Daily British Whig (1850), 13 Jul 1915, p. 6

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PAGE SIX THE DAILY RRIPTAm wire TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1915, SANG AS THEY LEFT CHEERED TENOR, WHEN HE ME- | GAPHONED "AULD LANG SYNE" Peace Delegates Tell Of Scene Avonmouth-- Germans Are Using Weeds And Make Beans, Nuts, Potatoes and Rice. New York, July 13.--"We work by day and weep at night," was the remark of a German woman#in a hos- pital in Berlin to Miss Angela Mor- gan, the poetess, and Miss Rebecca Shelly, delegates to the recent Wo- man's Peace Congress at The Hague, | who arrived home on the Holland- American liner Rotterdam. Following the adjournment of the congress, at which Miss Shelly was the youngest delegate, she and Miss Morgan went into Germany 'to get the German point of view," as Miss Morgan expressed it to-night at the Woodstock. "Between Rotterdam "and mouth," said. Miss Morgan, "three British ships were torpedoed in the path of our ship, including the Ley- land liner Armenian We -passed through the wreckage of the sunken ghips and during the time that we were detained we saw submarines, Zeppeling, torpedo boat destroyers and other machines of war and' wit- gessed the départure of the. gteam ship Franconia, now a British trans- port, with 3,000 splendid young sol- diers on board, bound for the Dar- danelles, "In connection with that we were witnesses of a most inspiring and saddening incident. On the tran- sport the young soldiers were cheer- ing 'and shouting &ll the day long. One night, as by common impulse, they all burst into the strains of "Tipperary." They sang it through and there was silence for a minute, then suddenly, from our ship Ver- non Styles, the Amerscan venor, who had been singing at the Saxon court, Avon- singing through.a magaphone, burst | into the strains of 'Auld Lang Syne,' Following that he sang "Annie Lau- rie." It was perfectly beautiful As -his voice died out across the wa- ter another period of silence fell and then, from the throats of the 3,000 young men about to sail away to the horrors of war, there same a long, | ringing cheer." In Germany the two young Ame- rican peace advocates had several dispiriting experiences. "We were In Berlin at a soup kit- chen," Miss Shelly sald, "and were talking with a friend when the wo- man in charge of the kitchen ap- proached and said, not unkindly but with deep woe. 'Please do not talk English, I cannot bear to hear it,' "We learned later that she had lost in the war her husband, her two sons and her two son-in-laws. Every male member of her family had fal- | len." "There is a wonderful spirit every- where in Germany," Miss Morgan continued, "The soldiers sing as they march away, the children and grownups sing in the street, whole people seem to be living in a state of wonderful spiritual exalta- tion." + "The women of Germany are unit- ed in the efforts to do the work which was abandoned by the men when the summons to war came." Miss Shelly said, "Twenty different kinds of plants which formerly were regarded as' weeds have been adapt- ed to food uses. THe only shortage of food that we saw was in bread. And to poly this shortage they have resorted to the most ingenious devices. For instance they made bread new from beans, chestnuts, al- monds, potatoes and rice. And as to the methods of cultivation thére is not a foot of soil left untilled. Travelling through the country by train we found that they had cultiva- ted the land right down to the side of the railroad tracks." Neither Miss Morgan nor Miss Shelly saw signs of an end of the war, There is dissension among the woman's «clubs of Germany be- cause some sent delegates to The Hague. ------------ DESTRUCTIVE FLOODS IN CHINA Many Lives Are Reported Lost in Kwantung and Kwangsi, Washington, July 13.