PAGE FOURTEEN A treat in store You 'can taste the delicious oriental fruits and spices, which are blended by a secret process with Pure Malt Vinegar, The Telgmann School of » Music Plano, violin and other stringed instruments; elocution and dra- matic art. Pupils may begin at any date. Terms on application. Engagements for concerts ace _ cepted. 216 Frontenac Street. Phone 1325; IAA er cain BE SUSPICIOUS OF TENDER GUMS » . v We ! D8, Suspicious of any tenderness or | it not for the preponderance of swar- bleeding of the gums. ~ This is usually first stage of Pyorrhea--an in- sidious disease of the gums that do- | stroys the teeth an + dermis; bodily health. pg Gradually the gums become spongy. | ink, thus ex~ | tooth-base | They inflame, then sh to the ravages of decay. Tiny open- ings in the gums form gateways for | disease germs to enter the system, Medical science has traced meny ill to these infectin rms ia the gums weakened by Pyo They are now uent cause of in ditions. tenderness or bleeding of the gums, Try Porhan's immediately, It posi tively prevents Pyorrhea (Riggs' Dis. | case) if used in time and used con. sistently. " And in prevent Pyorrhea--it guards against other ills Forhan's (For the Gums) cleans | teeth scientifically 2s well. Brush vith it. It Lee your tecth with it. It eens the teeth sented in Senegal, are among the { most advanced of the African natives. white and clean. If gum-shrinkage has already set in start using Forhan's and consult a | dentist immediately for special treat- mept. 6c and 60c tubes, All Druggists. FORHAN'S, LTD. Montreal. Heavy Sweaiurs of Silk, Shops are showing heavy silk sweat. ers for winter wear, They are espe clally desirable for indbor wear when the low supply of coal makes it impos- sible to keep up the normal degree of heat. These new sweaters have many odd bits of finishing, such as vests, 'deep collars, fringed edges and un- usual culls--anything for the sake of novelty. \ Tailored Blouses of Silk. The strictly man-tallored shirt-blouse cut on the lines of mens shirts avith Straight shirt sleeves with mannish cuffs and 'adjustable high or low cok lars is in great demand for sport wear. These are in plain wash silk and satin aad in fancy celorfully siriped wash lk, Yoel : Discovered Many Planets, Jerome Cpggla, whose name fs at tached to the great comet of 1874, die: In France, where he served as assis: 'mnt at Marseilles observatory fron 1866 to 1017. He was the discover: seven comets besides the one thy his name; also of five ino: . to be a fre- | ction, ansemia, | rheumatism afd ether serious cons | | And & Surprising assortment of trine | times which mystifies ethnologists. | They are believed, by some experts, { to have been at ome time the masters | of the Mediterranean. To-day many .{ vase in which are seeds of all the SOOO eattbrtorrtrrtone $ The Liverpool : of Africa $ AKAR, whi about, pro 8 point in the expec of European cou { the United States | South Americ 8 everyone is hearing a great about just now The sudden interest in Dakar arises from despatches tell- ing of proposed Paris to Brazil and Madrid to Brazil rail and water routes, and also of a contemplated | trans-Atlantic airplane flight from { Dakar to Pernambuco, Brazil, A glance at the map will show why ! Dakar holds a strategic position for South American communication. The i distance from Dakar, on the tip of { Cape Verde, to Pernambuco, the east- ernmost city of the South American i} continent, is but 1,715 miles ag com= pared with 3,053 miles from New York to Liverpool. Already Dakar is a port ¢f prime importance for vessels which ply be- tween European ports and either South America or Southern Africa. Recognizing this fact the French have improved the harbor, with its naval and dry dock, arsenal, torpedo boat basin, and facilities for transferring cargo from boat to train. Work on a deeper harbor and a larger dry dock now are under way. Dakar also is important to its own hinterland, for it is the seat of ad- ministration for all the French pos- sessions in West Africa, which in- clude, beside Senegal, of which Dakar is the chief city, French Guinea, the Ivory Coast, Dahomey, French Sou- dan and Mauritania. The wisitor to-day would find a thriving city of about 25,000 persons, with wide, well laid out streets, a large technical school, hospitals and workshops, and he might have trou- ble imagining himself in Africa were thy natives as compared with only about 3,500 Frenchmen. Less than half a century age | travelers