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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1913-7-17, Page 3SOUS WANES ON YE$SEIS TORT ll;l 13 ST 4;,,1{;ail'al'I Iis.'1 >!:, R "" S iNTS OD SINNERS. 'Choice. of Appelletiotzs Varied told Yersiitile---l)wire for Itappi. ricks and. Virtue; ,_.., The Canadian shipping list reads like •en atlas or il, journal of ex- } ' ovation.. The sailor's general eographical interest is •shown in the names of many distant conn •trip!; uncle as Arabia and Armenia, wed especially on the :Pacific coast, in Japanese, appellations, such es iahinyei Ma.ru, Herschel, recalling as it does the great English iaetron- sueer, :indicates` an interest in celes- tial phenomena, which is, •confirrned by Orion, . Gemini, Uranus, and navies • ,of 'other constellations, be 'sides a host of Stare and Stellar. That there are still difficulties in spite of these twinkling ' aids to navigation seems. to be the .Lesson of the ships White Squall, Toe Surge and Rocket.Bat the fact blot the ,sailor does not fear lx .call his ships after the elements which are his enemies shows that he is not :sus perstftious. On this principle Ger- man names wollkk by no means be words of ill omen for Canacliae cruisers. C ti dais ehipptizig trl de will pro- vide room for this and other names which have been eo far omitted, ixz newepe .er parlarne al eolely for leek R 07; spew.1"litl fttso"anwtioxa of some of . the herei.nes of the foot -lights has not .been unrecorded. There are ships called idea May, the Jt rsey Lay, and Jolla Opp --after the wife ,ef Mr. Faversham. Maud Allan .and Mazurka keep tine to- gether. Quick Step bridges the gulf between the classical dancers and 'the clashing College Widow, which is George Ade's contribution to the Canadian marine. The ships Alhambra and Tivoli bett'ay 'eknowledge of London Music Halls; so that, all told, the sailor, it must be admitted knows Who's Who in dramaticcircles. The I'erniuixle ill Evid nee. Literary Efforts Few. The paucity of literary ships seems to hint that the sailor is not a great reader. ' The e hipping list does not resemble a college curri- culum or abookseller's advertise- ment. Of novelists we find Hugo, whose "Toilers of the Deep" no doubt recommended' hinn' Sir Wal- ter Scott is remembered by a name- sake ship, and a soore of Ladiee of the Lake. There` is no evidence of a nautical interest in popular fit - tion. There is notching' later than 1Unole Torn, Topsy and Bien llur. The sailor whose favorite muses are those of history and heroic poetry naturally. disdains the best sellers. The poetry the sailor reads is like- wise old-fashioned. Shakespeare, strange to relate, has no ship to himself, but Ophelia and Romeo are remembered. The, ships Zuleika and Mazeppa recall Byron, and Minnehaha suggests Longfellow. No doubt ,15 -inch guns and armored turrets will ' deisand names of greater explosiveness and velocity, something perhaps from Kipling or Robert Service. A Poor Speller. In spite, however, of 'these evi- deuces of erudition we base .to tax the sailor with aeneglee-tad educe - tion. ,T'hefault may be due to bi- lingualism, but at any rate ship • names abound in mis-spellings. Goliah does ditty for Goliath. Lia for Leah, and Lidie for the dimin- utive of Lydia. But . the . worst is the "Germainnia," a ship owned by ,aaF renchsnan on. the Lower St. Lawrence, who learned his Iaegliah, as many -other. French-Canadians have done—under a Cockney in- - struetOr. Music in Evidence. The lack of a Terpsielaore is misoJhio f for idle hands is revealed atoned for by many musical ships, in ships which we cannot. possibly such as Andante, Cresoenclo and tae. goadsuh as Gambler, Moni- Eri King.' On the whole the sailors eo, Nap And, L.eucky Jinx. '1`hat there nius cal fancy seems . to turn to are crooks in every profession seems to be the lesson of Slippery