The lessons of war are not always put to practical use, but it is wonderful how an effort to take an intelligent interest in the operations of belligerents brushes up people's geography. The South African War brought remote places before the British public and the southern half of the African continent became new place when the atlas was opened. Incidentally new words were coined, including the objectionable term "'maffickin; The Manchurian campaign added its quote to general geographical knowledge, and the Mexican war and the Balkan wars provided the present and rising generation with new interest in the countries concerned and their peo-plea But the present war promises to be the greatest modern educator in this regard. The relative importance of different places demonstrated, maps and gazetteers are studied daily and ethnography is stimulated. Those whose business it is to give careful attention to the movements of troops find that the best maps of European countries are often sadly incomplete, while the Greatest care has to be exercised in placing before the public messages that arrive from different countries, referring to the same places with great variations in spelling, in order that the reader may at once identify the town or district. War forces the general public to understand the geography of the region in which it is waged. The trend of the valleys, the width of the rivers, the height of the hills and the position of the chief cities al: become at once of transcendent importance, and are burned in upon the mind. A news-Paper cannot do more than make an effort to place the reader at the starting point from which he may delve into more interesting details at leisure, Carag' Wortp-ramp Bioop Mrxturs.—' The most searching Blood Cleanser that science and medical skill have brought to light." Sufferers from Scrofula, Scurvy, Eczema, Bad Legs, Skin and Blood Diseases, Pimples and Sores of any kind are solicited to give it a trial to test its value. Thousands of wonderful cures have been effected by it. Sold everywhere at 2s. 8d. per bottle. Beware of worthless imitations end substitutes.—Apvr.
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