+-Loss of many lives as the result of unprece- dented floods in the provinces of Kwangtung and Kwangsi, China, was announced" to-day in a despatch to the State Department from Consul- Genera] Cheshire at Canton. The Consul-General's message said: "Unprecedented floods. Great dis. tress among the Chinese in the in- terior of Kwangtung and Kwangsi. Many lives were lost. Shameen flood- ed two or three feet, There is a total cessation of {rade and ratlroad trafic. Contributions to suffering humanity urgently needed at once. Kindly inform the Red Cross and Christian Herald" Shameen i8 an island in Canton harbor, on which foreign concessions are located. : -------- BOTHA. Major-General Huiglies Sent His Con- gratnlations. «i London, July 13+" send you my congratula a the of #01 who have badge of into tha ikke ey Major-General fi of Militia and Defed "as a fos, Major ghes had always admired Botha when fightnig him. There was no harm now in admitting, said Major-General Hughes, that he had written an article in the Cape Times, | during the ar, on tain © and OS main Shelia of which was that the two peoples then engag- ed were the last who should be fight- ing each other, and he felt that the leaders had been forced info war by the populace. i ---------- Polly--He doesn't know anything about the little niceties of paying attention to a girl. . - Pol : Ry iy double knot, so Y * @ tied it in a ulda't come un- Atiing The | admiration |-And I--a wanderer LIVE STOCK MARKETS. The Prices Paid At The Various Centres, { Toronto, July 12.--The market | was strong for choice butcher cattle! | at the Unlon Stock Yards this morn-| There was good demand for | milch cows. Sheep trade was quiet; Bread From |/ambs a little lower; hogs easier. Re- | ceipts: 3,337 cattle, 288 calves, 1,- | 201 hogs 708 sheep. Butcher cattle, choice $8.25 to $9.- | 10, medium $8 to $8.20, common $7.-| 90 to $8; butcher cows, choice $7 to $7.25, medium $6.75 to $7, canners $4 to $5, bulls $6.75 to $7.50; feed- ing steers, $7 to $7.25; stockers, choice $7 to $7.25, light $6.75 to $7; milkers, choice, each $55 to $85; springers, $55 to $805; sheep, ewes | $6.25 to $6.75; bucks and culls, $5 | to $6; lambs, $11 to $11.50; hogs, | off cars, $9.05; hogs, f.0.h. $9.10; | calves, $9 to $9.10. { Chicago, July ceipts,- 21,000. steers, $6.80 | stéers, $7.30 heifers, $3.30 $7.50 'to $11, | Hogs: Receipts 35,000. Market | slow. Light, $7.25 to $7.70; mixed, | $6.90 to $7.65; heavy, $6.70 to $7 rough, $6.70: to $6.85, 'pigs, 6.75 to $7.50; bulk of sales, $7 to | $7.40. | Sheep: Receipts 12,000. Market | weak. Sheep, $5.60 to $6.75; lambs, native, $7 to $9.50. 12,--Cattle: Re-| Market weak. Native to $10.30; western | to $8.40; cows and | to $9.30; 1 * | Montregl Cattle, | Montreal, July 12.--(West End | Market )-- 2 Receipts--Cattle, 850, calves 500; lsheep and lambs 700; hogs 1,800, Trade was slow but prices of cat- tle were a quarter of a cent per 1b. higher than on last Monday's mark- et. Hogs were higher, | Prime beeves, 8 1-4 to 8 3-4 cents: medium, 6 1-4 to 8 cents; common, t 3-4.t0 6 cents. Calves, § to 8 | 1-2 cents. Sheep, 5 1-5 to 6 1-2 | cents. Lambs $5 to $6.55 each. Hogs*10 to 10% 1-4 cents, i Buffalo Cattle. Fast Buffalo, July 12, --Cattle, re ceipts 5500 head; dry fed; aetive; grass fed, slow; prime steers, $9.50 to $10; shipping, $9.75 to $9.40; butchers, $7.25 to $9; heifers, $6 to | $8.60; cows, $3.50 to $7; bulls, $5 | to $7. ae Veals, receipts, 1400 head, active; $4.50 to $11. Hoge, receipts 15,000 head; actité; steady; mixed $8.10 to $8.15; -york- |ers, $8.10 to $8.25; pigs, $8.15 to $8.25; roughs, $6.50 to $6.60; stags, | $5 to $6.75. { Sheep and lambs, recéipts 4,000 head, active; lambs, $7 td $10; year- lings, $5 to $8; wethers, $6.75 to $7; |" | ewes, $3 to $6.50; sheep, mixed, $6.