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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1917-07-05, Page 3' HC AMPHIBIOUS OHS BELGIAN SOLDIER SOLDIERS AND SAILORS TOO ARE MANY OF THEeTROOPS, Much of the Fighting on the Belgian Front is Carried on in Boats on No Man's Sea. There are some thousands of sol- diers in the gallant little Belgian army holding that corner of their unhappy kingdom still mitred by German foot who answer Kipling's description of the marine; they are soldiers and sailors too. How these Belgian in- fantrymen fight in boats at night is. one of many strange stories of the war. For two years most of the Belgian front has been under water, the bar- rier the Belgian flung across the Ger- man path in the first year of war by opening the dikes. On one side of the water are the Belgian trenehes, on the other side the German. There are miles and miles of flooded, sodden country with here and there a village shelled to rubble, ane of the most deso- late regions of the whole desolate western front. By day all it quiet on those low- lands except for the occasional crack of the sniper's rifle or the rumble of the usual bombardment. But when night falls there begins exciting, touch and go work in the clark between the trenches on No Man's Sea. Strange Warfare, This. For considerable stretches the wa- ter is nearly a mile wide. -Just at its edge little boats lie hidden under the Belgian trenches. In the darkness the Belgian infantrymen steal down to them and now become marines, set forth on patrol. It needs not only daring and cool- ness, but some special training to do this hazardous work. The men use padded or muffled oars, sometimes punt poles; sometimes they lie flat in the bottom of the boat and paddle with their hands. They are armed with bombs, sometimes with long knives. Creeping silently close to the Ger- man shore, to see what the enemy is up to over there, is a risky undertak- ing. Any moment a star shell may flood the water with light and reveal the little boat and its crew to watch- ing marksmen, and through the night machine guns sporadically spray the water near the German trenches on the chance of hitting something un- seen Sometimes they are mines. The risk.. of all these things is no- thing to the thrill of meeting a Ger- man patrol boat. Hearing the strokes of a punt pole t1fe Belgians crouch tensely, the safely pins removed from their bombs, until the German craft is almost upon them. Then the bombs are hurled, and in the racking roar that follows the Belgians slip away as silently as they came. In 1Vo Man's Sea. The strangest part of this strange avarfare is that getting hack to their own shore after such fights is compar- atively without danger if there are no star shells. The Germans in their trenches tree afraid of hitting their own boat if they fire, and so are the Belgians, for neither side knows which boat threw the bomb, which boat was hit. There is only one way for Belgians and Germans to get at each other on land. Here and there raised roads run from one line to the other, isthmuses between the pools of water. These causeways, sole survivors of Belgium's peaceful days in all that war -blighted region, stand up like the backbones of half submerged sea monsters, spilned with broken trees. Out along the xoads are Belgian and German advanced posts, most of them hidden, where night and day men lief in the mud and watch and listen for t the :the? side to try an attack along the road. That seldom happens, and when it does the machine guns sweep the attacking force off the road into the cold, muddy water of No Man's' Sea. DO FISH FEEL PAIN? It Is Generally Thought That They Do Not Suffer to Any Extent. General opinion appears to be that fish are almost insensible to pain. A keen angler, who has had con- siderable experience, states that, in his opinion, which has only been ar- rived at after most careful observa- tion, fish are almost totally unable to feel pain as we .understand it. "When, as a boy," he says, "I was fishing on the Leith, it was a conn - mon occurrence to hooky east after cast, a young salmon (known locally as `parr'), which, according to the fishing regulations, we were required to throw back into the river. "As we were fishing for trout, these young salmon became a great nuis- ance, and in consequence were not re- moved very carefully from the hook. Some of these, therefore, were rather badly wounded when thrown back into the water, and one would have thought that they would lie low until they had recovered, "One day when I was fishing this river I actually hooked the same fish On no less than three different occa- sions. "Since then I have gathered a9.con- sidcrable amount of similar experi- ence, and am firmly convinced that flsh are practically insensible to pain." The Real "War Bread" must contain the entire wheat grain—not the white flour center --- but every particle of gluten and mineral salts—also the outer bran coat that