Joe, though, of course, the name His feminine names, are not, how- ever, ,taken from the ballet, but from, the els:em otic sphere. Fully forty per 'cent.' of Canadian ship titles are fominine.Christian navies. The Canadian sailor certainly loves a la,,�s, and above all alass named Mary or Marie or .. some kindred form. There float upon our waves more than two hundred is'ea'nymphs of the family of Mary. In fact the Marys have it as easily as the Johns among 'the male names. There are over sixty Johns, including : John 13t ll and John L., bet not Jelin D., and among the Jacks there is, of course, Jack'Ca,nuok. Staggering Tina gine tioa. But the masculinenames are nothing ..00rpared with. the,-- femi- nine. In fact the sailor's devotion to feminine names ;almost' staggers the imagination. There are over one hundred varieties which range mxiet%aphorioally from Dam to Beer- sheba, literally from Ann to Toe. There are aristocratic ones such as Euphemia and Millicete and all the, horns favorites such as Lizzie and Libbie-:;and Addie, .a.mcl Carrie but never a:CarrieNation, Among the Jennies there is a Jeanne 4'Are, and among the Annies an A.nni-s Laurie. Some famous' names'' are, however, neglected, There is no Mand Muller inhe flotilla of Meads! no Little Mabel among the Mabels; no Ida M. Tarbell'amongst the Ides. ' Matrimony Excepted.. There are plenty- of endearing terms such as Gazelle, and, prom- ises of fidelity: such as True Love, butt very little hint of matrimony, except in the Village Bride. And there is no reference to babies nearer than Winslow, • the famous soothing syrup. The evidence of the shipping list seems to confirm the sailor's reputation as a winking. light of ` love. Only: one ship, Veuve,. backs mj? W..W- -Jacobs' theory that bargemen - and other marineas have a penchant for wi- dows. Delilah. and Vampire seen to indicate that at times the oou se of 1+3ve doesnot run smooth for, the sailor, but no ship is .as vitupera- tive es The Serpent's Tongue of William Watson. Many Frits. Ship names such as Four Idlers, Loafer and Becalmed attest that the sailor occasionally has time on his hands. And that Satan. finds gob., Trish and French.. elements' have united to form .a Canadian Marine. The Britarnnis.s and Bri- tish Lions ,sail or et/elm ,axnio hly and a4iGcLv rs. beside the(.aaia.dirs a � It is a little difficult to •11e11 from these elzipe' names whether our o� • ibutzori '1 v a sailers s ad echoic emelt c za tr �, or whether they are in favor of nee va,l autonomy. They wen at any rate to practise iseee kind of T•m- Aerial co=operation. Happy Family. On the whole the names ' le has .given to his ships seem to elaunv that the sailor's lot is as happy its his tastes and eharactor are varied and versatile. He looks on the bright side of things. He earls no vessel The Wreck. The eamraacieship of friends and brethren is re,00rded by such ships as the Two Friends and. The Four Brothers. The i teamer Golden • Rule, Gee& Intee t and Happy Hes-nee clearly indicate that. the sailor's main desire is for hap- piness and virtue. There should be no ',cliffeelty in persuading Cana- dian youths to serve on ships like these. Tt may be that the problem of nav'al recruiting will be best solved by the judicious selection of attractive ship names. One on Mr. Foy. The Attorney -General for Orates- io, the Hon. J. J. Foy, is fond of si good joke, and his enjoyment is not lessened by the fact that the joke is on himself. Quite recently he was hurrying to the Niagara Navi- gation wharf in Toronto, carrying his lawyer's bag, which was well filled -with documents. A newsboy proffered his wares, but Mr. Foy shook hie head, however, on second thought said, "If you want to earn a nickel you can carry this bag to the dock." The boy agreed, and nlusieal comedy with light opera. Gilbert, . the playwright, ' has a flagship of ;his own escorted: by the Mikado and the ,Iolanthe; but H. M. S. Pinafore is strangely missing, and Sullivan, `his musical collab- orator, is completely unknown. But it inay be that the growth of A Sweet, Crisp, Delicious "Bite=To=Eat" Post Toast er Dainty bits of pearly white core, perfectly cooked and. toasted to tlelicatie "beo'wn." 