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tlm Amorlcali I.i'Klon News Service )
Cattle and Camel at a Foro.
(Prepared by tho National deoKrnphlc
Society, Washington, D. C.)
A Christian nutlon when our ances
tors were floundering In puguulsm,
now as for centuries tin African em
pire one of the three or four remain
ing empires of the world and the
only bit of land on the great contl
.'nent of Africa, with the exception of
the little republic of Liberia, which
has not been made a possession or a
protectorate of a Eurdpenn power
such Is Abyssinia, little heard of In
the world's affairs, but possessing a
history and n promise of future
economic Importance which make It
deserve a different fate.
The country owes Its Independence
In -large part both directly and Indi
rectly to Its geographical environment.
Set upon a great plateau, It is n nat
ural fortress; and while the natives of
most other sections qf troplcnl Africa
dwell in enervating jungles or Inhos
pitable deserts, the people of Abys
Blnla, thanks to their altitude, fertile
Boll and temperate conditions in gen
eral, have an Invigorating climate and
land literally of "milk and honey."
K situation near Arabia and Palestine,
too, has drawn Arabian and Jewish
olood to Abyssinia and has given the
people of the country a racial advan
tage which the African tribes of pure
aegro blood have not hnd.
I5ut while geographical situation has
In many wnys been an advantage to
Abyssinia, It has brought Its disad
vantages also. Without access to the
Bea for centuries, the Abysslnluns, held
to their inland taW elands without
eontact with the outside world, falJed
to make "the most of their possession
of a lofty religion and an early start
toward civilization, nnd have re
mained a semlbnrbaric people. It Is
perhaps rewurknble that, Isolated- as
they were, they maintained their Chris
tianity In any recognizable form. Ob
servers marvel nt the fact that the
principal tenets nnd observances of
the faith are practically pure rather
than at the growth beside them of
certain superstitions nnd laxities.
Cut Off From Sea and Nile.
As the situation now stunds, Abys
sinia Is entirely cut off from the sea
and the Nile by the coJonles of Euro
pean powers; Italian Eritrea, French
Somnliland and British Somallland on
tire north; Italian Somallland on the
east; British East Africa on the south
and the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan on the
west. But tills Is a mere holding of
the gates by new keepers; since the
rise of Mohammedan power In the
N'enr East the country has been cut
off about equally as effectively by
various Mohammedan tribes. Those
people of Arabian blood were able to
take possession of the low desert
lands, but on their Invigorating high
lands the Abysslnluns were, with rare
exceptions, mnstcrs.
Abyssinia Is more than twice the
size of the German republic and of
nbout the area of California, Oregon
and Nevada together. The country
lies In the same Intitule ns Venezuela
and the southern Islands of the Philip
pines, well In the tropics; but because
of Its general high elevation It has.
like Mexico, a much cooler and more
healthful climate than its proximity
to the equator would Indicate.
These highlands are from 5,000 to
8,000 feet above the sea. Their roll
ing prnlrles are well watered and hnve
n good growth of grass. The climate
on these uplands Is superb, nnd If one
desires cooJer surroundings there are
mountain chains rising from the pln
teau In almost all sections of the coun
try. Some of these mountains reach
n height "of 15,000 feet and are topped
by perpetual snow. Irrigation could
bis practiced In Abyssinia to great ad
vantage, but the utilization of the
abundant wnter supply in that way
seems never to have entered the minds
of the natives.
Canyons and Deep Valleys.
The great uniount of water which
runs down from the Abyssinian moun
tains has carved gigantic gorges
through the tnblelands, some v of
which, In depth at least, rival the
Grand canyon of the Colorndo. The
gorge of the Blue Nile which Hows for
more than half Its length through
Abyssinia Is from 5,000 to 0,000 feet
deep in places. The mnterlal washed
from this remote chasm has played an
Importnnt part, Incidentally, in the
history of the world. Ground Into silt
and deposited through the centuries
nnd millenniums In the lower vulley
of the Nile, it produced there a gurden
epot and made possible the growth of
one of tho world's earliest civiliza
tions. In the bottoms of these deep valleys,
sonic of which are fairly wide, and In
other depressions, tropical conditions
prevail, so that the possible products
of Abyssinia range from those of the
tropics to those of the northern tem
perate zone. Little has been done
toward the development of agriculture
beyond Its primitive stnges. The rais
ing of cattle, sheep and goats for their
tnlik, flesh and skins Is the more popu
lar pursuit.
The Abyssinian has been described
by one American as "rather an Inde
pendent, easy-living, battle-loving,
raw-tnent-eatlng, sensunl, devil-may-care
chap." Socially, the people are
living In feudnl times. The vurlous
reigning princes of the provinces owe
allegiance to the emperor and must
furnish soldiers to support him Iti
time of war. The land Is theoretically
owned by tho emperor nnd those who
make use of It nro his tenants. "Jus
tice" Is administered personally by the
rulers and their representatives. When
u person Is accused of a crime the
llrst step Is to confiscate his property.