is so useful in keeping the bowels healthy and active, Shredded 'Wheat Biscuit is the real "war bread" because it is 100 per cent. whole wheat prepared in a digestible form. Contains no yeast, baking powder, seasoning, or chemi- cals of any kind. Food con- servation begins with Shred- ded Wheat Biscuit for break- fast and ends with Shredded Wheat Biscuit for supper. Delicious with sliced bananas, berries, or other fruits. Made in Canada. A EROINE OF THE FACTORY WORKER IN A GREAT ENGLISH MUNITIOIN PLANT. Pathetic Little Tale of a Girl's Devo- tion to the Cause of Duty. All her mates in the great munition factory wondered why she worked with such feverish energy. She *as not robust. They knew that she was married, that her man was "out yonder,' that she had no one dependent upon her; and that she kept herself to herself, sharing none of their joys and pleasures, but ever ready to help bear another's burden; ever ready with that practical help which is worth a pound of pity, says an English writer. But all appeals to her for assist- ance and advice had to be made out of working hours. From the instant she "clocked on" for her particular shift until, weary anw- worn, she "clocked off," she did not and would not waste a moment. And somehow the quiet resolution, the -grim tenacity, the almost white - heat concentration of this woman on her :work exercised a beneficent influ- ence in her shed,- which 'percolated even to the most flippant among that hand of workers. Her form was frail and thin. Her outdoor clothing was of the plainest description. She mystified them. A Wasted Day. Why, they asked themselves again and again, did she work with such. feverish energy? Why did her plain, uninteresting face become suffused with radiant enthusiasm as she bent lovingly over her shells? That she was not a miser, they knew, for she was generous to a fault, so that she was not working like a slave, harder than all the others, to earn the extra pay. ' The excellence of her work began to be talked about. In, none of the shells she handled was there ever the slightest suspicion of a flaw, Inspec- tors, out of mere curiosity, had sub- jected her work to the most search- ing tests, and had found it blameless. And how utterly impervious she seemed to the influence of the injuri- ous ingredients she had to use. Cor- dite, lyddite, chloroform, nitro-gly- cerine, poisonous, noxious 'fumes, which rendered the other workers sick and dizzy, and caused them to re - The Danger Zone for Many Is Tea and Coffee Drinking Some people find it wise to quit tea and coffee when their nerves begin to "act up." The easy way nowa- days is to switch to histcRE ,. ,{• ostu Nothing in pleasure is missed by the change, and greater comfort follows as the nerves rebuild, POStWU is economical to. both .health and puree, "There's a Reason" • tire to the rest -room compulsorily provided by Governmental orders, left her untouched. Although her com- plexion yellowed, and big, black circles formed under her eyes, she wee • als ways at her bench, always bending grimly over her shells, handling them Almost lovingly, Vainly they had tried to penetrate the armor of reserve in which she had encased herself, She was always courteous, never lost her temper. But when they asked her point-blank wily she was slaving herself to death in this manner, she deftly switched the conversation into .other channels. Nature Rebelled. Once the factory had a day's holi- day. It was a compulsory holiday. Had she been permitted, she would have gone to the shed, and bent her back grimly over the shells which seemed the Alpha and Omega of her existence, But as she was not allowed to work she joined a party of women and girls and went for a day to the seaside. She spent her money lavishly; she did everything that the others did, and ea she had donned her best clothes she came in for a certain amount of admiration. Yet, to the keenest, observer it was plain that she was not really enjoying herself. Something was lacking. And only the woman knew what it was. She wanted to be back at her bench. Every hour spent away from the shells she loved meant torture. To her simple mind, always with the great, idea, as yet uncommunicated, at the back of it, it seemed sinful to bask in the sunshine on the silvery sands when the lathes which turned the shells were silent. Came one morning when she did not appear at the factory. There was quite a commotion. Everybody was speculating what had happened to her. She had never lost a minute since she started, and she had work- ed every hour of overtime the author- ities had permitted. - When night came one of the wo- men to whom she had been excess, tionally good went to her lodgings to see what was the matter, She found her ill—desperately ill. Nature had at length -rebelled. The Reason Why. The woman's yellow -hued cheeks were sunken and hollow. '-She was so weak that she could scarcely put out a hand to .greet her visitor. There was no lack of comforts in the room, and a doctor had been; but the pain in the woman's face was pitiable to behold. And it was not physical pain, but mental agony, caused by her en- forced inaction. The women talked, as women will. At first the invalid was reticent and evasive. Gradually the visitor, work- ed the conversation round into inti- mate channels. She spoke of home life, of Life before the war, and of dear ones at the front, and at last learned what she wished to know. 