'Usually eaten direct front paeloage with errant And sugar. Or, sprinkle '.ibasL1es over a saucer of frei h berries—thhett add the ercam Arid - sugar --a • dish to remeutl►er. Bost Toasties are sold by Grocers everywhere. Canadian Postunt Cereal Oo., Ltd. Windsor, Ontario. might merely indicate that this par- ticular vessel iea'n outsell any of its rivals. Double interpretations are possible with . regard to . other navies. •Geneva, for instance, may refer to Calvin and not to gin; Usher to Poe's Fall of the, House of i:lshee and not to Scotch whiskey. lsl:agnuin, however, 'looks as if it re- ferred unmistakably to champagne, but, after all, there is very little evidence •of internperince on board ship. -If the names of otu futtire battleships preserve a discreet si: lento �n the subject of grog and rum punch it will perhapsbeonly a just tribute to -naval sobriety._ Devoted to Saints. Any faults that the .sailor may -have are more than outweighed by an enthusiastic devotion to saints, There are more than two hundred Saints' names on the shipping fe- gister. St. George is the most pop- ular fur steam craft, but St. Joseph heads the poll for the sailing ves- sels. Probably 110 boat bears a more itiilq}tr,' varve t}lan the; good shiis lI 7osepii' '.C1 i ee Salmon: P•osnibly the Western grain grotto era might forego their opposition . a .navy if the battleships were alli- ed by_such names as Manitoba No. 1 Hard or Alberta, Alfalfa, Ships like Grit and. Tvey' show a tiatitical in4.erest in polities; and Dan Patch and Shrubb reveal a fondness fur the track and the cin- der path. One ship is also, oalled after a ,golf course; namely ;Lamb- ton, the appropriateness probably consisting in their euro ]on poeee,s-. emu of blinkers Canafl. tiit :>fi:iyiory. 1't would not be well to oonelude wftimention uf'the•greet, nilO- ber. of ;eJlianarocks Mitt Thistles and the even more ' nunlOt.ou,s Maple Leafs, The shipping register is as i.t wore a loghook of Canadian hist - tory. It shoes* that 'English, Scot - Iron. r. J. Foy. PIMPLES SP11EAO TROM ARMS TO VlHOLE BODY Also on Face, Began to Ooze Water- Tike Matter, Torture of Itchiness. Pimples Festered and ,Enlarged, Cured in. Two Weeks, Thanks to. Cuticura Soap and Ointmenk, they set pat. Onreaching the wharf Mr. Foy started to the pri- vate gate', which is used by direc- tors and other officials, but . his 'companion shouted, "Hi, you can't go in. there." "Why not(1" said Mr. Foy. "'Oa:we that's private, jist for de big: guns," was the: an- swer. • "Well, that's all right. Do you know I own this wharf 1" re - tweed, the Attorney - General. "Naw 1>e don't," said the urchin. "What makes you think I don't 7" "Well,` if yotiowned dis wharf you'd give ale ,more'n:.a nickel to carry: your bag." . 14 SUMMER HEAT HARD ON BABY Nit. Agin; Ind. Ttastitute, Munecy, Ort- toile: —", 1 suffered from sero trouble for two months before taking Colic= Remedies, The trouble started from. itchiness on the back of the bands. When irritated, this itchiness turned to pimples. These 'pimples soon began to spread up the arms, from the arms to mywhole body. They also came up on the face. Having spread over nay body they became irri- tated by my clothing. They began to ooze water -like matter. Then began an almost kpiing torturo of itchiness, When 1 seratehed I seemed to scalp the pimples and make them extremely sore. They festered and enlarged, then they opened: and loft sore spots. These spots became scabbed and sore beyond expression. "T sent for .a sample of Cuticurs, Soap and Ointment which I received quicker than 1 expected. T was much relieved at the first, application. I continued applying the Cuticula Remedies for two straight weeks, then. I was completely cured, thanks to Cuticura Soap and Ointment."; (Signed) Jona Jamieson, Mar. 6, 1912. Outicura Soap and Patients, Ointment are sold throughout the world. Send to Potter D. & Q. Corp., Dept. 65D, Boston, for free sample of each with ail -page book. APES OF G1]31LAL'T.I.R.