Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 20, 1918, Page 6

#.-..m-- 1 i S t— | | S i LIFE UNDER HUN THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1918 'WAS LIVING HELL Englishman Tells of Four Years . in Bruges During Ogcupa- tion. CRUELTY OF KULTUR RULE PDetermined Efforts by German Officers to Break Spirit of Belgian Resi- dents Prove Futile—Fined Indiscriminately. London.~Life under the German heel is vividly portrayed in the diary of Mr, Humphrey Page, an English- man who lived four years in Bruges ‘during the German occupation. Events are recorded showing determined at- tempts by the German officers to break the spirit of the Belglan residents proved futile. The ramifications of kultur-rule also are shown. Here are some of the events, sketchily told: In September, 1916, the Bruges city ecouncil was directed to find a speci- fled number of workmen for the Ger- mans under penalty of $25,000 fine for each-day's delay. All who refused to work were imprisoned. M. Schrauvune, leading attorney, discussing this affair with Belgians in a cafe, said he would not work for the Germans, and considered Bel- glans who did as cowards. The next day the attorney was summoned be- fore the German commander, fined 8750, sent to Sedan for six months’ bard labor, but never was returned. There were all sorts of petty tyranny. French and English adver- tisements on buildings had to be re- moved. Even printed funeral notices in French were forbidden. Ban on King's Picture. No resident over ten years old was gllowed to be in the streets without ®m passport containing hls photo, It was a punishable offense to exhibit portraits of the Belgian king and queen., German officers stood at church doors to confiscate colns, worn a8 brooches or lockets, bearing the lkeness of the Belgian king. No one was allowed to be on the streets after 8 p. m. Occasionally, when the whole town was punished for some alleged offense, every resi- dent had to remain Indoors after 6 p. m, an especial hardship for the poor in summertime, One of the sources of income to the German overlords was fines inflicted on persons whose watches or clocks ‘kept Belgian time, Instead of Ger- man, as ordered by the kalser. An officer sent to Inspect the con- wvent of 8t. Andre; a girls’ school, re- glo;lted that the sister who showed around had a wrist watch show- ing Belglan time. The sister was fined $250. ‘' A Grand Place shopkeep- er was imprisoned three months for telling an officer Belgian instead of German time. With the beginning of 1917 prices of all commodities soared. A pound of ‘starch cost $2.50, an ordinary candle 60 cents, ordinary shoes $15 to $20 & pair, re-soling same §3, while dress goods and flannels became so expensive only the wealthy could byy. Food supplies were unsatisfactory an{l the Germans did nothing to alle- viate them. In November, 1917, metals of all sorts, especially brass and copper, were confiscated, German soldiers going from house to house and build- ing to bullding to strip away the metal. smteny B R fon Uses Funeral for Propaganda. H’QD gp 2, 1917, some German anes. ropped bombs by mistake on Bruzes Von Buttlar, commandant, decided the funeral of the ylc@'fi could be utilized for propaganda pur- poses. He got a wreath and a pho- tographer, and while the mourners _were about the grave, made them line up, put himself In the center and had the scene recorded. On September 3, 1917, allied airmen dropped bombs at the Bassin and were fired at from St. €roix. Shells fell in Bruges, killing 8 dozen people. The German officers refused to allow funeral mass notices to be posted unless the line “killed by English shells” was added. The Belglans refused and the notices were torn down. Two Germans constructed bomb- proof cellars accommodating 200 to 1,000 persons each. While excavating they came upon 8,000 hidden bottles of wine belonging to M. Ganshof: The wine was taken without payment. The bomb-proofs were for Germans and people in small houses without cellars had to take thelr chances at night, although they could use the “public refuges” in daytime. FEW GOLD MINERS DIE RICH Money Made In Gold Mining Rarely Sticks to Man Who Makes It. Seattle, Wash.—Few gold miners ever die rich, according to A. J. Blake, who was one of the first pioneers who staked clalms in the Seward Peninsula district of Alaska, before the rich Nome beaches were discovered. “It's a peculiar fact,” said Blake, “that money made im gold mining rarely sticks to the man who makes it. Gold taken from the ground fs the cleanest money extant in that it ‘makes no other man poorer, and yet the men who make money in this way generally die poor.” | + BUMBLE BEE BUSY WORKER Only Severe Cold Weather induces In< sect to Take a Rest From Its Labors. It one were born a bumble bee, his {dea of life success would be 40 acres of red clover waist high, in full June bloom and fragrance all the- year through and forever. What one bum- ble bee could do with 40 acres of clo- ver no bee nor mortal ever knew; but the bee, if human wise, would want all that and more. Invade his flowery honey farm at the height of the season, and he puts out no restraining hand. There Is no padlock on his gate. The whole fleld is a-hum with polyglot plunderers com- Ing from everywhere to carry away the very goods that are gold to the bumble bee. But he puts up no de- fense. He makes no vicious counter- offensive, as the yellow-jacket might. 