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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1917-8-30, Page 3• 1 BRITANNIA'S DEFENCES HER GALLANT TROOPS, STURDY SHIPS AND SWIFT AIRCRAFT Some Statistics Regarding Strength of the British Empire at the Beginning of War. It was in December of 1915, a few days before Christmas, that the Brit- ish Parliament increased the strength of the army to 9,000,000 men, Her standing army figures before the war were 125,000, not lncluding the army in India of 77,000 and in the colonies of 95,000. In the first reserve were 206,000; In the second, 963,000, the total number of trained men having boon 798,000, The population of the British Ern - pare is approximately 500,000,000, and from every part of her vast domain, upon which the sun never sots, have Come men to aid the mother country in her fight against German autocracy. Canada has been especially generous In responding and her warriors, have borne the brunt of some of the hard. est fighting. Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa have sent hun- dreds of thousands, much to the chag- rin and disappointment of Germany, who vainly imagined that certain por- tions of British possessions would not be loyal. to that extent to the mother country. But from every land over which the Union Jack files men are now found on the far-flung battle line, in France, Flanders, Egypt, Macedo- nia, Palestine and Mesopotamia. Sea and Air Ships Britannia. still rules the waves. The British navy is the country's great pride since an empire of which the main thoroughfares are the oceans of the world demands, in the first in- stance, the strongest possible defense at sea, Of late years it has been ac- cepted as a fundamental axiom of British policy that the navy should ex- ceed in strength any reasonable com- bination of foreign navies which could be brought against it, the accepted formula being the "two -power stand- ard"—that Is, a 10 per cent, margin over the joint strength of the two next Powers. Until the decade of 1890 and 1900 the cost of maintaining this colossal floating armament was borne entirely by the taxpayers of the United Kingdom, but since then the self-governing colonies have contri- buted toward the formation of a truly imperial navy. Although it is obviously impossible to give any exact figures regarding its present size, reliable before -the -war statistics showed there were 58 battle- ships, with fourteen building; 110 cruisers and 218 destroyers, with many others of both these classes well under way. Great Britain's naval budget for 1913-1914 was nearly twice that for the army. Her air fleet in 1914 consisted of 1400 airplanes and 21 dirigibles, but of course the num- ber of planes now in use on the various fronts is enormous. THE GERMAN SPY SYSTEM. Instance of One Means by Which Ber- lin Obtains Information. This story is going the rounds in England, and it comes from an appa- rently authentic source. It is that a British patrol boat, after an engage- ment which resulted in the sinking of a submarine, picked up the body of the commander .in the hope of finding in his pockets information concerning Prussian operations which might be valuable in the anti-submarine cam- paign. To the astonishment of the officers of the patrol boat, there was found among the papers in the commander's pockets a receipted hotel bill, which showed that two days had been pass- ed a short time before in a leading English coast town resort. Further Investigation revealed the fact that the officer himself had been at the hotel dressed in the uniform of a Brit- ish officer, enjoying himself with the other soldiers who were there on leave and with British navy officers. The theory is that the submarine name ashore at some isolated place along the English coast and that the officer had no difficulty in getting to the hotel, those who saw him believ- ing he was a British officer on leave, The authorities realize that if it were possible in this instance it is possible in others, and there is little doubt that the Prussians frequently have been in some of the most important ship- ping cities of the British, French and Italian coasts. Because of this peril greater pre- cautions than ever before are being taken to prevent strangers from en- tering the barred zohes established around all of the towns along the coast, Any one who does not give to the police a satisfactory explanation aa to who he is and the purpose of his presence