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PRINCE   CJE< )H(JE  POST
Sattrrday, Mayj" 22.?lfltr>
GERMANS LAST STAND     | FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE ^IN EAST AFRICA RECALLED BY BIRTHDAY
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 a«i;s(  of German ..East Africa  Moundkr  of   Red  Cross  Society  iuliT blockade," writes a cor-            Her Great  Work  For
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 and
L.'"affd  it  may be assumed \\t.h'"n*t t hVrtsMs" gruater British interest ' ill  tlie  ti rritory now than there was in  tli'e  days when  Sir.   VVillia.ru   Mac-kiniii'.'i,-.. through   lack ' of  foreign   of-ifi <• support",  could   not  avail  himself nt', ail  otlVr of the  territory   by   the Sultan    nf  Zanzibar,  and ..Sir   Harry Johnston's -treaties with chiefs in the interior went for nothing. East Africa is a white man's country, as equator-.i;il.• territories  go.    When  the Portuguese touched that coast on their-way in India in the sixteenth century, they
found   that   the   coast kno\vn to and, ust'd by
 line
 Uic
had Aral)
y
 been trad-
trad
!ers for tive Jiundrod years..The Greeks had been before the Arabs, and the Persians had been too; Some • great unknown race had preceded 'them all.
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Since, mankind began its. upward climb from the—depths; of savagery toward the.yet distant goai of civilization, ...men have, marched, forth in anger to slay each other, and women have"followed in their track to bind uj> their wounds and t'ft comfort the dying. In the present great struggle ill Europe the opposing armies are accompanied by smaller armies of women whose mission is to' give aid and succor to the/Victims.of. the.horrors of war. There was a time when England found it difficult to induce her son's to/go forth and fight, but from the,'thne the first-gun boomed out its message of ^destruction there  i      h      ii'
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there arc still, are revealed the .splendid ruins of a inigmy-. city raised i>y these people! .Discoveries -made in the vicinity ..of the ruins seem to indicate that the race which built the city, had some' direct , eomiectipii with China. "German    East   ^Africa    is   almost
to the call to enlist in the /.   Women of all classes conditions offered  their
vast because they  wer.e'
torn May 22, 3820, in Florence, Italy, the' daughter' of- English pareWts. - As a. girl she exhibited ,an intense devotion to1, the alleviation- of -suffering, and she .visited and inspected civil and military hospitals' nil /over Great Britain and the continent. Later she secured"training as a nurse. -itdi tho Crimean war in  l
^g               n war in
1854'that Miss Nightingale became an international heroine. In-'that conflict England and France, as now, were allies', but they fought with the Turks ajjaihst:.-Russia.' The Rqd Cross-was not then in'existence, an$ it Was not uii^il five years later.that the battle of¦'ablferino so inspired Henry- l)u-nant, a Swiss', JLo write a book,.urging the organization' of a society to aid the wounded in warfare. A relatively small numbr    f                    d
small number of surgeons -and nurses Hi'JO. were employed by  the allied  governments, and   soon  after  the  outbreak
wards which" already held- 2.'?()0 fihat-terA-n wrecks ,of; humanity- she manifested -a ffenius foi: . organization whk'h- saved hundreds of ,'ljves. Within aVfew months she had 10,000 sick and A woufTdecl men under he"r .care, and had greatly- increased her stiiff. In IS;):") slu* Wiis*prostrate<l with fever, !,i.it Liillnntly she refused to! leave her. |ii)si. and remained at Scutui'i until Turkey was evacuated by. the- British troop's.                 \
On her return t<^ •'England Miss Nightmgalti was- honored above all; tlie warrior heroes\ of the titanic! stiaiggle in the (.'rimen.Hmd irfund of s-JM'.OOO was raised to ehjililp her to; Cpi'jn an institution'for. theYrainiiij* of i !he continued active in hu-' iitiirian   work   until -her. deHth    in
C0NVETMENT--—-Bums coal, coke, or ; Car&e feed: doors make firing easy.
not
caring
' for the maimed and sick.