- | 50 to $6.75. | BRIDEGROOM ADMITS FEARS | | On Wedding Morn He Didn't Want Marriage, | In Womans Home Companion a | bridegrobm writes an article entitled, "My Wedding Morn." Following is an extract from his frank confession: "Heré I was on the verge of realiz- ing the thing that I had wanted most for over a year; and suddenly I] found, to my utter amazement, that I didn't want it. "I was disgusted with myself, I be- rated myself soundly for a cad and a coward, but I could not change the feeling. With the drowning man's panoramic eye I saw all the choicest moments of my bachelor days, remembered the gay, irresponsible times that my best man and I had had 'together, That was a pretty good life, after all, that we led, our old bachelor apartment was a good old place, I thought to myself. And I was leaving it I had always heard that folks with curly hair were fickle, and had dismissed the saying as idle; superstitious chatter. ' Now it flashed upon me that my hair is curly; I knew in an Instant that the saying was true. My hair was curly I was fickle; here was the first evidence of it. I was on the edge of my marriagé, and didn't want to marry. "Suppose the cursed weakness, my 'fickleness, were to follow me through life. Suppose I were to find that my lové was not strong enough. I | was twenty-five; we would probably be married forty years. Forty years --the thought staggered me. Love's Meeting. Frank IL. Stanton, in Atlanta Consti- tution, In the old meeting house so dear, the starlight of her eyes-- I didn't read my titles clear to man- sions in the skies, Far this green earth where Love has birth, so beautiful to see, Was more than dreams of Paradise and Heaven enough for me. The téxt, "Love one another," came sweetly home that night, And, dreaming in her face, I said: "He's got the gospel right" So gentle the commandment, so plain and sweet a thing, : I'l never wear a crown for that where saints and angels sing! The music of the old-time hymns went soaring up above-- : Went in a. dream to Heaven, as on the wings of Love: of the way, know 'twas "Amazing Grace" That led me where Life's dream was --to the beauty of her face. I didn't seek the Mourney's Bench, to ask for counsel For Heaven and Earth seemed ing, and Joy was Light in the ¥ which a sou sing- I gave German 8o calves, 1 ®d about » HAS GREAT" PROMISE BRITISH SEE GREAT POSSIBNA- TIES IN WRESTED TERRITORY. Mineral Resources Rich--May Be. Come" One 'of the Finest Ranch Countries in the World--Agrical. tural Outlook Good, New York Times Much specula¥on has dulged in as to the value session of t been as he immense terri ~east Africa, w by the Union of South Africa outed from thé Germans, who had oceupied it since May, 1883. Six times the size of England, being about 322.450 Square miles in area, ¢ Ovamboland, Damarala Namaqualand, and spa ad, it dt, Veen described as a wilder. €88, with a ferti Re fertile tract only here A South Africa ed recently dominant p ows: in- 4 pos- ory of nm authority describ. in the Cape Times its hysical features as fol- "A slowly rising, sandy coast belt; a high interior plateau, broken by isolated mountain ranges and stony kopjes, and a gently falling eastern strip of sandy country which merges n the leva) expanse of the Kalahari Desert, The average hejght of the uplands is about 5,000 feet. The climate on the wholo is healthfu] and eminently suited for Enropeans, though malarial fever is prevalent in the sub-tropica) north, Before the war it supportad a white population of 14,830 people, with some 250,000 natives." The territory's three great natural sources of wealth are minerals; pas ture land and agriculture land, Great Mineral Wealth, Says the atithority above quoted: "The minera] wealth has been the most considerable source of prosper- ity sinee 1908, and it is certain to be {an important factor in the future de. velopment of the country. The dia. Mond fields form a rich treasure housa, and immense quantities of the precious 'stones of fire' still lie in the sunds of the Namib. The fields ex- ténd from Conception Bay (100 miles south of Swakopmund) ¢6 An- gras Juntas, a distance of about 260 miles, but they are intersected in many places by hills and ridges and tracts of worthless sand. The vari- ous producing companies, the great majority of which are German; hold a fifty years' lease from the German Colonial Company, and together he- fore the war broke out they employ- 5,000 natives and colored man, From 1908 to the end of 1913 gems to the value of $35,622, 000 had been recoveréd. "How long will these fields last? The experts differ, as, owing to the