in the town in question is im- mediately locked up. In such cases the courts are no respecters of per- sons, and heavy prison penalties have been ordered i,M numerous cases. Since the outbreak of war South African mines have yielded 0100,000,- 000 worth of rold. In high explosives the British pro- duction is novr sixty-six times what it was in January, 1915, Jaelc Canuck, 7bo you people realize that the food yon throw away earth year 1s eakimal'ed at $50,000,000? In These Warr Times you want real food that contains the greatest amount of body - building material at lowest cost. The whole wheat grain is all food. Shredded Wheat Biscuit is the whole wheat in a digestible form. .Two or three of these little loaves of baked whole wheat with milk and a little fruit make a nour- ishing, strengthening meal. Made in Canada. NEW MERCHANTMEN :ARD TO SINK TAKE SEVERAL TORPEDOES TO SINK U. S. SHIPS. American Merchant Marine Will Be Built Along the Lines of New .0i1 Tankers. • That It will take two or three tor- pedoes to sink one of the steel ships to be built under the direction of General Goethals for the new Ameri- can merchant marine is the statement made in The Popular Science Month- ly. The writer says that the ships will be built on the principle evolved in the oil tanker, which is built in many sections and therefore hard to sink. "Of course, no vessel afloat or to be launched in the near future will be un- sinkable if a sufficient number of tor- pedoes are exploded against her sides," he says, "Even the latest battleship is not immune. But Uncle Sam's new boats will have no unpro- tected portion of the hulls and it will take at least two and perhaps three well -aimed torpedoes to sink one of them. Modelled on Tanker. "The new type will bo fully armed. It will be of steel construction and Patterned after the present-day oil tanker, which is practically immune against single torpedo attacks, except in the way of the engine and boiler rooms. If struck there she is done for and settles by the stern, with no pow- er to proceed. The new boats will have fuel oil tanks extending ,clear around the -ship, from main deck to main deck from the front of the boiler space to the rear of the engine room. If a tor- pedo strikes her there and blows a hole in ,her outer skin, the inside of the tank will act as a new hull to keep her afloat until the submarine rises to'view its prey. None of the oil tankers have been sunk so far in the war by one torpedo, unless hit in the engine or boiler space. Series of Compartments. "The bulk oil in the tankers is car - rind in a dozen or more separate tanks or compartments, into which the hull of the tanker is divided by bulkheads. This is why one torpedo will not sink her. A torpedo exploding against the hull of the ship and crushing one or two of these compartments does not sink the ship because of the relatively small size of the few compartments punctured, compared with the dozen or so that are left intact. In the sepulchers at Thebes, Egypt, butchers are represented as sharpen- ing their knives on a round bar of metal attached to theiraprons, r pons, which from its blue color is supposed to be iron. instead of tea and coffee on the family t: !!N le ekes for bitter health and more comfort b:.Preferredy Th us ands �. end "There's �� a Reason NICHOLAS ROMANOFF. Son of "Peasant Emperor" Now Ad- dressed us Common Citizen. ' The late Czar of Russia is now known as Nieltolas Romanoff in the great land over which he held auto- cratic sway. It is not the title by -which he expoeted to go down to pos- terity. M. de Blowitz, the famous corre- spondent of the London Times at Paris, was responsible for putting on record a story regarding Alexander III„ the father of Nicholas, which is Worth recalling in this connection, The Czar and his courtiers had been discussing by what added title he should bo known in history. His fa- ther had been called Alexander the Liberator and Alexander the Martyr. What should the son be called? "Alexander the Just," suggested one. "Olt, no," replied the Czar, "I am and shall remain the peasant Emperor. So some of my nobility have styled me in derision, scoffing at my affection for the moujik, But I accept the title as an honor. I have tried to procure for the humble the means of livelihood, and this, I think, is the best and only means of keeping the world going. My greatest ambition is to deserve to bear to the last the title of the peas- ant emperor." Little could