This army of women enrolled under
double the size o'f Germain- in Europe,  Ule banner.'of mercy has tbrjts ;pat-th< ,000 jopulation, and in the coast Innds'par
Ihe re uMhe terr 'or * be ,,k W : ™' saillt tht' 'ate Florenc^ Nightin-O0D-'oSS S2 1 "a8 llrge ^le, .who is honored everywhere, but population, and in the coast lands par-, ^Penally in Creat Brita nXas_ the ii-U.rlv there is that useful trading;greatest of aH women nurses. /Today mixture of peoples constituted «§ %?, H^^ #„&*&*& ot communities \»f  Arabs,  Syrians..   and.;the    ¥d*'. of the Lamp,' as she was
of the Crimean struggle the hospitals' on the Bosphorous well? overflowing ¦with the human wreckage of war,,' Lacking proper attention, men. were dying like flies, when Miss Nightingale offered tin go out and organize a'-nursing department at Scutari.Her. offer was accepted, and she departed with 'thirty-foul' nurses for the front. She arrived at Constantinople on the eve of the battle of Inkermann, and .when the wounded began to flow into
Several memorials have been erevt-,-,,! t.o perpctirate the. name and.fi i/l; tlu'-most celebrated of modern wax niirs't's. The memorial .of tho city of London iii the (iuililhall is a statue slitnyjnjjf Miss Nightingale setting out iipon.oiie of her heroic -missions of mercy. She is depicted slandiiiK bareheaded and clad in the simple dross of tin* Victorian period, which preceded the crinoline. In her hand slir;"carries, a candlestick, while with the other hand she is shielding; her eves -from" the   light".
Waiter pan is filled
'S&JtJTlKMW-  without    removing. Sec the McClary clealer or write for booklet.
Hindus. When Carl Peters, with his two companions, made his secret clash into' .the interior between thirty and forty years ago, and came to agreements with  the chiefs which declared
FOR SALE
 ^OR   SALE --- TOMATO   PLANTS,- a!    etc.    C. H. Leathley, The Crescent, their 'indepe-iidence   of  Zanzibar,   and  Pr.ince fceorge, B. C.
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. Johnston, awoke somewhat languidly. Sir William Mackinnon succeeded in the securing, of the region np-w British East Africa, and Britain acquiesced in Ger'niany'ij occupation of the; great region now passing from her gnisp'. -The lands..were at-first leased to Germany li.v^'the Sultan "of Zanzibar, anil lat.er^on were ceded, the Sultan  pocketing i.'2()0,000'.
"(;i;i-many took over the land about; thirty years ago, and has had to eopei ^.witli periodical revolts till within tne | last eight years. The coast Arabs re-J 'volU'd within a few weeks after- the , Geniian method was first applied, .and. V it took-a year of fighting, with native! Uevitjs from the Sudan and from New ¦.Guinea, .and a'naval force from Germany, to beat them.. The most serious uutbreak was one which occurred, by arVangc.me.nt with the Southwest At-rican llereros ten years ago. It cost EaVt Africa the lives of about' 1:20,-00(1 men, women and children. More sympathetic methods of dealing have been adopted since l!(07, and this.land of wonderful climate, great' fertility and enormous resources undeveloped, had entered upon a period of steady progress when this war began. There ai:e eiglfl fairly good harbors on the coast,- and the GerirtsuTS, as usual, have built good towns. Hares-Salaam, "the Harbor of 1'eace," is a fine harbor and a delightful place..    It did not
 RRENTORSALEHO^E^d  lot on best location. Well and pump  j" ; house. Apply James Davidson, Fo'ey's Cache.                '          liG-2
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 FOR HIRE—HORSE AND BUGGY  or saddle horse for hire by the hour,  day or month. Apply Hardyrs Book  Store, (jeorge St. 24-4 -----------;--------:-----------------------------------:-----------r~------------
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.WANTED — WORK BY COLORED
 woman,  cleaning  offices  or-stores;
 chargesreasonable: Phone 101.   "24-4
 gul place. It did not come up to expectation as a.port, but its possibilities are very great;"
I wish to take this opportunity of expressing my sincere thanks to all those -who supported me in tliexvreceiit Municipal  Election. "
J. T. ARMSTRONG.X
THANKS.
LAUNDRY
t'Coiripai'e the work of a steam
-'•!     laundry with  the old-fashioned
hand-laundered    methods,    and
you will require no other arg-Ur
merit in favor of oiir
MODERN METHODS.
Our- prices are reasonable and our work    is  the    best that a proper.  Laundry equipment can produce. CJ1VE US A TRIAL
Prince George Steam Laundry
'PHONE 39. Laundry  Called    for    and  Delivered.1
NOTK V:
OK   c:.VN( KLLATION ItKSERVE
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tiv. .John C. Hard\; begs to 'thank  the' public for   its   .support  and confidence shown   at the recent'election  for Sclioo Trustees.
B.GSTABLES
Livery,  Feed  and Sale Stables
First Class Double and Single Drivers and Saddle Horses. Heavy and'Light Teaming  in connection.
Notice is hereby given that the re-ser.ye existing on Lot No.1 O.'J97, Range :>, Coast District', by reason of a" notice published in the British Columbia (Jazette on the/26th day of jIV'lay, 1!M(), is cancelled f"v the pur-jKjse of disposing of mi:, o . to Joseph Augustiii  Barrett'.
•>   K.-A. REN-WICK; Deputy Minister of Lands I'epart in.cnt  of Land's,
Victoria,   Bjfi.,  May   11,   11115. RIy22-V]ylO
White & Westoby, PropB. Prince George, Sixth Ave., Phone 46 South Ft. George, Second St. Phone 15
MASON & HENDERSON.
BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS Prince George, B. G.   <
xE.stimate3 Furnished.

TOMMY ATKINS   READS HIS MAIL
PRINCESS THEATRE.
Special Matinee Saturday
,    3 p.m.            ,                ^
THE   FAMOUS   JUVENILE
BOSTON IANS
OPERA COMPANY
"Tipp&rary Mary "
Introducing tlie latest of all
Society Dances, The Tipper a} y Gallop.
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PRICES 50c,\75c and $1.00./ ;  Reserved Seats on Sale Monday at-Rex News Stand.
Fort George Hardware Co.
.-Now is^the time for fixing   Spouting   and   Down. Pipes to Houses.
Save  your  surface Water.  All Kinds of Supplies ill stock. Water Tanks, etc.
CALL AT SHOP ON EAST THIRD STREET,
Or Phone No. 12       \
SE E
McINTYRE & BIGNELL
F O R
Screen Doors anud Windows
Ritts-Kifer Block, Prince George.        Phone 4
FOR RENT
Three-i'ooni house on full lot, Seventh ave., So'iith I'"ort (icorgc; rent .^lO per month.
I'O   UAILW AVMi:.\
You are invited to see our houses no the Millar -portion of j'rince tieor^e  before  .starting, to  bu/ld..
For further j>articulars apply: Prince George Builders Company,'\\h. H.  WILSON,  - -  -  - -MAXAGEK
Corner Last'lle and Seventh P.O. Box (i4.      .South'^Port Cleorge
King George Hotel
E.--MBHA1R
PROPRIETOR
iM<k1« fn and; up-to-date ;ln every i*K|iect. Entire building Stiuiii Heated. Hot and Gold Water in Kooms. Public and I'rivtrt-c- Baths.-----------------——¦—-
Mont.seri'at" Lime .Tuiej.
;    Qtiart  bottle   ._______85c'
Moiitserrat Lime-Juice. Pint bottle   ......... ..f»0c
Wagstaffs Rhapoerry Vine-. gar. PintxKqttle-•...-.. ;.'J5c ¦     . -                                                                                                                                                                                                 \
VVagstaffs  Grape Juice. ..- > Pint bottle   . .___:.. ...'Jfjc
We,carry British and(;an-adian'" brands of .goods. They are the best.
^B^/C. Tomatoes;  2  tins.^Sc H. ('. Cbrn  xPer tin ...... 15c
B. C. Peas. Pe>Un . .... 15c / .
E.G.' String Beans. ^W-^ tin  ........  ..;.'...; '. A. 15^
.Rex Theatre.
'    fAV..Kl).ui,h,vy, Manaoor.   j
Quality  guaranteed  in   all Groceries.
J. B. LAMBERT
The Store of Qujality
George Street, -Prince George
TONIGHT
, The Million Dollar Mystery.
NbrttvCoast Land Cohtpany, Ltd.
PAID-UI- CAPITAL"
$1 £00,000.00
This Coinpaiiy owns First.Clans FARM LAN PS CJlose to'/l'nncti 'George.
\Vu>re oiT.-rino; Special Inducements to purchas-ers wliD w ill hc^in f'armiuic operations promptly.
•    PRINCE GEORGE OFFICE:
North Coast  Land  Company; Building      -
Metropolitan Buildi-ng
HEAD OFFICE:
George Street Vancouver, B. C.
Anol lier excit in.n',e|iiso< |<>  in this tlirilliii.u' dratii'a,  will;   iis-l   '* ual cdiiicdics. .     •/
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Monday  and  Tuesday — The ^1  Kl;i\v c\: iOrlini^.T "prpduc-
\ (ion,
I'ower    of-   the!
•res*."  /<),,,.   ,,)•   ,||(1   j._lU,s|
pfer-e/U'sJ  filin drainas
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A Dollar In Time, saves Nine"
A VISIT   to   The   Bank of British North America for  the purpose of depositing part of your earnings, becomes a pleasant and   profitable   habit,   when   once   you   have,
acquired it.   ~~
1 he dollar you use to open an account in the Savings Department in turn saves others, as '  the habit of saving grows.
Thursday    - Anp.tJ]ior )oll;ir AlVslcry ..pi
P6
itish North
 Y*ara '" Bu«ln«M.   Capital «
 Ni HHANCH      .      .      .        j. MlSR6, MANAGER.
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SUN LIFE OF CANADA
(IIAKLKS   A.-JrYNE
I.
'Mice:. fL»- a  Post, liuilding.
FOR FRESH MILK- CREAM, , AND BUTTERMILK CALL UP
HAQOITH'S RANCH,
PHONE NO. 47 ^OUTH
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