- Il[istory of Their Retention on the Rock. lLLEL' TO(lll Remi rkable Restilts Obtained the Camera,, Moving pictures "have just been made at the rate of one hundred thousand, a,.second in, contrast with the rate of fifteen or twenty a sec- ond, which is enough. when repro- diked on a 'sereen to givethe eye' the impression of a -continuous pie-. lure; The only thing that moves fast enough to make such treznend- ous speed worth using le a bullet, and some extraordinary pictures. of bullets have been taken at this rate, seventy-two pictures being. taken of, a revolver bullet as it moved ten inches from the muzzle. Pictures of a bullet passing through a ,stick of wood showed a queer conclition. The bullet passed completely through the thin stick and eras well on its way beyond be - for; the wood gave any sigu of dis- tress. Then eonxe tiny splinters started out, following the bullet; the stick began to split; and: after the bullet bad proceeded some dis- tance the stick suddenly ' fell to pieces. No camera shutter's are fast enough to take pictures at any- thing nything like this speed; so no shut- ter was used. Instead, a seise% of electric sparks was flashed, the sparks fol- lowing one another at the rate of one hundred thousand a secoaid, each spark making a picture. The fit was mot rated oil a wheel about Travellers to Gibraltar are al- ways on the lookout fpr -the famous' apes of the rock, the,o•nly wild mon- keys in Europe, and hill be inter- ested to learn that their threatened extinction has been averted. Until about twenty-five years ago, these monkeys heidt undisputed pos- session os session of the upper part of the rock and were seldom seen; but when the fortification on. the sum.- init was begun -the :animals spread to the lower` levels. and were one of the sights of the place. One locality Bruce's Fa.,rm, they avoided for years. The story is that long ago they became very troublesome t,o the owner by raiding his fruit ger- den. After ;various 'expedients to get rid of them had failed, some one caught a young monkey and tying it to a tree left it to starve to death. This . cruelty was resented by .litre band, which, it is'said, ea r -- ried .away the dead body and never afterward .approacheccl the: place.. - Ten years ago there were fifty or sixty apes on. the rock, but many were shat or trapped, and three years ago only three old • fernales were left to. represent the stock. When this came. to the knowledge of the commandment he issued Or- der- for their protection, and im- ported from Morocco a. male and four females; but the three old, females ,•attacked and soon killed the newcomers. A second experi- menttw.a,s equally unsuccessful, but in .1911 a third male was obtained. who fought hist way into the good graces of the Old females and be- came the sire of several young mon- keys that will now, it is expected, replenish the stock. Unfortunately this sire became so dangerous, viciously attacking the people'who would befriend him, that ;he. was.lately Condemned to be shot. The' sentence, however, was commuted to imprisonment for life in the. London Zoo, whither he was transported on a battleship and where he lioNw dwells in an admired captivity in Regent Park. . The Gibraltar ape, which is not a true ape, but a macaque, is espe- cially interesting to zoologists be- eause of the isolation of its species in the northwest corner of Africa, No season of the year is so dan- gerous to the life of little ones as is the summer. The excessive heat throws the little stomach out of order so quickly that' unless prompt aid is at hand the baby: may be beyond all human help before: the mother realizes he is i1;L Summer is the season w}aen diarrhoea; chol- ` "hn easy 'war. Au Fil�pt• using dts7t ready to serve. Deliciously cooked and economical. --Insist, on Y CIA k's. 145; PA"i'r., R,ieatreat, . 