Alexander III, have thought that the world was so near the time when his son would run the chance of becoming the "last of the Emperors of Russia." FIGHTING FOR HAPPINESS When you get into a frame of mind that makes life seem one tiresome duty after another, with no pleasure in it; when ill,health seems to take all the joy out of life and you worry over things that are really not worth worrying about, then yournervous sys- tem is becoming exhausted, and you are on the way to a general break- down In health. In this condition your health and happiness is worth fighting for and good, rich, red blood Is what your system needs. It is a hopeless task to try to restore your health while your blood is deficient either in quantity or quality. And remember that no medicine can be of any use to you that does not build up your weak, watery blood. To build up the blood and strength- en the nerves there is one remedy that has been a household word for more than a generation—Dr, Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. It is the actual mission of these pills to make new, rich, red blood, which strengthens the nerves and tones the entire system. They give you a new appetite, make sleep refreshing, put color in the lips and cheeks, and drive away that un- natural tired feeling that oppresses so many people. If you want to experi- ence new health and happiness give Dr. Williams' Pink Pills a fair trial. You can get these pills through any medicine dealer or by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2,50 from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co„ Brockville, Ont. PRAYER BEFORE THE BATTLE. The Stirring Petition Used on British Warships For Many Years. This is the tremendous prayer which the men on British warships hear as they thunder into battle:— "0, most .powerful and glorious Lord God, the Lord of Hosts, that ruleth and commandest all things: Thou sittest in the throne judging right, and therefore we make our ad- dress to Thy Divine Majesty in this our necessity, that Thou wouldst take the cause into Thine awn hand and judge between us and our enemies. Stir up Thy strength, and come and help us; for Thou givest not always the battle to the strong, but canst save by many or by few. 0, let not our sins now cry against us for ven- geance; but hear us. Thy poor ser- vants, begging mercy, and imploring Thy help, and that Thou wouldst be a defence unto us in the face of the enemy. Make it appear that Thou art our Saviour and mighty Deliverer, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen." That was the moving prayer our heroes heard at Trafalgar; it was the prayer used at the battle of Jutland, It must have been a stirring thought to our seamen that this very prayer was that which had come from the hearts of those who fought with Nel- son. Not That Kind. The wife of Gen. Sir Horace Smith- Dorrien, who is engaged in adding to the comfort of wounded British sol- diers in English hospitals, tells an amusing—and affecting—story of a soldier \V o had just recovered from a severe wddund, Feeling i11 and very homesick, he went to headquarters to obtain leave of absent°. "I haven't seen my wife for more than a year," he said in a most dejected manner, "Why," said the colonel to whom he had applied, "I haven't seen my wife for nearly two years!" "Well," said the soldier, earnestly and respectfully, "that may be, sit', but me and my' wife aren't that kind!" The furlough was immediately granted. Still Holding On, "Mother," naked little Monty, "did you hoar the stepladder 1 on wl it Wm. - bled over in thsitting-room 7" m "No, dear," said the mother, "I hope papa didn't fall," "Not yot; he's still clinging to the picture molding." Wow Mem in C1uthes "Trench coat" The' very name is alluring to the small boy, and made in khaki -colored cloth it is very much like the kind the soldiers wear, It is a style which also looks well develop- ed in tweed or some of the knitted weaves so fashionable this year for small boys' and men's coats, MeCall Pattern No. 7882, Boy's Trench Coat, in two lengths. In 7 sizes; 2 to 14 years. Price, 15 cents. 