brought back different re- ports. Then children could have been seen running naked about the une kempt streets and eating, pig-like, from the same bowl. Mothers per- formed their work with babies strap- | | ped, astride, across their backs, and | i one writer reported that children | could be bought from willing mothers for a few francs, though he did not state what one might want with the purchase, } The men, literally, wore rings on| ! their finge d 11 th toes, | So watch campfully for that first | not to mantic 2.belis on their toes not to mention amulets, beads, coins | kets, mostly regarded as charms. But the Senegalese natives are far from savage, except in their ability | to fight, as many Canadians learned | who observed them In France. The West African tribes, such as the Bers! ber, the Serer, the Fulah and the | Mandingo," all of which are repre- | "The Berbers, for example, have a history: dating back to pre-historie | of them, were they attired as we are, might pass for Canadians. Their skin is light and some of them are blondes. Many times have the Berbers been conquered, driven out of their home= steads and, like the Jews, have be- come strangers in new lands, but they always maintained their radical iden= tity, their physical characteristics and a persistent love of freedom. Their women, like those of ancient Sparta and modern Russia, have fought by their husbands' sides, and their mor- ality may be judged from the fact that the death penalty is administer ed for adultery. They have what amounts to universal male suffrage, through an assembly of all males, and the equivalent of universal military training, since each boy is equipped, when 16, with arms which he must be"ready to use until he is 60. A novice can tell a light-skinned Berber from a Wolof, 'black.of the blacks." Both Dakar, and St. Louis, former capital of Senegal, are in the Wolof region. These ebony-hued folk worship animals, revere sharks especially, but their poetic imagin- ation is illustrated by the ceremony still preserved in crowning the King of Cayor, an old state recognized by the French Government. After elee- tion the monarch is presented with a plants grown in the kingdom, i fying that he is "lord of the land." In 'Dakar, too, towering head and shoulders above the French, and well above the natives, may be seen Ser ers. Their worship holds the snake In veneration, and they believe in trans- itration of couls. Six feet, six Inches is no uncommon height for a which led'fs signi- pretending that he was a robber. To Perhaps the most intelligent of all | the Senegalese natives are the Fu- labs, whose folk tales betray lofty | ideals and poetic imagery that is comparable with early Greek and Norse lore. Their horsemanship is famous, and their cavalry noted for daring and valor. The intelligence of their women, and the respect ac- corded them, is attested by the pro- verb, "Let a female slave enter a household and she soon becomes mis- tress." i It was the Berbers whom Gen. Faidherbe, the French governor, had to subdue in the 50's of the last cen- tury, before he could accomplish the inland advance of the French and assure protection for the coast settie- ments. Thus he paved the way for the founding of Dakar in 1862. That city's commercial importance dates | from the building of a railway line connecting it with St. Louis, 163 | miles to the northeast. : et-- i WITCHCRAFT. ! Many British People Still Dread | : Evil Eye. We constantly hear it said that | "this is the twentieth century; super- | stition and all that sort of thing | died out long ago." Yet there is | hardly a person in the couniry with- | out his pet little belief -- that mis- | fortune follows stepping over a | baby, or spilling salt or that a black 1 cat brings good luck, for example, | says Answers. Hence, too, the unl- | versal practice of wearing mascots "fox luck." { "These, however, are not very ser- { ious beliefs, being merely personal | fads. Superstition of a deep-rooted | and more unpleasant type is still | common in the more backward rural | areas, however, Only a few weeks ago an old dame in the Fen Country was boycotted by the whole country- side because she had the reputation | of being 4 witch .and of throwing spells over people's children, stock and crops. No one would go near | her or let her have food or clothing, | and she nearly starved to death. i The cold, legal atmosphere of the | courts would be thought unfavorable | to belief in witchcraft, and yet a | farmer -- by