vast extent of the country over which the diamondiferous gravel is scat tered and the varying depths of the deposits, it is extremely difficult to estimate the life of the fields. The period has been variously put at eight, fifteen, and twenty years. New deposits may be discovered, although extensive prospecting operations haves not resnltéd in any finds for some time, Volecani¢ 'pipes' con- taining the well-known Kimberlite have been found in the Gibeon,Beth- any, and Kestmanshoop districts, but careful tests have shown them to be barren of diamonds." Dr, Versfeld, who has gvien some dttention to the geological problems of, South-west Africa, ventures to af- firm the discovery of diamond-bear- ing pipes "considerably nearer to the Ludaritzbucht deposits than those at present known seems wel] within the bounds of probability' Dr. Wag- ner, the well-known South African mining authority, states in his "Dia- mond Mines of Southern Africa," that the "primary deposit, or prim- ary deposits, lie buried beneath the sea somewhere off Pomona." At the same time he says that "a long and prosperous career may confi- dently be predicted for the industry" | i in South-west /grica Next to the diamond fields the cop- per mines rank in importance. The value of the cdpper exported in 1913 was $1,982,180. In the opinion of experts, there is no doubt that the country will supply copper and.cop- per ores in increasing quantities for many years to come, : Prospecting work has been done in connection with gold, tin, iron, lead, sulphur, etc, but the gesults have béen somewhat disappointing, - al- though immense deposits of iron and tin ores are known to exist. 'A seam of coal has been found, and the Ger mans had begun to exploit immense layers of white and colored marble of excellent quality. iii Pasture Land of Great Value. The second source of wealth in the territory is the pasture land. Dr. William Macdonald, the South Afri- can agricultural expert, who visited the colony a couple of years ago, de. scribed it as a land of enormous agri- cultural possibilities, destiped to be. come one of the finest ranch coun- tries in the 'world. Dr. Rohrbich, the German Im ria) Emigration Commissioner, and a well-known writér on economics, wrote about it as follows: : "From the Oratige River in the south to the Kunéne in the north, and from the Namib in the west to the Kalahari in the east, its vegeta. tion and conformation re those pa sub-tropical steppe gras eotintry, which is marked out by Na ture herself for cattle ng." everywhere, ows of Life's might, | OF ne thanks, . : head Lov a1 ory Dunkat | --Why, 1 saw him tying yout |or Ponts, a lucrative industry canbe es- tablished in frozen cattle and sheep. Its Agricultural Possibilities. A3 to 'the agricultural lands, the 1,330 farms mentioned above com- prise an' area of 33,484,015 acres, but of this huge area only 13,000 acres are actually under eultifidon. This is ascribed to the sandy nature of the soil and the dryness of the cli- mate. Four-tenths-of the cultivat- ed land is in the well-watered Groot. fontein district, while another three- tenths is in the Windhuk district. Mealles, potatoes, lucerne, melons, vegetables, grapes and tobacco are the principa] articles grown. Much might be done bY improved methods of farming and /means of irriga- tion, since the land is quite fertile. The Germans had planned a great scheme oF irrigation. The Landes. rsely populat- ! rat, as a beginning, made provision. in the Supplementary Estimates for 1913-14- for extensive schemes in connection with the Fish River. Huge reservoirs were to have heen con- structed, with an indefinitd number of minor works such as dams and weirs, and great benefits were ex- pected from these measures, Un- til such schemes as these are, carried out agrieulture will continue to play a very subordinate- part in South. west African industry. Development of the territory here- fore has been hampered by a doarth of capital and official restrictions, for the Government policy of settling the land has been charaetorized by a vigorous application