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The Exeter Advocate, 1918-1-17, Page 3YARNS OF A injuries, and nearly all were sick from swallowing salt water, The next morn., • • ',i ; i`ing we ,were picked up by the Italian CANADIAN SEAMAN' steamship Andrea, from Spezia, "The Andrea landed us in the ,Me - 'TORONTO SAILOR RECOUNTS AD VENTURES WITH SUBS. "Oine Hundred, and Eighty Miles F Land and Our Boat Was Leaking." "I shall never forget my. first perience ice. with a U-boat says , , Y Nugent, able seaman from Toro "I had shipped out of Liverpool ' three -masted schooner called' Grenada, a vessel of some 1,200 t We had no cargo and were under s ed orders. "We were tacking along in the 13 tol channel when suddenly the look spied a periscope, and five minu later a U-boat of a large type cam the surface. The submarine attacl us savagely, dropping shell after s on our decks. It was cruel the that shripnel ripped up that woo ship. The,masts were virtually' t up by' the roots and' bundled over side into the sea. The decks w blown into kindling wood, and t starboard side of the ship was blo full of holes. The submarine fired teen shells in all. "The crew lost no time in sera bling.over the port .side of the s into small boats. We were ten "'mi from land, and we'pulled shoreward. if the very devil was after us. ' Ri here I want to say that I: don't care take ,chances again with submarin in wooden boats. The steel varie are• good enough for me. "I got my next experience with sub when I shipped on the Maur tania, formerly in the service of"ti Cunard Line. Just outside of Mal a suli popped above the surface'of t ocean and gave us a merrycha• firing shell after shell. But we ' we too speedy for the Hun, and final the U-boat got sick of the job and su merged. A Thrilling Adventure. .%`The last time I met with a sub wa I was firing on the steamshi Platuria. September 15 we left Gibra tar hound • for an` Italian port with big cargo of gasoline and benzin aboard. About 3.15 in the afternoo I'was having a peaceful pipe in th engine room, when suddenly there we a terrific explosion 'midships. 1 wen sprawling to the metal flooring of th place, and my pipe flew ten. feet away I knew what had happened; we ha been' torpedoed, and I lost no time _ i scrambling to the deck., As' I xeache the open a shell landed on the steam ship and exploded, a fragment strik ing my hand and inflicting a'-' painrfu' wound. "The initial explosion caused bythe torpedo had resulted in the killing' of ten, men. "I found everything in confusion oi deck; the crew was attempting to lower the lifeboats, of which there were two. Captain•John Leslie, of New South Wales, stood on the bridge of the Platuria and'refused to leave his position. One of the lifeboats was launched, but the one I was in capsiz- ed, throwing about twenty of the crew into the water. Just then the Plat-. uria sank, stem downward, and Jim Whittaker, an oiler, of Minnesota, was dragged to his death by the suction. Captain Leslie went down with his ship. "Those of us in the water clainbered on top, of the overturned lifeboat; the man clinging to the boat on my right was a fellow by the name of Mills, from Georgia, who had been torpedoed four times; ,the experience was ,really nothing new to him. U-boat With a Conscience. "At this juncture it seemed that the submarine commander must have been stricken with a twinge of conscience, for the U-boat rose to the; surface and came toward us. He allowed us to come aboard the submarine while some of his men righted our boat, He gave us a dram of rum -around and cigar- ettes. This submarine commander seemed to possess a sense of humor, for after we had gotten the rum into our systems and had lit our cigarettes, he informed us with, a grin that he had stolen the rum and tobacco from an English ship. But ,rights at that moment we were not at all particular where. the rum or the tobacco came from; the liquor warmed up : our° ach- ing bodies ' and the cigarettes calmed our nerves. "It develoea that the lee Hun com- mander was a very curious' person. He inquired concerning our nationali- ties, and asked a number of questions about the war. It seemed that he had been travelling underneath for a con- siderable. time and was out of touch with world -events. He asked ques- tions concerning the name, cargo and crew o:f. the Platuria end wanted to know awhat had become of the captain. We told him that the captain was dead end that information seemed to give him satisfaction, Right here T thought it was ' time for the "Hun to play the .vole of the questioned, and I asked him, to give us the number of his U- boat. That made him angry. 