cost from tho drug store but is suf- ficient to rid one's feet of evcr>- hard or soft com or callus. You simply apply a few drops of freezone on a tender, aching corn and soreness is instantly relieved. Short- ly the entire corn can be lifted out, root and all. without pain. This drug is sticky but dries at once and is claimed to ju'st shrivel up any corn without intiaming or even irri- tating the surrounding tissue or skin. If your wife wears high heels sba will be glad to know of this. five per cent, in less, than a week. ♦ Ask tor Uiaard's and take no other. ,^ . Queer Titles of Books. Have you over thought that writers may some day run out of titles for books? There is no need for alarm; there will be titles almost as long as there are stories -perhaps longer. Here are a few titles of books pub- lished in Cromwell's time, and they are almost as odd as ttiey are long: "Seven Sobs of a Sorrowful Soul for Sin; or. The Seven Penitential Psalms of the Princely Prophet David, whereunto are also added William j Huinius' Handful of Honeysuckles. I and Divers Godly and Pithy Ditties, now newly Augmented." •.\ Sigh of Sorrow for the Sinners of Zion, breathed out of a Hole in the Wall of an earthly Vessel, known among Men by the Name of Samuel Fish (a Quaker who had been im- prisoned)." "Eggs of Charity. layed by the Chickens of the Covenant, and boiled with the Water of Divine Love. Take Ye and Bat." ".\ Shot aimed at the Devil's Head- quarters through the Tube of the Can- non of the Covenant." "Hooks and Eyes for Believers' Ureeches " tenance of the gardens and selection i of the seeds, bulbs, and plants are j Away in there it seemed to me I saw supervised by Mr. B. M. Wiimegar, . A monstrous cavern filled with gruo- torester of the company. some things, â€" The encouraging influence of flower! Black shapes that flitted weirdly growing on the C.l'.U. during the last' while they made thirty years has iu a large measure Their voices low in ghostly whisper- C« 2 Are relieved in a few days by •) taking: 30 drops of Mother Scitjprs I* Syrap alter meals and on retiring. ^ It dissolves the lime and acid •) I* •1 (• •) l» •) (• »•) Rheeniatie Pains accuna.Ution in tlic muscles and Rome became the capltivl of Uni'.eil Italy i" 1870. assisted in the inauguration of floral societies all over the country. There are hundreds of C.P.K. officials con- nected with these societies, and most of them received their first lesson Jn llower culture at the C.P.R. flower bods. Flowers have improved the railway stations, and inspired by the beauty of the stations, residents of the towns have planted ttowers and improved the appearances of iheir homes. In every division of the C.P.R. prizes are given every year for the best displays, and many of tliese ama- teur railway gardeners have tried their products with success against all comers at the bi,g Canadian and .\uieriean flower exhibitions. My mgs. childish cr afraid. ;iic running back But now your leaves are fallen, wood, I laugh To think how once I feared you. Now my eye Can trace your footpath to the gold- en lea. Ah! will we lind but dear familiar thiugs In all we dre.ad, dear God. when we can see? joints so thesa depo.-Ils can be expcllc :!, thus rcUeyins pain and 2 sorcn«:.j. Seigcl's Syn;p, also (â-  knoivn as "Extract of Root-'," § conlainsnodopenorotherstroa^ ^l drugs to kill or mask the pain of c* c* rheumatism or lumbwj^i it re* e") V moves the cause. 50c. a bottle ^ #1 at druggists. n |« GIRLS! WHITEN YOUR SKIN j WITH LEMON JUICE Better a little risk of frost after i planting corn than -a lot of risk as the crop approaohos maturity. "Never fear to bring the suhlimest motive to the smallest duty, and the most infinite comfort to the smallest trouble." â€" Phillip Brooks. For the thoughtful, intelligent dairyman who is not too stingy to head his herd with a pure-bred bull, and raise well his heifer «ilves, there never was a time when the future prcniiseil him such prosperity. Sctu AUaard'f LlnlaitBt la tbe bona*. Make a beauty lotion for a few cents â-  to remove tan, freckles, sallowness. 'â-  Your grocer h;>s the lemons and an\ i drug store or toilet counter will sup- ply you with three ounces of orchard white for a few cents. Squeeze the juice of two fresh lemons into a bottle, then put in the orchard white and shake well. This makes a quarter pint of the very best lemon skin whitencr and complexion beaulitlcr known. Massage this friigrant. creamy lotion daily into the face. neck, anus and hands and just sec hvw freckles, tan. sallowness. redness and roughness dis- appe;ir iuid how .smooth, -iofl and clear the skin becomes. â- Â»Â»: It is iiarin- less, and the beautiful results will "sur- prise you. liss Flora Boyko Tells How Cuticura Healed Her Pimpl es *'My face was ver;- itchy a": first, and after th.-Jt it was covfrcJ with pimples that disfigured it badly. The pimples were hard and red and they were small, and they were scat- tered all over my face and were so itchy I had to scratch and I could cot sleep. "These bothered nie nearly a year before I used Cuticura Soap and Oint- ment and when I had used five cakes , of Cuticura Soap and five bo.xes of Cuticura Oinnnent I was healed." (Signed) Miss Flora M. BcvUc, Gardenton, Man., Dec. 26, 1918. Having obtair.ed a clear healthy skin by the use of Cuticura, keep it clear by using the Soap for all toilet purposej, assisted by touches of Ointment as needed. Do cot &ii to induJe the exquisitely scented Cuti- cura Talcum in youi toilet prepara- tions. Splendid after bathing. Ptor frvi? .ample each of Cuticura Soap, Oint- iDcnt siHj Talt-Mtn addrvsw pflat-««r^ "Ovoeark, Stpk. A, Boitoa, 0. S. A." Sold cviiry^'lkirfi. JKSV'E 21â€"19 ,'tJ^:;«ilti^'t£iAil£i'!: '

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