no means an ignorant | man -- stood up the other day in a | Norfolk court and informed the | bench that someone had bewitched | his cows. He cured the evil spell by thrusting a red-hot poker into his | churn, when the evil spirit vanished | in a bright flame, | Years ago an old crone who was | cross-grained with the neighbors | stood a good chance of being tried | (and burnt) for witchcraft, and cases are even known where animals were solemnly brought into court and tried | on a similar charge. i A tough old cock at Basle, in Swit- | zerland, was accused of laying eggs-- | a mast serious offence, as such eggs | were used only for making witches' | | ointment. . The unhappy bird was | haled before the justices, and one of | the eggs produced as proof of guilt. | In the' face of such evidence the | rooster's case was hopeless. He was convicted, and he and his miraculous eggs solemnly burnt at the stake in the town square. A sow and six young pigs were accused of witchcraft towards a child, and were brought, protesting loudly, before the "beak." Amid great sen: cation the sow was found guilty and publicly executed, but the porkers were acquitted on the ground of ex- treme youth, As late as.1740 a cow was accused of possessing a "devil," and after a long hearing was found guilty, 'and condemned to death. ! "Rats and mice and such small deer" have been summoned on numerous occasions, but almost invariably fail- ed to put in an appearance at court. In tha fifteenth century the peas- ants of a village in the south of France took legal proceedings against a plague of locusts which trespassed on their fields and: devoured their crops. As the case was still being fought nearly half a century Iater, the modern gardener can sympathize with the unlucky plaintiffs, but would probably prefer the more up- to date application of lime of mus- tard. - Another action 'was brought against a pest of leeches swarming in the ponds and streams of another country district in France. The judge issued a decree against the leeches trespassing farther on the disputed territories, but history is silent as to whether the injunction was obeyed or ignored, with resultant punish- ment for contempt of court. Animals have even been admitted 48 winesses in the courts. It used to be considered no offence to kill a burgar trying to break into a house. There arose the difficulty that one man living alone might ask another to his house, and then murder him, get over this it was decided that any domestic animal, such as a'cat or a dog, present at the time might bear witness. If the animal on being questioned satisfied the court that his master had acted in good faith the killing was held to be justified. There are not many instances of acquittal, THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1019. OFFICIAL PROSPECTUS "The Bridge from War to Peace" ~The Prince of Wales. + THE MISTER OF FINANCE OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA offers for Public Subscription the Victory Loan 1919 300,000,000. 55% Gold Bonds Bearing interest from November 1st, 1919, and offered in two maturities, the choice of which is optional with the subscriber as follows: - 5 year Bonds due November Ist, 1924 15 year Bonds due November Ist, 1934 Principal payable without charge at the Office of the Minister of Finance and Receiver General at Ottawa, or at the Office of the Assistant Receiver General at Halifax, St. John, Charlottetown, Montreal, Toronto, Winni- peg, Regina, Calgary and Victoria. : Bonds may be registered as to principal or as to principal and interest, as hereinafter provided, at any of the above-mentioned offices. Isergst payable, without charge, half-yearly, May 1st and November 1st, at any branch in Canada of any ered Bank. Principal and Interest payable in Gold : = Denominations: $50, $100, $500 and $1,000 Issue Price: 100 and Accrued Interest, Income Return 5% % per Annum The proceeds of the Loan will be used to pay indebtedness incurred, and to meet expenditures to be made in connection with demobilization (including the authorized war service gratuity to our soldiers, land settlement loans, and other purposes connected with their re-establishment into civil life), for capital outlay upon shipbuilding, and other national undertakings forming part of Canada's industrial reconstruction programme, and for the establishment of any necessary crgdits for the pur- chase of grain, foodstuffs, timber and other products, and will be spent wholly in. a. Payment to be made