4 sfi l'J \MCeaLL If simplicity gives way to the opul- ence of soft draperies it must appear in some other way in the frocks this season. In the model illustrated, with the side draperies on the skirt and gracefully draped surplice bodice, the simplicity appears in the fasten- ing of the blouse without hooks or snaps, but with the fronts which cross each other and tie in the back. An innovation, surely! McCall Patterns No. 7921, Ladies' Tie -On or Button - On Waist, in 5 sizes, 34 to 42 bust; and No, 7925, Ladies' Three or Four - Piece Skirt, 39 -inch length, in 5 sizes, 22 to 30 waist. Price, 20 cents each. These patterns may be obtained from your local McCall dealer, or froth the McCall Co., 70 Bond St., Toronto, Dept. W. 0 0-0 0 WITH THE FINGERS ! 1 SAYS CORNS LIFT OUT o WITHOUT ANY PAIN e Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns or any kind of a corn can shortly be lift- ed right out with the fingers if you will apply on the corn a few drops of freezone, says a Cincinnati authority. At little cost one can get a small bottle of freezone at any drug store, which will positively rid one's feet of every corn or callus without pain or soreness or the danger of infection. This new drug is an other com- pound, and dries the moment it is ap- plied and does not inflame or even ir- ritate the surrounding tissue. Just think! You can lift off your corns and calluses now without a bit of pain or soreness. If your druggist hasn't freezone he can easily get a small bot- tle for you from his wholesale drng house. . A Wise Boy. . Edward, aged four, prided himself on his bravery. But when he sudden- ly met a strange dog near his home, he unceremoniously fled to the house. Upon being questioned as to Whether he was afraid, he said: No; I just thought it was a good time to see how fast I could run." An Englishman has patented a sys- tem of lighting theatre aisles through floor recesses covered with transluc- ent glass without interfering with darkened stages or motion pictures, fP ,q�p STIC1tS41xEASSi.t'90G" Vulcanises Quickly Without Hent Repair your 'fires, Tubes, Punctures, Hot Water Bottles. 200,000 users al- ready hno) it. Postage paid all over Canada. Order a 00 -cent tin to -day. Guaranteed to satisfy. Refuse all sub* slitutss, E. Schofield, 43 Ylotatia St„ Toronto. THE NEED OF TILE HOUR. "Talk Happiness. The world is sad enough Without your woes. No path is wholly rough; Look for the places that are smooth and clear, And speak of those to rest the weary ear Of earth, so hurt by one continuous strain Of human discontent and grief and pain, Talk Faith, The world is better off without Your utter ignorance and morbid doubt. If you have faith in God, or man ,or self, Say so; if not, push back upon the shelf Of silence your thoughts till faith shall come." HARVESTERS WANTED Canadian Northern Ry. Runs Excur- sion Trains To The West. The earliest arrivals in Winnipeg will have the first and best choice of employment in the harvest fields be- yond. The Canadian Northern Rail- way will run the first Excursion Trains to the West in this connection, leaving Ottawa 9.30 a.m, Aug. 16th; and 10.30 p.m. Aug. 16th and 28th; also leaving Toronto 9.00 a.m. Aug. 21st; and 10.00 p.m. Aug. 21st, 23rd and 30th. Through cars will be operated from Montreal and Joliette, affording direct connection at Ottawa from principal Quebec points. The equipment will consist of elec- tric lighted colonist cars and lunch counter cars with special accommoda- tion for women. While the best chances are along the Lines of the Canadian Northern in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Al- berta, where the demand for labor is heavy and the wages high, no matter chat final destination you may select, the C.N.R. offers the best route to Winnipeg. For leaflet showing special train service, excursion dates and the num- ber of laborers required at various points, together with all other parti- culars, apply to nearest C.N.R. Agent or General Passenge: Department, Montreal, Que., and Toronto, Ont. CANADIAN 'MACHINERY. Now Produces in a Few Hours Rugs Like Years' Work of Orientals. It sometimes requires years of work on the part of an entire family in the Far East to produce one of the beau- tiful Oriental Rugs so much prized throughout the world. It has remain- ed for Canadian inventors to perfect machinery to produce in a few hours a rug that would defy an expert to dis- tinguish it from the genuine hand- made article. The first of these ma- chines has just been completed, and will be shown in full operation in the Process Building at the Canadian Na- tional Exhibition. Other process operations to be car- ried on there will be the manufacture of blankets and khaki cloth for the Canadian Army, while in contrast will be shown an old spinning wheel turning out rugs as grandmother did a