'Look here, young;malrr' he growl- ed, `don't get impertinent; you are " lucky- to be alive,' Story of; EightSurvivors. "A liter that••, we were bundled into our boat without ceremony, We were 180 miles from land, and'our boat_ Was leaking. We took turns at rowing and bailing. We were a. miserable feeling lot; sonic of; us were suffering from rola ex- ohnr nto. on a the ons. eal- ris out tes, e to ted hell way den orn the ere he wn fif- hip les as ght to es ty a e- 10 to he se, re ly b- as 1- a e it e s t e a n d 1 deka, Islands, where we remained for. a, month before we got a,ship. "While waiting to ship we hearu 'many first-hand stories of German submarine savagery on the high seas. One of the worst cases was cited by eightsurviyors, of an Italian ship. "When the ship was torpedoed, the crew; numbering forty-nine men, took to the small boats. The submarine shelled the small boats, killing twenty- five men. But this did not satisfy the Hens. us, TleY attacked eked two of the life- boats with axes, stoving holes in their sides so that they sank drowning the men in them. Only eight of the crew of forty-nine escaped to tell the story. Surely, Germany cannot expect the world to ever forget her barbarities on the seas." THE CAUSE OF BACKACHE`` Every muscle in the body need constantly a supply of "rich, red bloo in proportion to the work it does The muscles of the back are under; heavy strain. and "have but little rest, When the blood is thin they, lack nourishment, and the. result is a sen sation of pain in those muscles. Some people think pain in the back means kidney trouble, but the best; medical authorities agree that backache sel- dom or never has anything to elo with the kidneys. Organic kidney disease may have progressed to a cri•ticaL point without developing a pain in the back, This being the case Pain in back should always lead the sufferer to look to the condition of his blood. t will be:found in most cases that the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills to build up the blood ,vill stop the'sen- sation. of pain in the ill -nourished muscles of the back: How much bet- ter it is to try Dr. Williams' Pink 'Pills. for the blood than to give way to un- reasonable alarm about your' kidneys: If you euspect your kidneys`' any doe=` tor can make tests in ten minutes that will set your. fears at rest, or tell you the worst. ,,But in any.event to be perfectly healthy you must keep:the blood in good condition, and for this purpose no other. medicine can equal Dr. Williams' Pink Pills., ' You can get these pills through any dealer In medicine, or by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. 5 d' a LOST 1N THE DESERT. Terrible Experience its Death Valley in California. Tlia late Maj. Gen. Funstort .was once'. employed as a botanist in the United States Agricultural Depart- ment. He was one of a party sent out to explore Death -Valley in California. The experience is said to have been the cruelest in all Funston's life, and it so nearly proved fatal that he al- ways ways declared that he could not under- stand why he had not died or become. mad. He had started out one morning to ride one hundred and twenty miles down the desert to mail some import- ant letters and packages at a post of- fice. All day his pony trudged over the desert, hrealcing through the crust up to its fetlocks and sending up be- neath itsfeet'; strangling, smoke -like clouds of powdered; -white alkali, The thermometer rose that day to one hundred and; forty-seven degrees, a height no one there had ever seen it reach before. The hot air blew across the wastes so dry, so penetrat- ing, that dt peeled the skin' from Fun- fi ston's