Exeter Advocate, 1913-7-31, Page 3ti
RATIONS FOR BRITISH TARS
,YLO PUALLI11,''G AFFAIRS 1N TUE
ROYAL NAY'P.,
'Compared With Olden Days the
Sailors Faro Very Much
Better,
Within the past decade the diet -
,peer in the Royal Navy has altered
Vgreatly for the better. Gone are
'the days of biscuits so full of wee -
'vile that .they had to be rapped on
'the table before being eaten ; of
salted meat so tough and hard that
it could be manufactured int() snuff-
boxes e and of beer.and water which,
through long keeping in wooden
casks, was as often as not quite un-
fit to drink, says LondonAnswers.
Beer --of which the Elizabethan
seaman received a" gallon a day—
has been supplanted by rum ; while
the water on hoard is now' kept in
iron tanks," which ;are refilled from
the shore, or by the distilling ap-
, paratus on board, at frequent in-
tervals.
All modern ships are fitted with
bakeries, so Jack receives his fresh,
newly -baked loaf every day of his
life. There is also a refrigerator
on board, in which is stowed enough
fresh' meat and vegetables to last
every man in the ehip for, a month,
no the sailor. is no longer. subsisting
on salt beef and pork within a few
days of leaving harbor.
Floating Hotels,
A modern battleship, in fact, only
carries about two days' salt meat
that is, if she is fitted with a re-
frigerator ; and it is then carried
merely as a "stand by," to be ser-
ved out in very exceptional circum-
stances.,
The - ordinary daily rations of
every man in the Navy is 4 lb. of
fresh bread (or 3-4 lb. bread and
1-4 lb. flour) ;. 1-2 lb..:lresh meat; 1
Ib. fresh vegetables;' 4 oz. sugar.;
1-2 oz. of tea (or 1 oz. of coffee for
every 1-4 oz. of tea, if preferred);
1-2 oz. of drinking chocolate (or 1
oz. of coffee if preferred); 3-4 oz.
of unsweetened condensed milk; 1
ez. of jam or marmalade;' and 4 oz.
of preserved meat on one day of the
week in harbor, or on two days
while at sea.
Mustard, pepper, vinegar, and
salt are served out as required,
while 1-2 lb, of -biscuit or 1 lb. of
flour is. issued instead of thebread
if the latter is not available. Aman
over the' age" of twenty receives one
eighth of a pint of rum daily, but
those who desire it can receive mon-
ey instead.
The rum itself, to all men except
warrant and chief petty officers, as
servedout in the form of "grog"—
three
gro;"-three parts of water to one of rum.
It is called by this name as the mix-
ture . was first issued by Admiral
Vernon in 1740, for he, from the fact
that he.**ore ore. breeches made of a
stuff called gragam, was known to
his men by the nickname of "Old
Grog."
Can Purchase Extras:
The sailor, in addition to. his stat-.
ed ration, is granted a messing 'al-
lowance of 4d. a day by the Govern-
ment;
overnment; and with this sum he can
purchaseextras from the stores on
board. All the ordinary articles,
such as bread, meat, vegetables,
tea, coffee, cocoa, condensed milk-
- •everything, in fact, except rum—
can be bought in this way, but addi=
tional delicacies like tinned salmon
and rabbit, raisins for puddings,
dried beans and peas, pickles, suet,
etc., etc., can be procured if re-
quired.
All these articles are of the very
'first quality, and as they are bought
by the contract department of the
Admiralty in enormous quantities,
there is no doubt that Jack gets the
finest value for his money.
A man, moreover, is not forced to
Make up his full allowance of pro -
,visions. He must draw one third of
his. amount of meat and vegetables,
but for the remainder, if he likes,
.he can be paid their equivalent
value in hard cash.
Once a month each sailor can buy
one pound of tobacco free of duty.
It is issued in leaf for a ahiliing a
pound, and cut up ready for con-.
gumption at 1s, 2d., and as many
officers smoke nothing but the lat-
ter variety, it speaks well for its
quality,'; A]1 this tobacco oomee from
special tobacco plantations in South
Africa, and could not be bought
ashore under six shillings a pound.
By. the Tedi. ;F
The following amounts 'of provi-
cions carried on board a man -o'
war with just, under 800 men may.
be interesting :
-Fresh meat, 1 ton. Fresh veget-
ables, 2tons.' Salt pork, 920 Ib.
flour, 45 tons. Biscuits, 1 ton.