'Why did this woman work so ter- ribly hard? Why did she turn out a larger number of shells than any other woman in the shed? Why did she take such a pride in her work ? Why was she so particular that every shell which passed through her hands should be so perfect? The woman on the bed turned ti radiant face to her visitor. The old enthusiastic look leapt back into her eyes. "I'll tell you, Sarah!" she answered happily. "My man's a gunner! He may use some of the shells I fill!" Just that; nothing more. But it was understood by the woman at the bedside, just as you and I will 'under- stand. Motoring at Night in the Country. Over the city's doorstep, Where the paving comes to an end, We slip with a jar of the throbbing car; And then with a cough of the horn we are off On the road where the willows bend. The city was hot and brilliant, It is cool out here and dark, There's only the light of the star sown night, And away at the back of a farmhouse black A solitary spark. Damp and fragrant the meadows, And wide and dim as Time; There are wraiths in the air! Their fingers, their hair, Are breathing my face, as madly we race To the foot of the long, slow climb. tip, we wind through the forest! Up till the top we gain! Then a pale surprise in the eastern skies, As down we dip like a plunging ship To the luminous waves of the plain. For across the silent reaches Of that radiant world, it seems, From the old, old moon, by the stars a -swoon, Sets sail, through the bright soft sea of the night. A silver fleet of dreams. Oh, world of sweet white magic, All drenched in a clew of light! This monster of brass and of iron and of gas .• Is carrying me into Arcady, By a country road at night. —Mary B. Mullett. Even if the farm tractors do come, good horses will still be needed. And Europe is already short of horses, and the United States will be equally short if the war goes on. STRENUOUS WORK SOON TELLS ON YOU Business Nen .and Breadwinners the Victims of Nervous Exhaustion. When worry is added to overwork men soon become the victims of ner- vous exheustlon—•neurasthenia—the doctor calls it, Some have no reserve strength in their systems to bear the strain; others overtax what strength they have. I£ you fincl that you are nervous and not sure of yourself, that you sleep badly, and wake up tired and aching, your nerves are out of order. Other signs are inability to take prop- er interest in your work; your appe- tite is fickle; your back feels weak, and you are greatly depressed in spir- its. One or more of these signs mean that you should take prompt steps to stop mischief by nourishing the nerves with the food they thrive on, namely the rich, red blood made by Dr. Wil - Hams' Pink Pills, These pills have cured thousands of cases of nervous disorder's, including nervous prostra- tion, neuralgia,' St. Vitus dance and partial paralysis. Isere is an example. Mr. P, H Callan, a well known busi- ness man in Coleman, P.E.I„ says: "I owe my present health, if not life itself, to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. I had always been an active man, and when I began to run down in health paid little attention to it as I thought it only a temporary weakness. As time passed, however, I found myself growing worse, and consulted a doctor, who said that I was not only badly run down, but°that my nervous sys- tem was badly shattered. I lost flesh, my appetite was poor, I slept badly and notwithstanding the doctor's treat- ment grew so weak that I had to leave my business and was confined to the house. Time went on and I was steadily growing weaker, and my friends were all greatly alarmed for my condition, In this condition I was strongly recommended to- try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and as the doctor's medicine was not helping me I decided to do so. By the time I had''used three boxes I could tell that they were helping me. When I had taken eight boxes of the pills I felt able to attend to my business again, and people were surprised to see nue out. I continued the use of the pills until I had taken twelve boxes, by which time I was feeling as well as ever I did, and was being congratulat- ed by all my friends on my full re- storation to health. I feel now that if I had used Dr. Williams' Pink Pills at the outset I would not only have saved much money spent in doctor's bills, but would have had renewed health sooner. I cannot speak too highly of this medicine, and would re- commerYd it to every man who feels weak, nervous or run down." 