of the pgnciple of Germanization. British occupa- tion of the country surely will lead to far more rapid development with an influx of eapital, especially for ex- ploiting its mining possibilities When First European Landed. It is interesting to récall in con- nection with the conquest of this im. mensa territory that it was on the shores of the Bay of Bartholomew that in 1486 the Portuguese eéxplor- er Diaz effected the first recorded European landing on -Afrlean soil south of the Equator. He set up a marble cross on a prominent spur on 'the south side of tha bay, which in consequence beari the hame Ped- esta] Point, though the cross has long since been removed. But it ap- pears to have stood undisturbed for three centuries. In 1825 ({t was still there, bit broken., Apparent- ly it was still seen from the sea in 1844, for Morell, writing in that year, describes Pedestal Point as "a high bluff point rendered conspicu- ous by a marble cross erected on the summit in 1486, by Bartholomew Diaz." Pieces are.now at Lisbon, and'a fragment in the South African Museum; the rest has disappeared. Diaz named the bay Angra dos Tl- heos--tha bay of the islets--with reference. to the chain of islands which make it almost. land-locked. This name soon gave place to Angra Pequena--the little bay--by which it was generally known until the Ger- an occupation. Since that time the bay has been officially called Lu- deritzbueht, in honor of the mer. chant Luderitz, to whom its occupa- tion was immediately due. 1 i3 ox. tremely likely that under the British regime its former namo of Angra Pequena will be restored, . Gananoque | July 13.<=In connection with the Orangemen's celebration yestérday a dancing stand was erected at the town park and was made use of by large numbers during the evening when a fine musical programme was rendered. The feeding of the vast concourse was no light matter. Be- side the local hotels, the Young Péo- ple's Association of Grace Church, the A. Y. P. A. of Christ Chureh, the ladies of Harmony Lodge No. 15, Daughters of Rebekah and other lo- cal organizations furnished hot meals at reasonable rates, The day was also put to good use by the Red Cross workers who from 7 a. m. until 6 p. m. tagged the assemblage to their hearts content, upwards of $400 being added to their exchequer, the sum was divided among the sol- diers' tobacco fund, the nurses fund and the regular Red Cross work. Lyndhurst Lodge L. O. L. also made a good sum in like manmer for its new hall in that village. On Sunday afternoon, Miss Flor- ence Bishop, daughter of Mr. and irs, James Bishop, Stone street north, while in bathing with others up at the sand beach near Lindsay's Point, got out beyond her depth and THE WHIG'S JUMBLE, A General Review of Country District | and Local News. "Buy soaps" at Gibson's. Raspberries, 15¢. Carnovsky's. ! Searchlight excursion, Thursday, | July 15th, 7.45 p.m. * } Williaa A. Munro, ninety took part in Orange Celebration. Grand Trunk gross for the first week of July is $990,278, a deéline of $57,728, or 5.5 per cent. from last year. . "Talcum powders" at Gibson's. Guelph has engaged F. McArthur, | Regina, "as its city engineer at $2,- 500 a year. E. J. Holland, who re- signed, received $1,600. Three years in penitentiary was| the sentence imposed on Guillaume St. Marie, postal thief, Ottawa. St. Marie stole $6.25 from 600 letters. "Buy toilet soap" at Gibson's. Seleet musical programme of all latest popular music by band of 38th Batt, Thursday, July 15th, per SS. Thousand Islarder. Leaves 7.45 p.m. de Doctor Gets Five Years. 'Winnipeg, July 13.--The jury hearing the case of Dr. Russell Du- mas and Mrs. Maud Dumas found the prisoners guilty of one connt, that of "using instruments unlawfully," Justice Metcalf sentenced each to five years in the penitentiary, Dr, and Mrs. Dumas wera charged Won po. forming an illegal operation on Mrs, Jos: phs. } | Picton, aged the Belleville | | i a Cruelty To Servants, While . ine, the new majd, was taking her (irst lesson in arranging the dining table, someone in the basement kitchen put something upon the dumb-waiter below. "What's that noise?" asked Jane, quickly. "Why, that's the dumb-waiter," responded the mistress. "Well," said Jane, "he's-a-scrateh- in' to get.out.'v-Collier's. FINE WATER TRIPS Thousand Islander THURSDAY AND SATURDAY 1000 ISLANDS AND RETURN Lv. 215 pm. Home § pm. Fare hoe MOONLIGHT EXCURSIONS Thursday asd Saturday--Lyv, 7.45 p.m, Fare ibe OGDENSBURG, N. Y. Each Friday.