Preserved meat, .3 3-4 4'ons. Tinned
.s .lznon,' 3-4 ton. T'nned rabbit,
1,418 ib.: Pickles, 1 1.4 tons, Sttet,
39.0 lb'. Split .peas, 1-4 tan. 1)ried
beans and peas, 1.1-2"toes. Celery
,seeds, 63 lb. , Condensed milky` 51-2
tons. Sugar, 20 tons. Tea, 13-4
totes, Coffee, 1-2 ton. Drinking
chocolate, 21-4 tone. Jam, 11-2
''tons, ' Raisins, 1-4 ton;, Rice, 1-2
eon. Mustard, 325 lb. Pepper, 250
;lb, Salt, 11-2 tons., "Vinegar, 150
gals. Rem, 1;236 gals. Soap,,61-2
tone. Tobarco,'2 tons.
JAPAN'S ICE RING},
Hary Yamada Keieulco Built Un His
Groat Fortune.
Qne man out a lot of ice in his
life. That was Yamada Keisuke,
the Ioe King, of Japan, who died
lately at the age of sixty-nine, leav-
ing a fortune of 3,000,000yen or $1,-
500,000, in a country where a dollar
goes further than it does here.
Keisuke was a poor .timber coolie,
forty-seven' years old. One hot
summer day; carrying lumber down
a mountain, and almost overcome
by the intense heat, he drank from.
a running stream' and saw some-
thing gleam in a cavern. It was
natural ice left from the winter.
He thought. Then he acted; Ile
had twelve dollars and a half. He
rented an old building, filled it with
ice covered by sawdust, made the
place air -tight . and waited until
June. The experinaent 'woe success-
ful.
Keisuke then found in the coldest
part of Japan a large lake 'of na-
tural ice. He decided to ship it by
steamer to- the large :cities of the
country.. He had no capital, cool-
ies,' nor: tools, He chartered a ves-
sel with 300 tons ice capacity, and
contracted for ice cutting coolies
..who were by the contract to receive
pay after the vessel was fullyload-
ed. Just before full loadingthe
steamer sailed away. The colies
clamgred for their pay. Keisuke
pointed to the contract.' Then he
followed ;the steamer to arrange
matters.. At destination; he stored
the ice, received ` advances on the
cargo,. '•returned and paid off the
waiting coolies.
From June -to September ice in
Japan averages from $12,50. to $15
a ton From Qatobe '' to M ' 1t '
1 ey as
$8 a ton. These prices helped the
upbuilding of the Keisuke fortune
which passes to a` seventeen -year-
old son. '
•
.GERMANY'SWEALTH•IEST
DUCHESS,'
The Grand Duchess Theodora of
Saxe -Weimar. wife of Germany's
wealthtest reigning` Prince. The Prin-
cess was married in 1914. She recentl3i
celebrated her twenty-third birthday.
She has one little daughter. I -Ter: hus-
band, who was until the birth of
Princess Juliana heir to the throne of
holland, is reputed to possess' a for-
tune of $85;000,000.
KEEP CHILDREN WELL
DURING HOT WEATHER
Every mother knows how fatal the
hot summer months are to small
children. Cholera infantum, dicer-
rhoea, dysentry and stomach trou-
bles are rife at this time and often
a precious little life is lost after
only a few hours' "illness, The
mother who keeps B.aby'c Own Tab-
lets in the house feels safe. The
occasional use of the Tablets pre-
vent stomach and bowel troubles,.
or if trouble comes suddenly—as it.
generally does—the Tablets will
bring the baby safely through.
They are sold by medicine dealers
or by mail at 25 cents' a box from
The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co.,
Brockville,Ont.
He—"Do you think kissing is as
'dangerous as the doctors say 1" She
—"Well, it has certainly -put an
end to a good many confirmed bath
elorss at any rate.
"Quarrels occur only in the ani-
mal kingdom.," "I beg to differ."
"Do you mean . to " say thatveget-
ables quarrel: and fight 1" "I do."
"Adduce your facts !" "Did not an
apple destroy the happiness`' of -the
first pair l"
•w-"
House -Hunter =—"Blatt ' whenever
there's as flood. I should think the
water would always come right up
to the house," House Agent—"Pos-
sibly, sir.. But' there are precious
few properties where you can get
fishing from the dining -room win-
dow."