face, parched his lips and. made s thein bleed; stung and burned his nos -g trils, and caused a thirst that nothing G could satisfy. S He had only a quart of. water in his canteen and no forage for his horse, and, realizing that to go on farther g meant certain death, he decided to " tion. He picketed his horse in the t evening, slept until three o'clock in the morning, then mounted and started of back. "When the fiery sun rose over bl the mountains his horse gave out and staggered wealcly; and so Funston h dismounted and led, it For many, miles la he walked, determined, in spite of his agony, not to give up "until life left him. Suddenly he heard two distinct shots. He stopped and looked in every direction, but could see no smoke or sign of anything human on the > desert. Three times he heard shots, and then it dawned on him that they did not come from the desert or from the mountains. The fever brought on by the terrible heat had' caused the snapping of the nerves in his head to sound like rifle shots. At four o'clock the next -morning 'he staggered -across the doorway of a de ranchman's' house and weakly. cried fol for water. He had walked forty miles I ge thi.•ough the desert in a night and day m of such fearful heat as even Death de Valley had scarcely ever known before, be Rose Hedge. plo pl Rose hedges are not unconnll'on in' Great Britain and in. Europe but they cu 'are somewhat of a novelty here. Rose the hedges are good ' for screening the int vegetable garden or as a dividing line an between neighbors. th Make a deep trench of well' naanured 1)111 soil and'use such varieties �'as Anior•i- thee 'can Pillar, Crimson Rambler, Dorothy wh Perkins; Climbing Captain Ciii„ty, Ex.'pat celsa, Caroliee Testout, dia� Vole Supports use poste .with gaivan. the ized wee etrotched' bet\cell thenh,. per: Three or Tour sth'ands of wire will be recliired, IlTin A 'Fashionable "Wi tutor Dress Smart indeed is this semi -fitted dress with the shaped tunic. McCall Pat- tern No. 8125, Ladies' Semi -Fitted Dress. In 6 sizes, 34i to 44 bust. Price, 20, cents. This pattern may, be procured from your local McCall dealer, or from the. McCall Co., ; 70 Bond St., Toronto, Dept. W. - A SIDNEY OF TO -DAY. Story -of Courtesy Which Surpas That of the Famous Courtier. Weereaccustomed to' think of c tain heroic figures of the past as. C Ie;Fol Of Taking Digestive Pills Ji Wareing' to Dyspeptics. 7 htr habit `of taking digestive, pills .ai- tei' •meal0.i makes "ch&'oyde 'd+✓ppoi�ifcs of many thousands opp.. amen and -women .be- cause artificial digestents, drug and medicines have praelleeele 110 in,iluenca upon; the ,'excessively acid condition of the•.Ntornacli contents' which is the causo of most forms of indigestion and- dys- pepsia. The after dinner pili merely lessens the sensitiveness of the stomach nerves and thus gives a false sense of freedom front pain. If those who are subject to indigestion, gas, flatulence, belching, bloating, heartburn, etc„ after eating would get about ail ounce Pure is orated magnesia from lithe dt uggist and 'talie a teaspoonful in a little water after, mealy, there would be no further neces&ity for drugs ,Or medicines. be- cause bisurated magnesia, instantly neu- tralizes stomach acidity, stops foocl't'.ei•- mentation and thus insures normal, painless digestion by enabling the stornaoti to do its work without hin- drance. Alarehing Men. From the silver coasts outlying, Where the pallid ships are plying, Sweeping in from ;East and West Over crag and mountain crest, Up from desert, grove and glen, Still there,come those hosts of men; In their hands the sword aflamo, On their lips an ancient name, Cleaving hearts and lives asunder, Trampling thrones and empires under; Temples lately love -forsaken They have entered and retaken, Earth 'itself their tread has'shaken— Marching men, marching men, Sleeping gods your shouts awaken! —Helena Coleman. LEMONS WHITEN AND. BEAUTIFY THE SKIN Make this beauty lotion cheaply for your face, neck, arms and hands. At the cost of a small jar of ordin- �` ry cold Cream one can prepare a full sed quarter pint of the most wonderful lemon skin softener and complexion. beautifier, by