Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-17
Geographic News
Bulletins by the
National Geographic Society

IAN island that is by official nc
ton a boat!"
such is Ascension Island between
Africa and South America, says a
bulletin from the Washington, ID. q,
Headquarters of the National Geo
graphic Society. 1t is this islano' &C
cording to dispatches from England
which the British admiralty IS ser
iously considering evacuating as
means of saving the 100000 oou
dollars which it costs British TAX
payers annually.
Ascension Island is unique among
British possessions because of the
method by which it is governed,
continues the bulletin by way of ex-
PLANTATION. "A naval captain under
an admiral stationed at Gibraltar
controls the rather limited destiny OF
the six by seven mile territory o
all the world like his fellow captains
control their ships. The little garri-
son and it's families, and n serV-
ants, who are largely negroes from
Liberia-only 200 or 800 nhabltants
at most-make up the crew or the
good ship Ascension. The queer
governmental arrangement has
worked out most satisfactorily since
the island was first occupied Dy t,e
British in 1915, and has won tne
praise of such an observer as Charles
Darwin who stopped for a while on
Ascension during a voyage for scleh-
tific study.
Communion Island to st. Helena
Ascension is, broadly speaking,
companion isle to st. Helena. soo
miles to the southeast. . Both were
probably created by the same gem
erat volcanic upheaval which pushed
n number Of pinnacles above
surface of the south Atlantic, But
Ascension has not been able to boasl
of being the place of-residenee or an
exiled monarch, though its ccupa
tion was connected in a way with
Napoleon's exile. The island was
occupied by the British navy In 1919
largely for the purpose of more COM
pletely guarding the isolation OIL the
distinguished prisoner. 1t ma since
been maintained in the double c.
pacity of a supply station for BTU
ish naval vessels and the
site of a sanatorium for sailors ana
marines sick as a result of duty on
the tropical coast of Africa.
..The isolation of Ascension is
more marked even than that of ROD.
inson Crusoe's island. 1t is 10oo
miles from Liberia, the nearest point
in Africa, and 1400 miles from the
eastern tip of South America. Like
practically all of the other Stands OF
the South Atlantic, Ascension was
discovered by the Portuguese. That
was in 1901. 1t was uninhablteo
and remained unoceupied until the
time of Napoleon's exile.
A Land of Gigantic Turtles
saThere was nothing about Ascen-
sion to prove attractive to settlers.
All of the lower part OF the lsianu
was practically without plant HE
because of drought. Only the upper
part Of Green Mountain, when
reaches a. height of more than $500
feet. supported a growth of grass
and shrubs. 1t is nea the ummit
of this mountain that a sanatorlum
has been maintained. A limited &C
reage in the uplands is cultivated 10
furnish vegetables and fruits for the
sanatorium and for the little ham
let of Georgetown established on the
lee shore near an anchorage. Grass
es and shrubs have also been planted
on the lower uplands.
mo vertebrate life was found on
the island. But in the spring 1t has
always been a land of gigantic tur-
ties. Thousands of the reptiles weigh
ing 500 to 500 pounds each, swarm
to the beaches at that time and de-
post their eggs in the sand. F1ocks
of turtles are kept in ponds and
from time to time individuals are
made into soup and other dellca-
cies for the garrison
is very poor policy to get them to
name a specific sum. Once they
name a price it will be doubly hard
for you to get them to pay any more.
The mere mention of a price usually
commits customers to stick to that
price. Show your goods and let your
customers remarks guide you in
knowing what price merchandise to
bring out.
How often should a window dis
play be changed in a drug store? We
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