Doctor --"The increasing deafness
:of your wifeis merely, an indication`
of advancing. ;years; and yo`t c'afi
tell her that," Husband—"Hitm !
would "yen . mind telling her'. that
DREADFUL ITCHING
. AND BURNING
White Blisters Spread All Over
Head. Scratched .Until Mass of
Sores, Hard Crusts Left Raw
Flesh. • Had to Cute Hair Away,
Healed by Cuticura • Soa and
Ointment Hair Growing Thick.
130 Romaine St,; Peterboro; Ontario,•-
"My little' girl's head was in a terrible"
state. It started with little white blisters.
which would break until it
spread allover her head.
Tho burning and itching
were dreadful, especially
at. night when she would
scratch it until it was one
mass of sores all over her
-` °' head and the pillow Would
be Covered'with blood, She
could gob no rest at all with
the pain. She would beg of me to put
something on to cool the: burning and
irritation, Hard crusts would form on her.
Lead which when she scratched it would
leave the raw flesh underneath. and her
hair came ofr with It. or would be in such
a dreadful state that I would be obliged
to cut the.hair away.
"I tried several remedies but none .of
them, seemed to doany .ny good. I then cut
her hair quite close, washed itwith Cuticura
Soap and bandaged it using Outiczua Oint-
ment. It is now quite healed without a
Mark on the skin. Her Bair is growing nice
and thick again." (Signed) �Mrt M Sawn
dors, Feb. 13, 1912,
Outicura Soap and'COuticura Ointment are
sold by druggists `and dealers everywhere.
.A ,single set is often 'sufficient. ' Llborai
sample of each trailed free,; with 32-p. Skin
Book. .Address post card Potter Drug do
Oheni. Corp., Dept. 36D,. Boston, U, S. A.
ONE CANNOT READ IN TEN.
Ilow the Population of Canada Is.
Educated.
Of the grown-up male population
of Canada one person in ten can
neither read nor write,the exact
number of illiterates being 207,322,
out of 2,197,663" men who are 21 -
years or older. So say the latest
census returns, and give the Brit-
ish -born citizens the highest stand-
ing for education. Of the 409,000
male immigrants from the British
Isles all can read and write save
13,000, which is 3.16 per cent. Of
immigrants from foreign lands one
in six is unable to read or write. Of
the 1,441,933 Canadian -born voters
there are five in every hundred who
do not boast those accomplish-
ments.
• The eensus taker also looked for
some education in the entire popu-
lation from. five years of age up.
Eleven in a,, hundred didelot come
-up to the mark. The_ Province of
Ontario made b5 fai the -host show
,,ing,' for here the percentage of illit-
eracy is only 6.52. Little Prince
Edward Island came second' with
7.62 per cent. The most uneducated s
province was New Brunswick, with
14 in every hundred who cannot 1
read or ,write, though in the neigh-
boring province of Nova Scotia its h
proportion is juts 10 per hundred.
In Quebec there are 217,316 people
without rudimentary education,
which is 12.69 per cent. of thepop-
ulation.of five years and over.
The real place to go if you can
read and write and wish to be con-
spicuous; is the Northwest Terri-
tories. •. There yeti would- have • an
advantage over 70 people in every
hundred of the population; most of
them, however, would be -Indians
and half-breeds.
Throughout the Dominion the pro-
portion of illiterates has fallen from
14 to 10 per hundred since the pre-
vious census in 1901. Saskatchewan b
has shown the greatdst improve-
ment—from 35 per. cent..to.13. Every
other province shows some amber-
ation in the educational .condition
of its inhabitants. In Ontario, for
instance, despite the large increase
in Population, there are 24-,000 fewer
illiterates than there were ten
years ago. Only 'in: the three prairie
provinces has there been an in-
crease in the total of those who can-
not read nor write, and that, of
.course, is dueto the large influx.
of foreign -born immigrants.
Happiness, `consists in activity.
Such is the 'constitu'tion of our na-
ture; it is a running stream, and
not a 'stagnant pool.
URIC ACID
NEVER CAUSED
RHEUMATISM
I WANT to prove it to your aatistaotigit.