Decision as to his Innocence or guilt
can follow in duo tme. Because prop
erty has been unsnfo for a long period
people of wealth have hurled what
they could for safe keeping. Vast
quantities of gold, sliver and Ivory
are believed to He underground nt tho
present time, the latter, of course, de
teriorating. Good Roads Are Scarce.
One great drawback to the commer
cial development of Abyssinia lias
been the lack of roads leading up tc
the high plateau und ovtr ita surface.
The routes of travel which have been
used for more than a thousand years
are mere trails, and tha burdens have
been carried on mule and camel buck
since the days of the- great Queen of
Shebn, who. the traditions of the
Abysslnluns say, was the queen of
Ethiopia. The royal line claims de
scent from her nnd Solomon. Some
years ago the French began construct
ing a railroad from their port of
Jibuti, Just below the mouth of the
Ued sen, toward Abyssinia. 'Die
Abysslnluns permitted this to he ex
tended Into their country and In 1017
It reached Adls Abeba, the capital.
Over this road a largo part of tho
hides, coffee, beeswax and ivory, which
constitute the chief exports of tho em
pire, nre shipped.
Specialists in various fields who
have visited the country believe that
this Is but n small part of the prod
ucts that could be shipped to the
world, and that the people are enjoy
ing but a fraction of the prosperity
that they might enjoy If they devel
oped their resources along modern
lines.
As tho only African people which
has been able to maintain Its Inde
pendence In modern times In a war
with a European power, the Abys
slnlnus have become rather conceited
and are Inclined not to recognize the
superiority even of Western coniza
tion and culture. Their victory was
won over the Italians in 1800 nt tho
battle of Adowa where the pick of the
Italian army was cut to pieces. The
Abysslnluns have bought large quanti
ties of modern rifles In recent years
and could probably put In tlm Held In
case of war an army of li.'O.OOO well
equipped soldiers, a large part of
them mounted.
Tested the Saw.
Mr. Biggs was planning to build a
motor shed In his garden, so he
bought an expensive saw. He left bis
olllce early the next afternoon, with
the Intention of starting the job. Put
ting on a pair of overalls, be went out
Into the garden. An hour or so Inter
be came Into the dining room and
flung himself down Into a chair In dis
gust. "That new saw I bought Isn't worth
2 pence!" he stormed. "Why, the
thing wouldn't cut butter!" Ills smnll
son, Harry, looked up In surprise.
"Oh, yes, It would, daddy," ho ex
claimed enrnestly. "Why, Ted nnd I
sawed a whole brick In two with it
tills morning." London Answers.
Diabolical Joke.
Ted Tom Is n great practical Joker,
lie made himself up as a ghost and
appeared before a professional me
dium. Ned Yes, and as it was the first
ghost she'd ever seen It threw her
Into convulsions.
FIRED FAST, HIT THE MARK
Auditor of Legion's National Finance
Division Made Record With
Field Artillery.
A record for fast thing and direct
hits ' Meld artillery, may be far
r e in o v e d from
keeping records
a n d aci ountlug
expenditures. But
the American Le
g i o n considered
this recommenda
tion when It chose
William X. Day,
Great Tails, Mont.,
as uudi)i' of na
tional finance divi
sion. He Is still
scoring bulls-eyes.
Twenty-live minutes to one minute
was the reduction Day's battery. "E"
of the 1-inth Field nrtlllery, made In
the time experts required to train (1
inch rifles on a target. A German
.rain, sighted on the St. Mlhlel front,
was hit by Day's guns on the third
round and completely demolished on
tho eleventh. With shells of all cnll
'.iers dropping on his battery every
half-minute for more than two hours,
the hnttery came through without a
mnn wounded and with three guns in
nctlou.
Mr. Day says that he tlnds the ad
dition of a column of figures almost as
exciting nt times ns the bombardment
of an enemy. Meeting target.
THE SOLDIER AND STATESMAN
Texan Is Newly Appointed Director
of the Legion's National Artier
Icanlzatlon Commission.
"He can tell you ubout an ordi
nary baseball game In such words and
expression that
you will be grief
stricken," is what
they say of Alvln
M. Owsley, Texas,
newly appointed
director of the
American Legion's
national A m e r 1
caulsm commis
sion. Mr. Ows
ley, who left off
being usslstant at
torney genernl of
the largest state in
the Union to Join
the Legion organization, bus become u
"soldier nnd a statesman" of national
prominence at the age of thirty years.