as follows: 10% on application; 20% January oth, 1920; 20% December 9th, 1919; 209% February 10th, 1920; 31.21% March 9th, 1920. The last payment of 31.21% covers 30%, balance of principal and 1.219%, representing accrued interest at 514% November 1st to due dates of the respective instalments. dy A full half-year's interest will be paid on May 1st, 1920, making the cost of the bonds 100 and interest. Subscriptions may be paid in full at the time of application at 100 without interest, or on any instalment due date thereafter together with accrued interest at the rate of 514% per annum. This Loan is authorized under Act of the Parliament of Canada, and both principal and interest are a charge upon the Consolidated Revenue Fund. . The amount of this issue is $300,000,000, exclusive of the amount (if any) paid for by the surrender of bonds of previous issues. The Minister of Finance, however, reserves the right to allot the whole or any part of the amount subscribed in excess of $300,000,000. Payments All cheques, drafts, etc., covering instalments are to be made payable to the Credit of the Ministér of Finance. Failure to pay any instalment when due will render previous payments liable to forfeiture, and the allotment to cancellation. Subscriptions other than those paid in full on application must be accompanied by a deposit of 10% of the amount subscribed. Official Canyassers will forward subscriptions or any branch in Canada of any Char- tered Bank will accept subscriptions and issue receipts. J Subscriptions may be paid in full at time of application at 100 without interest, or on any instalment due date thereafter, together with accrued interest to time of g payment in full. Under this provision, pay- ment of subscriptions may be made as follows: If paid in full on or before November 15th, 1919, par without intefest or 100%. If remaining instalments paid on Dec. 9th, 1919, balance of 90% and interest ($90.52 per $100). If remaining instalments paid on Jan. 9th, 1920, balance of 70%, and interest ($70.84 per $100). If remaining instalments paid on Feb. 10th, 1920, balance of 50% and interest ($51.08 per $100). If remaining instalment paid on Mar. 9th, 1920, balance of 30% and interest ($31.21 per $100). die Payment of instalments or payment in full after November 15th, 1919, can be made only on an instalment ate. Ios a Denomination and Registration : Bearer bonds, with coupons, will be issued in denominations of $50, $100, $500, and $1,000, and may be regis- tered as to principal. The first coupon attached to these bonds will be due on May 1st, 1920. ; Fully registered bonds, the interest on which is paid direct to the owner by Government cheque, will be issued denominations of $500, $1,000, $5,000, $10,000, $25,000, $50,000, $100,000, or any multiple of $100,000, - Payment of Interest A full half-year's interest at the rate of 514% per annum will be paid May 1st, 1920. Form of Bond and Delivery . va Subscribers must indicate on their applications the form of bond and the denominations required, and securities so indicated will be delivered by the bank upon payment of subscriptions in full, ing payment i fol. Bonds repstoral us so pris ra, the time of application to subscribers desitous of making payment in full. registered as to princi ly, or fully regi as to principal and interest, will be = bscribers making payment in full, as soon as the requi registration can be made. : Payment of all instalments must be made at the bank originally named by the subscriber. Non-negotiable receipts will be furnished to all subscribers who desire to pay b instalments, These ipts will be ble at subscriber's bank for bonds on any instalment date whey suber; iA receipts must be exchanged before 1st June, 1920. - Form of Bonds Interchangeable Subject to the payment of 25 cents for each new bond issued, holders of full 'registered bonds without will Bee i to convert into bonds with coupons, and holders of bonds with coupons will have he to conver} imo 1 bonds without coupons, at any time, on application to the Minister of Finance or any Assistant Receiver : Forms of application may be obtained from Official Canvasser, from Victory Loan Committee, or mem- ber thereof, or any branch in Canada of any Chartered Bank. pay = Subscription List will close on or before November 15th, 1919 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, © OTTAWA, October 27th, 1919. Eo A A half a loaf earned is better thau a whole one begged. 5 subscription is paid in full. * All