hundred years ago. There will be shown also the blowing of delicate glass surgical and medical instru- ments and other equally interesting branches of manufacture. =card's Liniment Cures Distemper. COST OF FORMER WARS. How They Compare With Present Gigantic Expenditure, Compared with other wars of the last century and a half the world war towers financially like a mighty cathedral over a humble log cabin. The war of the American Revolu- tion cost $845,000,000. The war of 1812 cost $107,000,000. The American Civil War cost $3,700,000,000. The Boer War was supposed to have been a costly affair for Great Britain. John Bull paid out a cool billion dol- lars to quell the South African insur- rection, The British exchequer is now drawn on for the amount of the Boer War every month, excluding Sundays. Japan and Russia had to pay $2,- 000,000,000 for their set -to -2 per cent. of the cost of the world war to date. Germany's war hill every month equals the whole cost to both belliger- ents of the Franco-Prussian War, The Central Powers have lost more than $10,000,000,000 in foreign com- merce since the war began. The En- tente Allies' loss in commerce with the Central Powers foots up more than $7,000,000,000. The British daily war expense is $88,700,000. Germany spends $25,000,000 every twenty-four hours to keep Mars on the job. It is estimated that the Entente Al- ioM spent $030,000,000,000 and the Cen- tral Powers $80,000,000,000 up to 01 I January, 1 1017, f the same e propor- Li n was maintained for he first half of 19I7 then the Entente Allies have expended more titan $58,000,000,000 and tine Central Powers 05,000,000,- 000. TIRES REMADE Scrap urea den In made Into eunran. teed ,road double servlca tires, puncture rproof, will r any new tire: restate will astonish you; AMUd tar elrculnr Iva pay 0 Mgt; a pound for old tires, wa buy, eon and. ex- change new and econnd-land ibrca rind tribes. Auto oft., Exchange, 274 Mast Tung Ilton, told 101 vungc Street. Toronto. Skim Milk's Food 'Value. Skim Inillc contains all the food elements of whole milk except the fat. It contains a little more pro- tein than whole milk, but because of the deficiency in fat does not supply, so much energy. It is a valuable food, which has been very much ne- glected. SUMMER COMPLAINTS KILL LITTLE ONES At the first sign of illness during the ]tot weather give the little ones Baby's Own Tablets, or in a few hours he may be beyond cure. These Tables will prevent summer complaints if given occasionally to the well child and will promptly cure these troubles if they come on suddenly. Baby's Own Tab- lets should always be kept in every home where there are young children. Thera is no other medicine as good and the mother has the guarantee of a government analyst that they are absolutely safe. The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. A Puzzling Question. Little Gertrude had been especially inquisitive all evening. Her father had answered her questions patiently, but he was becoming exasperated. Finally she said: "What do you do at the office all day, daddy?" Daddy's patience gave way. "Oh, nothing," he said. Gertrude pondered over this answer for a moment. Then she returned valiantly to the charge. "But how do you know when you have finished?" she asked. Minard'e Liniment Cures Colds. Eto. To Check Tomato Worms. Arsenate of lead spray kills to- mato worms and is a more econ- omical control measure in large patches than hand picking of the insects. Three pounds of arsenate of lead paste (or a pound and a half of the powdered form) in 50 gallons of water is sufficient strength. Granulated Eyelid Eyes inflamed by expo sure to Sun, Busload Wind quickly relieved by Marine �f q 31 C1cRemedy.NoSmarting dr just Eye Comfort. At Tour Druggist's 50c per Bottle. Marine Eye SelveinTubes29c. Foram:hotiboEyeFreeask Druggists or Marine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago Exact Reckoning. The valor and candid simplicity of the Indian baboo is proverbial. The Nairobi Leader tells a story of one! tvho played a part in the German East ' African campaign, a laconic,competent and deadly earnest station master who' evidently regarded himself as an in- fallible marksman as wen. A regi -1 ment of men like him would end the i war, for this is the wire he sent: "One hundred Germans attacking ; station. Send immediately one rifle and one hundred rounds ammunition," Minard's Liniment Co., Limited. Gentlemen -I have used MINARD'S LINIMENT