--Lv. at 830 am, eall- ing at 1000 Tsland points. Fare to Islands 50c.; to Ogdensburg 76e. SS, AMERICA---To Cape Vincent, Sunday, at 7 am. and 2.30 p.m., making tour 1000. Island groups on afternoon trip. Fare b5o0c. Week-end to Watertown---$2.00, MEALS ON BOARD, Morir DY BOARD, in: HOW TO GAIN WEIGHT A POUND A DAY. ' « Thin men and women who would fike to: fncrease their weight with 10 or 15 pounds of healthy "stay there" fat should try eating a little Sargol with their meals for a while and note results, Here is a good test worth trying. First welgh yourself and measure yourself. Then take Sargol --one tablet with every meal--for two weeks, Then weigh and measure again, It isn't & question of how you look or feel or what your friends sy and think. The scales' and the tape measure will tell thelr own story, and most any thin man or woman oh easily add from five to eight pounds in the first fourteen days by following this simple direction. And best of all, the new - flesh stays put. argol does not of itself make fat, but mixing with your food, it turns the fats, sugars and starches of what you have eaten, into rich, ripe fat produces ing nourishment fer the tissues and blood--prepares it in an easily assimi- fated form which the blood can readily accept. All this nourishment now pass- es from your hody as waste, But Sar- gol stops the waste and does it quick- ly and makes the fat producing cone tends of the very same meals you are eating now develop pounds and pounds of healthy flesh betwegn your skin and nes. Sargol is safe, pleasant, effic- lent and inexpensive. wading Sos- ists in Kingston and vicinity sell it in arge boxes--forty tablets to a4 pack- age---on 3 °'funkantes of weight increase or money back. ~---- had it not been for the proximity of }§ l} EVERY ABLE BODIED CANADIAN HAS A SACRED DUTY TO PER- FORM AT THIS HOUR. IT IS TO young Harry Cole, ah excellent swim- mer, she would have undoubtedly lost her life. She was taken from the water in an exhausted condition but is all right now. W. T. Halliday, King street, pa- tient at Kingston General Hospital for some time past, has returned home and is able to attend to his duties, Mr, and Mrs. William 'Seally, || Kingston, are spending a short time | in town guests of the latter's par-|! ents, Mr, and Mrs, William Whit- | more, Garden street. Mr. and Mrs. | Anthony English, Pittsburg town-}i ship, were guests of the latter's fa- ther, William Salter, Garden street, | yesterday. . i Mrs. Wiliam Ward and two' chil- |i dren, Montreal, arrived here this} week fora visit with her parents, Mr. | and Mrs. James MeKella, Garden She was up || son who will | spending a short ES re | as ves || in Toronto, has returned home ae- companied by her sister, Miss Jennie |] No woman is well dress- ed who is not well gloved. The Well Gloved Woman A mistake in this small article of attire mav mar an entire costume, I Summer has its distinct glove. fashions just as it has its cooler dresses and low shoes, The woman who wants to be correct must know what these fashions are and where they can be had. Hn And the best guide will be the advertising col- umns of the Whig. KINGSTON THE CITY OF Gere (@padian. Gly es est f University and Schools, Military Aeadems Ghia Summer Kesort-- inest CHishing Grounds, Cnr the St-Sawrence Kiver Gnd Ja ntari , SLY rsions 11 0 Clslarsos, los of Qlater Fpont- 45 Heres of Peautfal Sark, lest- Place i (drada, cellont-Sites for Factories, in CHdeal "all round (tyr 3 0 CALL UP 'KINGST Keep in mind the "Community Build- er" cartoons and articles which appear each Saturday. | ENLIST FOR OVERSEAS' SERVICE

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