1f you search for him here you find him diligently prospecting with his honey pump humining a barytone solo as he works, loads of pollen strapped to his running board, his tonneau bulg- Ing with joy fodder. He Is having the time of his life. When the 40 acres of red clover s a wilderness of dry stubble under a scorching July sun, and his millions {n clover are swept away by the hand of the strong, this bumble bee will not be found hanging by a spiderweb to. a fence-row fireweed, a bankrupt suleide. Not he. In this fence cor- ner left by the mower, clad in his vel- vet suit bf black and yellow, even now he 1s working over the dump of a goldenrod mine, and gold Is shining from his pants pockets. Moreover, he has a fair swig left in his honey jug, and he is still humming his song of high June. As the season goes down the steep slope toward chilly weather, the bum- ble bee does not-dig his reluctant heels into the sod, lag sullenly back and turn a regretful eye over his shoulder, with his heart In the lost red clover. He takes the small sweets of poverty as he aid the rich sea of June honey. From a June millionaire’s estate he has fallen to the fortune of an au- tumn tramp, taking a handout from a belated weed and begging a night’s lodging in the last bloom of a wayside hollyhock. But he still retains his well-brushed suit, his good deep bary- tone and his memories of June. RABBITS HURT WOOL SUPPLY Pests Said to Cause Enormous Loss to Ralsers of Sheep in New Zealand. ' Rabbits keep down the wool sup- ply in New Zealand, according tc authentic information received at Philadelphia. At a discussion of what to do in order to eliminate or reduce the rabbit pest in New Zea- land, a member of the Ncw Zea- land council of agriculture men- tioned an area in the Auckland dis- triect of some 70,000 acres which|, carried, on a low estimate, 350,000 rabbits. Inasmuch as ten rabbits will eat and destroy as much pasture as would feed one sheep, it was point- ed out that these rabbits had de- stroyed the feed which might have kept 35,000 sheep, worth $127,746 a year to the country. Rabbits are being slaughtered by the millions and their skins prepared for ex- port, of which the United States has taken very large numbers dur- ing the last year. A large number of rabbits are also being placed in cold storage awaiting shipment to Europe. BEGIN HOT WATER DRINKING IF YOU DON'T FEEL RIGHT Says glass of hot water with phosphate before breakfast washes out poisons. If you wake up with a bad taste, bad breath and tongue is coated; if your head is dull or aching; if what {ou eat sours and forms gas and acid n stomach, or you are bilious, con- stipated, nervous, sallow and can’t get feeling just nght, begin inside bathing. rink before breakfast, a glass of real hot water with a tea- spoonful of limestone phosphate in it. This will flash the poisons and toxins from stomach, liver, kidneys and bow- els and cleanse, sweeten and purify the entire alimentary tract. Do your inside bathing immediately upon gris- ing in the morning to wash out of the system all the previous day’s poisonous waste, gases and sour bile before putting more food into the stomach. To feel like young folks feel; like you felt before your blood, nerves and muscles became loaded with body impurities, get from your pharmacist a quarter pound of limestone phos- phate which is inexpensive and almost tasteleas, except for a sourish twinge which is not unpleasant. Just as soap and hot water act on the skin, cleansing, sweetening and freshening, so hot water and lime-|/ stone phosphate act on the stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels. Men anci women who are usually constipated, bilious, headachy or have any stom- ach disorder should begin this inside bathing before breakfast. They are assured they will become real cranks on the subject shortly. e e —— e Home, Sweet, Home. Home is the one place in all this world where hearts are sure of each other. It is the place of confidence; it is the place where we tear off that mask of guarded and suspiclous cold- ness which this world forces us to wear In seff-defense, and where we pour out the unreserved communica- tions of full and confiding hearts. It is the spot where expressions of ten- derness gush out without any sensa tion of awkwardness, and without any dread of ridicule—Exchange. Acre of Bananas. In India and the Malay peninsula the produce from one acre of bananas —or plantains, as the fruit is termed in that region—will support a much greater number of people than a sim- ilar area under any other corp. Plan- tain menl is made by stripping off the husk, slicing the core, drying it in the sun and then reducing it to powder, and finally sifting. It is calculated that the fresh core will give 40 per cent of meal, and that an acre of average quality will yield over a ton. 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