It you have Rheuniatisnt, acute br {AVOW,*
--no matter whet zrour condition—writeto•daY for n4Y }'REE BOOB: on "RHEUMA-
TISM—Its Cause . and Ouro," Tiioueaizlie
0a11 it 'The most weeder:le . back ever
written," Don't sone a steepl —it'e 4,
24. ER111 , JESSE A. OAOi , Dept,
70, prookton, Maas„
TII1'1y' FART ' ILIJ �'.laS,S'.
Weak Points in the British Goyeru.,
nient's Insurance Bill,
If all men were. perfectly honest,
schemes like the British government
insurance act ,might be idfeal
schemes. But the few months in.
which the act has been in operation
have shown that many English-
men cannot resist temptation, The
amount of feigned illness among the
insured is becoming a great scan-
dal,
In this respect Great Britain is
repeating the experience" of Ger-
many, which furnished the model
for the Lloyd George bill. The Ger-
naans have invented a new word 'for
the illness of the government in-
sured, and some similar word will
be needed in England soon.
Some employers who pay small
wages find that the ,number of em-
ployes absent from: work an ac-
count of ;alleged' illness is from
terioe to ten times the ntinlber un-
der former conditions, before work -
Men and women were assured of
ten shillings a week whenever they
*laid off. The doctors agree that
there is an enormous amount of
malingering, but have not yet dis-
covered any cure....Many persons consider that a
week of leisure, with an income of
ten shillings, is a justifiable holi-
day. When the official doctor .as-
serts that they are not ill they be-
gin to denounce the act as a fraud
and make political capital of it.
Conservative newspapers are only
too willing to print complaints from
the insured that the insurance act
is a failure'. •
Fourteen million people are now
paying their weekly contributions,
"licking stamps," the government's
opponents say derisively. Undoubt-
edly many of them' find fault with
the administrationof the act, and
probably some amendments will be
found necessary.
New problems develop every day.
An employer has written to. the pa-
pers explaining that an employee
had been four or five months"in jail
,charged with murder. The trial re-
sulted in acquittal. The employer
wants to take back the man, but
wants to know who is to pay the in-
etteltiee contributions Ler the time
of detentionin jail. The act says
nothing on that point.
For the time opposition to the in-
urance .scheme, or rather criticism
f it, is the principal political cap
tai of the conservative party. Home
rule and Welsh disestablishment
ave taken back seats as targets
far attack. But while conservatives
declare that compulsory insurance
is a failure their leaders do not go
-so far as to urge repeal. It is un-
popular with many, but whether it
is not popular with the great ma-
jority of the insured is still an open
question.
. "Whv, little boy! exclaimed the
shocked; ofd lady, "aren't you as-
hamed to be smoking that vile cig-
ar V' •"Sure, lady,"' replied the
urchin, blowing out a ring, "but,
yer see, th.e • man that dropped it
idn't have no 'taste' for good • ter
accer !"
Lawyer --New, sir, tell me, 'are
you well acquainted with the pris-
oner ?
ris-oner? Witness—I've known him fox
twenty years: Lawyer—Have you 7
I must now ask, ever known him to
be a disturber of the public peace'?
Witness—Well--er—he used to be-
long to a band,
vanrself,' doctor 7" / Eel.
Minard's Liniment Cures Colds, Etc.
.Eget and '"aneyt
When a elan takes a vacation be
needs a rest,, when his family takes
one he gets it,
Over 90,000 people die daily,
Must of u:s are good because, we
dare not be bad,
The beliefs of the Pe,heuius, a
West Afrieati tribe, shave they head
and then dye :it yellow.
Phe difference be genius
and insanity is that the ''latter gets
three meals a day;
Men lose a lot of.money th
the hnole izi the top of their pocketroughs,
The New Zealand hen is an ex-
pert rat -killer.
The fact that wee can't take our
money with as when. we die is a
source of great comfort to the law-
yers.
A birth,is announced' in Holland
by a . silk pincushion on the door-
kiaob—red. for a bey and white for
a girl.
When. marigolds do not open it is
a sign of rain;
A' man in love talks a s but little; a
woman in love does; little but talk,
A FRIOUTFUL
FIRE
Causes' widespread sorrow—Likewise a
lively corn causes much pain—the dire is
"Putnanfe," the yid reliable Putnam's
Cora Extractor, that never failsand u1
ways cures; try it. 25c. at all dealers.