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 THE REGIMENTAL MOTTO. • Tells How it Came Into Existence and Relates Some Anecdotes. If you look at the badge of a regi- ment, you will generally find in it a word ors short sentence expressing some guiding principle or idea. That is me—the motto.' I may be in English, French, Ger- man, Gaelic, or Welsh—examples in all these languages are, in fact, pos- sessed by British regiments—but us- ually I am in Latin, and I often give a clue to territorial connections, mili- tary exploits, etc. Originally I came from the motto of a particular family, which was sometimes nothing more than the war- ery of its remote ancestors. Such a motto is the "Esperance" (hope) of the Northumberland Percys, famous in Border fighting. It rang high above the din of battle in many a bloody conflict between English and Scots. But in more recent times I became of territorial or other significance. Look at the regiments whose motto is that of their own city or county. The Devonshire Regirnterit, for instance, bears "Semper Fidelis" (ever faith- ful), the motto of the city of Exeter. In other cases the mottoes of par- tieular regiments were given to them for military achievements. "Celer et audax" (swift and bold) the King's Royal Rifles owes to Wolfe, and the unique possession of the Worcester- shire Regiment—"Firm"—appears tq have a similar origin. It was formally conferred, with new colors, after the Peninsular War. So, again, with "Primus in Indis" (first t in clic Indies), the motto of the Dorset Regiment. This famous corps, formerly the 39th Foot, was the first European reginnent of the Regular Army in India, and to it fell the task of avenging the horror of the Black Hole of Calcutta. The most remarkable motto which commemorates military achievement is that., of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment, the only one in the British Array bearing the name of a person not of royal blood. In the first bat, talion, the old 83rd Foot, Wellington spent many years, and on his death— in 1862—Queen Victoria, wishing to mark her appreciation of this connec- tion, ordered that the regiment should adopt his crest and motto for its badge. The motto is "Viriutis for- tune. comes" (Virtue is the companion of valor). Miaerci's Liniment Cttses Cords, Eto. In the Monal.ent's Modes J Although the straight lines in frocks are very popular, every now and then one sees a stunning frock diverging far from this effect. The frock il- lustrated is an example of this; a short panel in the front and back hangs from the shoulders to well be- low the normal waistline, breaking the straight lines of the skirt while large square pockets do the same at the side. A long narrow girdle confines the panels at the waistline, McCall Pat- tern No. 7820, Misses' Dress; four - piece skirt, in two lengths, suitable for small women. Pattern in 3 sizes; 16 to 20 years. Price, 20 cents. Chasing butterflies or rolling hoops is lots more fun when we have practi- cal little short frocks to romp in. This smart model has such cunning pockets hanging over the simple straight gath- ered skirt, it will surely appeal to the little one. McCall Pattern No. 7796, Child's Dress; in 4 sizes; 4 to 10 years. Price, 15 cents. These patterns may be obtained from your local McCall dealer, or from the McCall Co., 70 Bond St., Toronto. Dept. W. UNTYING THE RED TAPE. How the Commanding Officer Got What He Wanted. Since the chief requirement in a torpedo-boat destroyer is speed, speed, and yet more speed, it has always been the aim of naval constructors to keep the fittings of such vessels as light as is consistent with strength and to dispense with all fittings that are not absolutely necessary. Sometime in the year 1904, says Lieut. F. H. Roberts in the Army and Navy Journal, a flotilla of destroyers sailed from the Atlantic to the Philip- pines by way of the Mediterranean and the Suez Canal. It so happened that the commanding officer of one of the destroyers weighed about two hun- dred and thirty pounds. His two as- sistants, both of them ensigns, each weighed more than two hundred pounds. Out of a half dozen petty of- ficers three were heavyweights, and in the crew were two or three others of the same size. When the flotilla arrived in the Philippines the weather was hot and sultry, and the sun kept the steel deck of the vessel like a stove. The vessel's original allowance list had in- cluded one electric fan, and so the commanding officer immediately sub- mitted a requisition asking that a fan ISSUE No. 27—'17, be furnished for the wardroom and one in each compartment in which the crew were quartered, five fano in all. The request in due time reached Washington, and some three menthe later was returned disapproved, since the bureau "clid not wish to add any unnecessary weight to the vessel for fear of reducing its speed," Nothing daunted, the commanding officer returned the requisition with a statement