In the West, the Texan has long
been known as a speaker of unusual
ability. When he went East, and hnd
as ids Held Americanism, its origin nnd
Its purpose, Mr. Owsley began deliver
ing addresses of such eloquence and
Inspirational context that he became In
constant demand und his repute as a
master of diction naturally followed.
Overseas Mr. Owsley commanded a
battalion of UOth Division infantry un
til his promotion to division adjutant.
As head of the Legion's legislative
committee in Texas, lie obtained a $2,
000,000 hospital for service men at
Kerrville, Tex.
BEAUTY AS "MISS LIBERTY"
Seattle Legion Selects Charming Miss
to Serve in Recent Patrl
otic Exercises.
"Talk about the beautiful French
girls and rave nbout the dark tresses
and flashing eyes
of the Italians
and Spaniards
we've got them
beaten to death
with our own
Americans," de
clnred the Amer
ican legion of
Seattle, W a s h.,
In selecting Miss
Helen Worthing
ton of their city
to represent "Miss
Liberty" In patriotic exercises recent
ly. Beauty experts witli ttrled expe
rience In tho A. E. F. were culled upon
for their opinion and they held that
"Miss Liberty" hnd even the henrt
breakers of the Latin countries lafihed
to the must, not excepting the painted
ones In the Louvre nt Purls.
Miss Worthlngton is n home girl ami
was not a little embnrnissed nt the
honors the Legion showered upon her
as queen of the festival. She was un
mnrrled at the last report, although
her mall bus greatly Increased lir vol
ume with those who would niter her
singular course.
Posts In Foreign Countries.
The ranks of tho American Legion
have been extended Into the second
enemy country with the recent forma
tion of a post In Constantinople. Two
posts nro going In Germany. Service
men with the Nenr East relief and tho
American Foreign Trnde corporation
are organizing the Stamboul post. A
chnrter recently Issued to n new post
in Tela, Spanish Honduras, tunkes a
total of 25 posts In 10 foreign countries.
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Special Care of Baby.
That Baby should have a bed of its own all are agreed. Yet It
is more reasonable for an infant to sleep with grown-ups than to use
a man's medicine in an attempt to regulate the delicate organism of
that same infant. Either practice is to be shunned. Neither would
be tolerated by specialists in children's diseases.
Your Physician will tell you that Baby's medicine must be
prepared with even greater care than Baby's food.
A Baby's stomach when in good health is too often disarranged
by improper food. Could you for a moment, then, think of giving
to your ailing child anything but a medicine especially prepared
for Infants and Children ? Don't be deceived.
Make a mental note of this: It is important, Mothers, that
you should remember that to function well, the digestive organs of
your Baby must receive special care. No Baby is so abnormal that
the desired results may be had from the use of medicines primarily
prepared for grown-ups.
MOTHERS SHOULD READ THE BOOKLET THAT IS AROUND EVERY BOTTLE OF flETCIICR'S CASTORIA
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WOMEN HEEDJWAMP-ROOT
Thousands of women have kidney nnd
hl.lftftpr trfillldn nml nnvnn Mi.imnl it
Women's complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in a henlthy
condition, they may cause the other or
gans to become diseased.
Pain in the back, headache, loss of am
bition, nervousness, nre often times symp
toms of kidney trouble.
Don't delay starting treatment. Dr.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, a physician's pre
scription, obtained nt any drug store, may
be just the remedy needed to overcome
such conditions.
Get a medium or large size bottle im
mediately from nny drug store.
However, if you wish first to test thN
great preparation send ten cents to Dr.
Kilmer & Co., Binuhamton, N. Y., for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper. Advertisement.
Not Quite Finished.
The most einbnrnisslng moment of
my life was when u new stenographer
came to work for piy boss. About
noon of her first day with us I wroto
to the old stenographer and I left the
note in the typewriter when my boss
called me in. Just then the now ste
nographer came bnck from lunch and
she read the note.
When I came out of my boss' olllce
she said, "There Is a note of yours
In the typewriter. Do you wnnt to
finish it?"
The note read : "Dear l'egglc 1 am
writing to let you know of our new
stenographer. She Is dead from the
neck up and ns slow as molasses. She
tins a face like a ." Chicago Tribune.
Two swelled heads are won-e than
one.
Freshen a Heavy Skin
With tho antiseptic, fusclnntlng Cut!
curu Talcum Powder, an exquisitely
scented convenient, economical face,
skin, baby and dusting powder and
perfume. Renders other perfumes su
perfluous. One of the Cutlcurn Toilet
Trio (Sonp, Ointment, Talcum). Ad
vertisement.' 'Canada a Good Customer.