squeezingthe'- juice ' � e of er- two fresh lemons . into a bottle con - sort of supermen, `whose gallant a a t and - nightly deeds we cannot expect the j men we meet every day to equal. this war—like every other w proves that the nobility of the human 1; spirit is eternal and essential, and that-; b it manifests itself quite as . often in; f men of humble birth as in the sons of ' id the proudest families. b I remember, says a 'writer t , , Y in he Fortnightly Review, that when I was 1 of a boy the story, of Sir Philip Sidney at ' t aining three ounces of orchard white. are should be taken to strain the uice through a fine cloth so no lemon gets in, then this lotion will keep Br—tit pulp t afresh' for, months. Every woman naw that lemon juice is used to leach and remove such blemishes as reckles, sallowness and tan and is the eal skin softener, whitener and eautifier. Just try it ! ,Get three ounces of 'chard white at any drug store and s -o lemons from the grocer and make to up a quarter pint of this `sweetly !'rag- the battle of Zutphen bit deeply in my imagination, I derived it from large, popular: history of England, which the incident was made the su ject of a full-page engraving ov which I used'to' linger with delig For years: afterwards the picture, wi additions' and embellishments,, wo' come back at intervals to my min The scene, as I envisaged it, was r plete with an ornate dignity. The ba tle raged decorously in the' bac ground; men in attitudes, wi corselets and bright lances, sto about; Jn the centre lay the dyin hero, an arresting figure, with h curled and,:I suppose, perfumed rin let's, ,,his elegant sword hilt, his whi and spotless ruff, his slashed jerki his Elizabethan hose and - stocking You saw the draft of 'water offere (in a silver goblet); and then you b held the knight, about to raise it t his lips, turning to the wounded so dier at his side, with his cnm'fnon Mesopotasnia Stories, :.Canon Parfit, of Jerusalem, who de- seethed e- ser bed himself as `Vicar of Mesopo- tamia and Rural Dean of the Garden of Eden;" recently told.' a few Eaetern tales in London. He said that when he firstsaw his ".1:}large" the,seca cry did.' not impress him. ' The rPeople were.•poverty-strick en and begged for "baksheesh," the children were brilliantly 'clad in olive oil and the sweetest of smiles,'"' A soldier, referring to scorpions and mosquitoes, said: "Everything in , the Gar'den's lovely (T don't think!) . It wouldn't take a flaming sword to .'drive me out of it!" At Bagdad, thepontoon id a o rr br e hav- ing zP g' been washed away, the Sultan de- termined to build a new one, Co he,set about raising the' money. The, people were whipped and blackmailed " into parting with 240,000, The 'bridge cost 24,000, the'tax-gatherer pocketed"' the lest. NL Granulated Eyelids, Sore Eyes, Eyes Inflamed by Sun,` Duet and 'Wind quickly relieved•by'hiurine, Try It in your Eyesand In Baby's Byes. fr FOR YOUR.' `T NoSmartin Jost eCosifc t Ii�SSrineE�+,,,, e:li Rented A6 You;, %rag 1st's or by ++',n y Anti 60e par botp?r Tyiuro no cya, salve. in. Tube* '2Gr,...Por freoViitira.e Elle --pro°. Aok erl= Eye k�esuettly Co., Cbleaso a The use of glass bricks for building purposes• is being adopted in` many European - cities. As ;a means of admitting light to dark hallways and basements these transparent bricks have been most satisfactory, and there Y, has been no loss in stability of con- struction when they have been sub- stituted for the ordinary clay bricks, Minturcl's Linianent Cares Distemper. When winter snows are piling over. field and fence and bough, There are applesDin the cellar, . there is fodder in the mo'w; And though the north wind threatens dreary frozen months to bring, We laugh because beneath it all we hear the voice of, Spring, MONEY ORDERS The sate way to send money by mail' is by Dominion Express Money Order: The liquor business .has always been a curse to the world.. I3efore Colum- bus discovered America, the. author ities of the,'city o:f •Ghent, in Europe, , found. it necessary in a time of.dearth 1 to forbid the conversion of grain into the brewing of beer. Thus does his- i tory' repeat itself. a rant lemon lotion and massage it daily i WOMEN ! IT IS MAGIC ! 