on my vessel and in my family for years, and for the every -day ills and accidents of life I consider it' has no equal. I would not start on a voyage without it, if it cost a dollar a bottle. CAPT. F. R. DESJAIID1N, 1 Schr. Storke, St. Andre, Kamouraska. MAIgS FP)`R.0 i!i`Pt EAD Not what we get, but what we give, Is the right measure of how we live. Not what we say, but what we do, Is the test that tells if life's coin rings true. MONEY ORDERS Buy your out-of-town supplies -with Dominion Express Money Orders. Five dollars costs three cents. Take a piece of coarse sacking in the motor when making a trip over bad roads, Spread on the ground it will often help to get the car out of a slippery place. Mrnaxd's Liniment Oures Diphtheria, Great Britain's per capita coal con- sumption is about ten times as great as that of France. SGr'SCELLAIPEOUS EWING MACHINES IMPAIRED, Gramophone Springs made. lieby Carriage and Lawn Mower Parts, Jack- son Co., London, CANCER, TU51ORS, LUMPS, ETC.. Internal and external, cured with- out pain by our home treatment. Write us before too late. Dr. Bellntan Medical Co.. Limited, Collingwood, Ont. The. Soul of a Piano is the Action. Insist on the "OTTO HlCEL;' PIANO ACTICN , VITEN v OTHERS! DAUGHTER Yo0-'who tire. easily: are pale, hag- gard a n d worn: nervous o r irritable; who are sub. Ject to fits of melancholy or the blues,' set your blood examined f o r iron defici- ency. xoz toke taken hree hree times a Y after Is will increase your streng ante 100 per cent in tw n many cases.—Ferdin UXATE0 IRON repo be obtained from usualtee of usually preoe three tim 4'r nd eke, lns� 61 ood atl arl T mouey re ave -grain to after mealyt TCFMG DR1II\G PMPLES ON BA8Y I Head and Face Covered, Came Off In Scales, Would Cry Most All Night. Cuticura Healed. One gallon of clean salt, one pint of brown sugar, and not more than one- half cupful of pepper, make a sensible sugar cure for the side meat, hams and shoulders. Keep out of the salt- peter. That is what discourages so many farmers about using the sugar cure for meat. No brine needed if treated with this mixture, =nerd's Liniment Cures Oarget in Cewn "When my baby was two weeks +ld her head and ;ace became covered with little water pimples. They l,.ter broke and dried, and came off in scales. They itched and burned terribly and she could not sleep but would cry most all night. She was so cross and fretful i"�' I could not leave her to i do my work. "Then I got Cuticura Soap and Oint- ment. In three weeks there was not a trace of the trouble left. She was healed." (Signed) Mrs. Alex. Foster, R. R: 2, Proton Sta., Ont., June 9, 1916. Prevent further trouble by using Cu- ticura Soap for the toilet. For Free Sample Each by Mail ad- dress post -card: 'Cuticura, Dept. A, Boston, U. S. A." Sold everywhere. SICK OMAN HAD A good table that provides proper :y I L Lis nourishment is the principal constitu- j Ont of good health, Every house- keeper should have a practical and positive knowledge of scientific me- thods that will enable her to produce attractive aril appetizing and also nutritious food. Here is a way to make ham gravy or bacon fat blend into soups or gravies instead of floating t. a greasy layer on top: Stir into each two tablespoons of melted grease, one- half tablespoon of flour. The mix- ture will blend easily into milk soaps, stock soups, sauces or gravies and give an appetizing flavor. ISSUE No. 33--'17. Restored to Health by Lydia E. Pinkhatn's Vegetable Compound. Enhaut, Pa.—f"I was all run down and weak inwardly. I had female troubles and nervous feelings and my head both- ered me. I would often have crying spells and feel as if 1 was not safe. If I heard anyone com- ing I would run and lock the door so they would not see me. I tried several doc- tors and thev did not help me sot said to my mother 'I guess I will have to die as there is no help for me.' She got me one of your little books and my husband said I should try one bottle. I stepped the doutor's medicine and tools Lydia E. Pinithan'e Vegetable Compound. It soon made a change in me and now I ani strong and do all any wank."—Mrs. AuGusTus BAUGHMAN, Box 80, Enhaut, Pa, Why will women continue to stiller day in and day out and dreg out a sickly, half-hearted existence, missing three- fourths of the joy living, when they can find health in Lydia Is. Piekhani' Vegetable Compound If you would like freetonHden la t 1 ode eke. address LydisE. l'inlcheni 0&'diclne ON, Lynn, Blass.