Ciiiiada Is the second best customer
of the United States. This is proved
by trade stntlstlcs recently Issued by
the Canadian government covering the
fiscal year ended March III. Great
Britain Is the largest buyer. Canada's
Imports from the great republic last
year averaged $100 per capita of Can
ada's population. Its total Imports
amounted to ?t,'J-l(),12.",0r)0. 'Hits
was an Increase of $17fi,(KH),0(M) over
Imports of the previous year, due, ac
cording to authorities, to heavy buy
ing In the United Stutes. The gram:
lota' of trade done by Canada during
the last year was $'-Vl.r0,rr:U"fi.
'I he hoard ;nlth three square
meals a day.
If you use Ued Cross Ball Blue Is
your laundry, you will not be troubled
by those tiny rust spots, often caused
by Inferior btulng. Try It and Be
-Advertisement.
Tho price of copper Isn't coining
right down to bruss tax.
Every once In a while It Is a long
tlmo between tnnll robberies.
Hard to Solve.
Extracts from a book on self-helps:
"Life, Is just what you make It.
Don't do nnythlng foolish, (let miir.
rled In early life. Iteiiieinber, one
great mistake may last a lifetime."
There Is about as much help In that
as there Is In an Income tax blank.
The French Sportswoman.
Georges Carpentler was talking to
a girl reporter.
"The modern I'Veiichninn," he said.
"Is well up In sport, but the French
woman Is still rather retrograde.
"I know a young Frenchwoman
who called a friend up on the tele
phone the other day and said:
"'I'm sorry to trouble you, dear
tnadame, but can you give me a good
recipe for cooking clny pigeons?
Jacques has Just sent me word that
he Is going out to shoot some, and he
Is sure to bring u lot home, and I
can't find a single word about them
In the cook-book.' "
Jnpan has recognized Mexico, afford
ing grounds for unothcr jingo story.
Paris Is vaccinating Its dogs against
raided. That probably makes tho dogi
mad.
D'AnnuuzIo dramatized Flume, but
Italian warships furnished tho music.
An alleged automobile thief stood
muto In court. This throws tho case
Into neutral.
"An apple n day will keep the doc
tor nwny." Eat two and avoid a cob.
sulfation.
It's getting to bo tho proper, thin
to decline a cnblnet portfolio before
It Is tendered.
It seems much easier for hogs to
approach tho pre-war lovel than for
pork to do bo.
The controversy over the cables to
complicated by tho fact that England,
Frnnco and Jnpan have physical possession.
C'mon.
"I'm lookln' fer n harness shop."
"C'mon. Them's corsets." Louis
ville Courier-Journal.
When a man expresses sympathy
for old maids ho means that he re
grets their Inability to do as well as
his wife did.
To make headway, Improve yoiK
head.
The Folly of Cheating Nature
Many people get tho
idea that they can keep
their nerves on edge and
their digestion upset year
after year, and "get away
with it." They sleep only
half as much as they
should and never get
properly and thoroughly
rested.
If you tire out easily,
if you aro getting pale and
anemic, if your food
doesn't digest as it should,
would it not be well to
stop and consider whether
coffee or tea ia having ita
effect on you?
The caffeine and thein
found in coffee and tea
are drugs, as any doctor
can tell you. Is it any
wonder that the steady uss
of these drugs sometimes
causes serious damage?
If you really want to
be fair with yourself, and
give yourself the oppor
tunity you deserve in
order to do your best
work, make up your mind
to quit coffee and tea for
awhile and drink delici
ous, appetizing Postum
instead.
Postum permits
sound, refreshing sleep
which builds strength,
energy and endurance.
Order Postum from
your Grocer today. Drink
this hot, refreshing bever
age in place of tea or coffee
for 10 days and see what
a wonderful difference it
will make in the way you
feel.
Postum comes in two
forms: Instant Postum (in tins)
made Instantly in tho cup by
tho addition of boiling water.
Postum Cereal (in packages of
larger bulk, for those who pre
fer to make tho drink while tho
meul is being prepared) made
by boiling for 20 minutes.
Postum for Health
"There's a Reason"
Western Canada
Land of Prosperity
offers to home seekers opportunities that can
not be secured elsewhere. Tho tliousinds of
farmers from the United States who have
accepted Canada's generous offer to settle on
FREE homeMcads or buy farm land In her
provinces have been well repaid by bountiful
crops. There is still available on easy term
Fortlle Land a) $15 to $30 an Aero
land similar to that which through many
years has yielded from 20 to 45 bushels
of wheat to the acre oats, barley and
(lax also in meat abundance, while rnliiinii
horses, cattle, sheep and lioso is equally
profitable. Hundreds of tarmern in Western
Canada have raised crops In a single season
worth more than the whole cost of their land.
With such success comes prosperity, inde
pendence, (food homes and all the comforts and
conveniences which make life worth living
Farm Gardens, Poultry, Dairying
are sources of Income second only to grain
climate, good neiRhbors. churches and;
schools, cood markets, railroad facilities,
rural telephone, etc.
For certificate entltllnfl you to re
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