1 • in. into > the face, neck, arils and hands, j b LIFT OUT ANY CORN T b- It is marvellous to smoothen :rough; er red hands: ht. th old d. e- t- th od g is g - Every piece of farm machinery should be put under cover. Grease all the. bearings heavily and cover the ex- posed:br�ight metal. parts: with cheap grease of some kind. Vaseline is good` and can be, had in large quantities at small cost: The iron frames and: 1 wheels' of mowers etc., should be paint- ; ed. It is the height of extravagance to leave tools out in the weather at any season, particularly during win - to ter. n, s. d" e_ Minard's Liniment Co Limited. o Gentlemen, — Theodore Dorais, a customer of nine, was completely s cured of rheumatism after five` years of suffering, by the judicious use of MINARD'S LINIMENT. The above facts can be verified by writing to -him, to the Parish Priest or any, of this neighbors. A. COTE Merchant ' Iel Chaiit, St. Isiclere, Que.,12 May, 'SS. "Friend, thy necessity is greater tha mine'," Certainly: a grand thing done in the grand manner!'" In the earlier days of the war _I came upon a paragraph in a news- aperp correspondent's letter about the ghting near I� estubert. A British oldier was lying wounded on the round, fevered' with thirst, close by a erman even more desperately hurt tretcher bearers arrived and offered the Briton a tin of water. The man rd's reaching for it eagerly when his lance fell on his tormented enemy, After 'im," he said, and handed back he vessel for the German to drain. So now, when'I seelii--to recall my d vision' of Sidney at Zutphen, it is otted out by another: a vision of a man in clrabbled khaki lying in the orrible crimsoned filth of no man's nd; of another man in a torn gray tunic, drenched with blood, staring with wolfish eyes at the water; of the former shutting his own parched lips tight over his teeth and potting the precious draft by with a short, ill -said word of refusal. Surely a' greater hero, that nameless cockney, than the sworded and, scented courtier! "After 'lm!" It is better than the nobly mel- lifluous phrase'' that made Sir Philip Sidney immortal. - Deafness in Soldiers, A novel cure for deafness in sol- ers has been found ley British doe- rs, who believe in the power of' sug- stion to accomplish much that their edictal skill cannot, Much o:f , the afness at` the front is hysterical, rn of the soldiers feat. of going deaf, m the incessant pounding of the ex-, ISiveS about him, Many trines these men. cannot be red by direct treatment, and it is n that the unique system is brought o play. They afro given very slight eethesia and. a tiny incision made hi e: skin behind an ear. Then an iron to is hammered' violently • close to ear. 'In almost every instance ere the deallies, is hysterical ; the lents regain their hearing Immo Lely, convinced that a serious' and rofore helpful opoi'ationhas been f of ni ed. . la'd's Dinh ztt Cines ttoi , O. The best' mulch material to use is clean •straw; this is placed on the strawberry plants four to six inches deep after the ground has been frozen. In the spring after the ground is thawed, the straw is worked around the plants. This serves several pur- poses, such as keeping the patch free from weeds,econserving the moisture, and forming 'a clean inat for the ber- ries to ripen on. After the fruit has ripened, the straw may be removed,. BBinard's Liniment Curs Diphtheria, We saw a couple of men sawing wood the other day with a cross -cut saw, and felt'sorryfor them, the saw lugged so. There was not enough set in it. Halfan hour spent input- ting .that saw in good order would have saved a great deal of strength, and the men could have sawed far more wood. Getting ready ;for 'work is just as ;iinpoatant as 'working; "1t is not being out at heels that makes a man discontented: it is being out at.'lheart,"—Bliss Carman, eamee ED, 7 Apply a few drops -then lift corns or calluses off with fingers --no pain. '. Just think! You can Iift off any corn or cal- lus without paha or sore- ness, A Cincinnati pian dis- covered this ether com- pound and named it freezone. . Any