1.41 q - � e��:-1t.•, �e . a jaf�t�YirJ FARMS FOR 'SAL2. H. W. DAWSON, Ninety Colborne S5roeto Toronto. 'velemT, STOOK, CRAIN AND DAIR.X:, 3t,' Farms in all sections .vt Ontario.. Some- Snaps., , 4.0To1IY. SITES, W"ITIL Oft WT'IIOUZ : Theilway trackage, in Toroutq. Ilrampton and other towns and cities. LSIDENT1Ar, PROPERTIES n( 51 Brampton and a dozen other towas. H. W, DAWSON, Colborne St., Toronto MALE HELP WANTED. MEN WNTED " QUN•(1 1IAN BE .A BARBER. 1 TEAO7t m Ta 1 You quickly, cheaply, thoroughly 4,n4. furnish tools free. We give you actual three fest in ercumferenee, and'; famish write for, free cata- the wheel was•revolved at the rate a loge. zxloler College. 519 Queen st. Hast, of nine thousand revolutions a min-' Teronto* readythe'bil- ute. When all was spark flashed and MEN WANTED let was.shot, the STAMPB•ANO CORNS. • the wheel revolved, the actual ex- posure being limited to a fraction of a second so as not to pile up pictures one over the other. Very Quarrelsome Neighbors —both were unhappy till the trouble was remedied by Putnam's Corn Extractor. Any born goes out of business in 24 hours if "Putnam's" is applied—try it, 25e. at all dealers. Too Effective. Where on earth did you get this hair oil?" "That's not hair oil, it's liquid glue.'' "Great Jupiter t Then that's why' I can't get my hat off." Digby, N.S. Minard's Liniment Co.- Limited. Gentlemen; Last ,at my horse was ,badly cut in eleven p -,s by a barbed wire fence. 'Three of the outs (small ones), healed soon, but the others became foul and rotten, and though I tried many kinds of inedicine they had no beneficial result. At last a doctor advised me to use MTNAItD'S LINIMENT and in. four weeks' time every sore was healed and the hair was grown over each . one in fine 'condition. The Liniment is certainly wonderful in its working. 3011N R. TIOLDEN. Witness, Perry Baker. erainfanttim, dysentery and colic for ill is restricted to the mountain are most prevalent. Any one of these troubles may prove deadly if not promptly treated. During the summer the mother s best friend is Baby's Own Tablets.' They regu- late the bowels, sweeten the stom- ach and keep baby healthy. The Tablets are sold by medicine deal- ers or at 25 cents a box from The Dr, Williams.'- Medicine Co. Brock- ville, Ont, e. .Nice Ohl Lady. She was a charitable old lady, of a somewhat inquisitive' turn of mind and she was paying a visit fastnesses of the Barberry States. All the other members of the genus Macacus are Asiatic, its nearest ally being the Omens or sacred. monkey of India. The monkey •bhe, Japanese depict so constantly in drawings and carvings is another near relative, Minard's Liniment Cures Diphtheria. "Now'," asked the teacher, "who can tell rite what an oyster is 1" 'Silence for moment, whilc small brows were,knit, in strained effort at+ remembrance. Then little Tom- my's facial muscles relaxed, and eagerly he raised his hand. "I to a naval hospital, Presently she know I" he triumphantly enuoun- same up to the bedside of a ted. "An oyster is a fish built like fellow who was one of the victims of a gun explosion. "My poor fel- low," she said, depositing a bunch of grapes within his reach, "Your sensations and sufferings at • the time of the accident must have been terrible, Can you—willyou describe them to me,l", "Well, mum," he said stolidly,. "1 don't know as i can; but I cart tell ,Fora: iC was on deltic attending to my duty with the gun, when all of "a sradden there *58 a'inos't infernal: row --and then the nurse says, 'Sit up and take ;this., a nut1" Old Lady—Here's a glass of de- liciously cool spring water, nay poor man. Tramp—I darn't touch it, ma'am. Old Lady—Why Tramp—Well, you see; it's like this, ma'am. I've got an iron constitu- sir tion, an' if I drank water it would get rusty. STAMP CULLI•;U'rolia'—iIUR.isni,,D 111?. ferent Foreign. Stamps. Catalogia. Album, only Seven Cent*. • plasia 6Latnj Company, Toronto. TAMPS 'FOR SALE --Send us 25 R,,•ents and receive a set of 30 different foreign stamps. erne is an exceptional offer for a limited time only. Address Nova. Scotia Stamp '0o., Prankville, lova geode.. sl Ise eLee eteatIa. CANC.ER• TUsOtts. LUMPA. i ro. internal and external, cared with. nut pain b.v our borne treatment, write as before too late. Dr. Tiellinan ediosi Co.. Limited, Collinewood. Ont. Swedenbor 's great ;cork on Heaven and Hell and the life after death. 400 pages, only 25 cents postpaid. H. Law, 486 Eudia Aye., Toronto, Oat. 'BLUE FLAME" SPECIAL Try Murine Eye Remedy 11 you have Recl, Weak, Watery ;yes or Granulated Eyelids. Doesn't Stuart —Soothes Eye Pain. Druggists Sell Murine Eye Remedy, Liquid, 25c,_SOc. Murine Eye Salve in Aseptic Tubes, 25c, 50c. kye Books Free by Mail. An Eye Tofie Good' for Aa Eyes that Need Care Murine Eye Rea,edy Co., 'Chicago "I tell you, old man, there's al- ways room at the top," said Jimp- sonberry. "I haven't a doubt of it," said Languish. "But the worst of it is there's never any ele- vator to takee you up.n A young prea}.ehee picked up ;:'fish- op 1?ierce's hat and put it on his own head and it was exactly a fit. "Why, Bishop," said he, "your Bead acid mine are exactly the salve size." "Yes," replied the Bishop, "on the outside." Lady ,it. the Pliinss Cinspectieg the kitalien)`-•- hY", ' Bridget, . howe etn iid;v you are 1 See here, :L ean't:eV wally write my name en .the deat,on top of this stove 1 Bridget Slxure, an'. what a fine 'thing it to have iAinstrore Lininisnt' our+is Was, ,Isco: an-edocstion. Mtnard's Linlinent Cures Distemper. A. PuzzlingQtiestion. "1 want to ask you a question, dad," said a lad to his parent. "Ask your mother?" answered the tired father. "Well, but it isn't a silly question 1 want to ask you." "All right,"—wearily--"what is it'?" "Well, if the end of the earth was to come and it was destroyed when a man` was up in an aero- plane, where would he land when he came down 1" Mighty few of, us can sing our own praise without striking' a dis- cordant note. ED. 7. RUSSELL To lower our stock by July Sisit—our stocktaking—we of - fee these exoellenit Plugs at $2 Per Set of Four "BLUE FLAMES" give ;perfect igni- ` tion and will give a, hotter spark than a.ny plug at this price. ,. MOTOR CAR CO., Limited. Accessories Dept., NEST TORONTO RICIEIIEU 0 NAVIGATION CO 'N 1AGARA To THE SEA s Your Vacation Trip TrittaRE To 6O Niagara Fails, Toronto, Tllou• sand islands, St. Lawrence Rapids, Montreal, Quebec and the Saguenay River -sone of D a t u r e' a must impressive mettle wonders. Low rates for tielets iucludivg neais and berths. l'or infor- mation to local ticket airenie or Hugh D. Paterson, �s•� Tema. Gen. Agt , to, Out., or 11. �•+ a Foster Chaffee, i . al. ue. ire Q t. carr. Tai or, fins \o( So Easily Lost. In the 19th centum' pins were not carelessly lust as they are pow. The law permitted that they should be sold on' the first two days of Jlttivary peel 'year, in order ..that they ,night riot become -toe ,ossa-. mins. It the efore beeatitue the cus- tem for tidies otf :ell Classes to buy their wear's; stock of pins on these days, and the menev: given them for this purpose In their husbands or fathers was known 'is `pin rnoney,'(' a .phrase that has survived. to the present day. Mlhited's Llniniont Cures Car>,•et in 0oWs. - "'T;; she tousisi14" "Yes; :he hatl riatural`voiee, a.slier'p tongue and,, ISSUE 21) '111. a ilait nose."