Putting It Off.
-"He's' a mean man."
"How so 1"
(`When his little girl begs for an
ice cream, he asks her if • she
wouldn't .rather have a• gold watch
when she's 'nineteen."
Wire Wounds.
My mare, a very valuable -.one, was badly
bruised and cut by being caught in a
wire fence. Some of the wounds would
not heal, although I tried many different
medicines. Dr, Bell advised me - to use
MINARD'S LLNIMENT, dilated at first,
then stronger as the sores began to look
better, until after three weeks; the sores.
have healed, and best of all, the hair is
growing well, and is NOT WHITE as is
most always the case in horse wounds.
F. M. DOUCET.
Weymouth.
Not So Bad as That.
• "Women are certainly trying
hard to become man's equal."
"Oh, I think you wrong us. All
the women I know seem aainbitioue
to go forward rather than hack -
ward."
Minard's Liniment' Cures Diphtheria,
Her Comment.
"The` Greens are going to Europe'
for the summer 1"
"Isn't it awful what people will
do to let other people know they've
got money."
Try Murine Eye Remedy
If you have. Red, Weak, Watery Eyes
or Granulated Eyelids. Doesn't Smart
—Soothes Eye Pain. Druggists Sell
Murine Eye Remedy, Liquid, 25c, 50c.
Murine Eye Salve in Aseptic Tubes,
25c, 50c. Eye Books Free by Mail.
AreEye Tonic Good for Ail Eyes that Need Care
Murtha' Eye Remedy Co., Chicago
Mr. Wyborn=Ever sincesI mar-
ried you I've drunk the cup of bit-
terness to the dregs. Mrs. Wyborn
—Yes; imagine you leaving a drain
of anything in any cup'!.
Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper.
"Are you the same man that ate
my shepherd's -pie last week V' "No,
mum. I'll never be the same man
again!"
/ English
RoastwReet.'
The easy war. An appe.
(,sing (fish ready to serve.
Delicie,isly cooked sod
economical.
Insist .on
Clark's.
W, PLMit. *'t'i, MosirssL ,
Hitch Faster,
A Yankee was boasting to an
Irishman he met on board a Clyde'
steamer about the fastness of Amer-
ican trains. "Why, Mike,'" he said,
"we run our trains so fast in Amer -
ice, that the telegraph poles look
like a continuous fence;" "Do they
now 7" said. Mike. "Well sir
was wan day on a train in Ireland,
and. ;as we passed first a field of
turnips, then wan of carrots, then
wan of eabbage, and then a large
pond of water, we were goin' that
fast that I thought it was broth!"
Minard's Liniment Cures Carget in Cows.
Bobby—Sister must be able to see
in the dark. Mother -How sol Bob-
by—Because last night . when she
was sitting with Mr. Staylate in
the parlor I heardher say : "Why,
Tom, you -haven't shaved!"
FARMS FOR SALE.:
N. W. DAWSON, Ninety Colborne Street.
Toronto.
Fa11T, STOCK. ORAIN' AND DAISY
Farms in all sections of Ontario.
Some snaps.
.AOTORY SITES, WITS OR WITIIO[71z
�a Railwag traehage, in Toronto.
Brampton and other towns and cities.
i? ESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES IN
9�r Bran pton,and a dozen other towns,
N. W. DAWSON, Colborne St., Toror.to
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ferent Foreign. Stamp., Catalogia
Album, only Seven Ceuta Marks Stamm
Corn nanv. Toronto
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RAUAM BROS., FUR RANCHERS,
ir will pay highest price for Black, Sil-
ver, Oroes Foxes, Mink, Marten, Fisher, at
all times. Dougal. L. Graham, Strathroy,
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mailing expenses by our safe, sure,
business -getting method of mailing and
distributing catalogues, circulars, samples,.
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el ANCF,R, TUMORS, Lt7MPS. ETC.
Internal and external. cured with•
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el ALL STONES. li1UivET ANL BLAB.
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For Sale Cheap
WILL MAKE PIONEY FOR YOU
GARAGE OWNERS and others
who -require a cheap and convenient
method of waiting on customers
,should investigate this tank to be
sold et a sacrifice.
This has been used a short time in one of our
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and Sales depots' are already equipped, and we
cannot place this Tank in our own Company,
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