drug- l gist will sell a tiny bot- tle of freezonE:, like here shown, for very little. cost. You apply a few drops directly upon a tender corn or callus. Instantly• the soreness disappears, then short- ly you will' find the corn or callus so loose that• you can lift it right off. • Freezone is wonder- ful. It dries instantly.. It doesn't eat away the corn or callus, but shrivels it : up without even irritating the surrounding skin. Hard, soft or corns between the toes, as well as painful calluses, lift right off. There is no pain before or after- , wards. Tf your druggist haer_'t freezone, tell him to order a small hot- tee for you from his wholesale drug b:ouse. wiI'l reduce inflamed, swmllen ;j, Joints, Sprains, Bruises, Soft Bunches; ,Heals Boils, Poll ' 'Evil, Quittor,I+istulaand infected sores quickly as it is a positive antiseptic and germicide.. Pleasant to use; does not blister or remove the bat,, and you can work the hone. 52.00 perbottle, delivered. Book 7NIfree. A13SORBINE. JR„ the antiseptic liniment for manidrid, reduces Painful, Swollen Veins, Wens, Strains, Bruises: stops pain and inflammation. Price 51.00 per bottle at dealers or delivered. Will tell yon more if you write. Liberal TrialeBottle for 1.0c In stamps. W, F, YOUNG, P. 0, F., 511 Cymans Bldg, Montreal, Can. 6bsorbine and Absorbine, Sr.; are Grade In Caoa5a.,' 1 1 ery New Automatic Valve Type, Comptete with supply and exh ust pip/fig, flywheel, etc. WW accept $1,200 cash for Immediate sale,. Will, accept $425 cash for Immediate sale, 1 LARGE LEATHER BELT. Double, 14:ladless. 2 Win accept $800 foe ierimecliate sale, although belt IS n oxeccient cort, dItlen ant! new ono wotild cost about $600, 'T:tr,owEirts FANS, atralo make. MAL, ESTAT. CORPORATION, 60 Front. One 'morning a neighbor met Spike Harrow ` returning from the timber with a gun over his shoulder. Spike was not so friendly, nor so inquisitive, as his neighbor; and when asked whether he had"been "a-shootin'," re- plied shortly: "Yes." "What yeti been a-shootin' ?" "Dog." "Your dog? My! Was he road?" "Well, he didn't look so awfully well pleased." • Bernard's Liniment Cures Garget in'Cowt Oil from the sewing znachi � z.e !nay b2 removed from material bytacking lihg d piece of cotton wool on each side of the stain, The cotton will' soon ah• sorb the oil. RFLP WANTnD LLADIES W 1'� .1":1'f:L) TO DO . I.Ti,A.r 2i and light 5caving •at home, whole, 01 spare tina.e, good :•p,t'y, aeorh sent, • an j.. dtsttnee, glia ges-pard .Send estatnp fol particulars, • National 'aramnftt,t:tu1'1I1 Con -many. 'lroirtceal. rarseDDDAZdEmil A\CE}.,; rtrarC)nS, ' UMIPS ETC.. .. V internal and e'`tcrna:l, -cured' avip -, out pain- by our home treatment, .'t 7' , t4 us before too late.. Dr, Ii3eaiman;:17,e1ic. t -Co., Limited, CelIii g_wood; Ont. When buying your.., Piano lnsi t. on .raving an O. t*-- ea: i:.T:O :.Mf LL . t N A .. ° : A:GT.1�3�1 Ah! That's ,the Spot Sloan's Linimenti8 right ' ht to: it. g Have you a rheumatic' ache or a dull throgbing neuralgic pain? Y ou can find a quick arid effective relief Fn Sloan's Liniment. • Thousands of homes have this remedy handy for all external pains because time and t.irne again it has proven the quickest relies So clean and easy to apply, too. No rub- bing, no stain. no inconvenience as is the case with 'piasters or ointments. If You once use SloansLinimerit.you will never be with- gutG_nersusaized bottles, at all druggists,: 0 Pimples on Back and Sea;n:.., Hair Came Quie Healed at Vey Trifi Y l l rlg ;Casae "I found red pimples coming out be- low my right shoulder blade. The pim- ples festered and 'then, spread on. my back. This had a burning itching feel- ing. Then an eruptions broke out on my scalper a patch and hair came out. I used Cuticura Soap and Ointment, and after,i had • used two boxes of Ointment with three Cakes _ of Soap T was healed," ('Signed) Goo. T. Jones, Edmonds, Brit- ish ColumbiaY ul 4, 1917. Cuticura .Soa � daily Y and: ` Cuticura Ointment occasionally pprevent pimples and other eruptions. Nothing better.:, For Free Sample Each hy ad - dross :Yd dress post -card: 'Cuticura, Dept. A, Boston, 11. S. A." Sold everywhere. aamellattcarx