thereon of the weights of himself, his two commissioned assist-, ants and other members of the crow, and requested that one or two of the heavyweights be transferred, and that a man weighing about ane hundred and fifty pounds be assigned to his place, and further requested that the disapproval of his requisition be re- considered. Needless to say, the fans were forthcoming and no one was transferred, not even the command- ing officer! .BABY'S 'OWN TABLETS OF GREAT VALUE Mrs. J. A, Lagace, Ste, Perpetue, Que., writes:—"Baby's Own Tablets have been of great value to me and I would strongly recommend them to other mothers." Thousands of other mothers say the same thing. They have become convinced though actual use of the Tablets that nothing can equal them in regulating the bowels and stomach; driving out constipa- tion and indigestion; breaking up colds and simple fevers; expelling worms and curing colic, The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 26 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Economy Suggestion. During some excavations in a dis- trict of historical interest some work- men came upon a stone which was shaped very like a coffin. They there upon began to discuss coffins, and an Irishman remarked: "Whoy don't they use stone coffins now? They'd save a lot o' moneys" "Why? How would they? They'd be most difficult to make," said an- other workman. "Oh, but," said the Irishman, "you see, a stone coffin 'would last a dead man all hi, life"' Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper. Antiquity of the Bracelet. Few wearers of bracelets know that they were once used to distinguish the insane. ` Before lunatics were confined to asylums they wore an arm- let for distinction. 'Braeelets for the arms and anklets for the legs—so fre- quently mentioned as ornaments in the Bible—aro still commonly worn by Eastern married women of all ranks. 1 They were looked upon as a capital means of investing money as they could not be taken for debts of the husband. �A New Pine, The toadies had been reading to the class about the great forests of Ames- iea, "And. now, boys," she anouneed, "which one of you can toll Ire the pine that has the *gest and sharpest needles?" Up went a. hand in the front row. "Well, Tommy 7" "The porcupine!" Mlaard's Liniment Curls Diphtheria.. Double Meaning. Tourist—You have a very large acreage of corn under cultivation. Don't the crows trouble you a good deal? Farmer --Oh, not to any extent! Tourist—That's peculiar, -consider- ing you have no scarecrows. Farmer—Oh, well, I'm out here a good part.of the time myself. MONEY ORDERS. PAY your out of town accounts by Dominion Express Money Orders. Five dollars costs three cents. Even if apples .are low priced it will pay to spray this year. Neglect in , one season means a debilitated .or- chard in the next. Frugality is good if liberality be joined with it. , The first is leaving off superfluous expenses; the last be- stowing them to the benefit of others that need. The first without the last begets covetousness; the last without the first begets prodigality. N'EWSP.aPERS FOR SALE ROFIT-rriASOING NEWS AND JOB Oxficea for solo in Rood Ontario towns. The most useful and dnterestin6 of all businesses. Full information on unPlicntion to Wilson Publtahing Com- pang, 78 Adalatde Street. Toronto. MISCELLAIQEOU'S (IANCNR, TUMORS, LUMPS, ETC,. i internal and external, cured with- out pain by our home treatment. Write us before too late, Dr, Bellman Medical 00,, Limited, Collingwood, Ont. o—o—o—o•-•o—o—o—o—o—o—o—e—o ANY CORN LIFTS OUT, DOESN'T IITJRT A BIT! No foolishness! Lift your corns and calluses off with fingers —It's like magic! o o 0 0 0-0 0-0-0-0-0.-00 Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns or any kind of a corn, can harmlessly be ifted right out with the fingers if you apply upon the corn a few drops of freezone, says a Cincinnati authority. Minard's Liniment Co., Limited. Gents,—I cured a valuable hunting dog of mange with MINARD'S LINIMENT after several veterinar- ies had treated him without doing hint any permanent good. Yours, &c., WILFRID GAGNE. Prop. of Grand Central Hotel, Drummondville, Aug. 3, '04. Owing to sharp corners and uneven- ness of the molars, many horses fail to properly masticate and digest their food. Have a good veterinarian or other experienced horseman examine the mouth carefully and file or "float" the teeth into normal condition. By so doing, much feed and horse energy will be caved. It is not curious that Germany, which began the war •as the greatest of all military powers, and which ex- pected its army to win for it a quick victory, finds itself forced to a war- fare of defense and retreat on land, and that on the other hand England, long confident of its power on the sea, is threatened to -day with defeat be- cause its navy cannot protect its mer- chant vessels from the enemy's sub- marines? Oran dared Eyelids, t Eyes inflamed by expo- - sure to San, Dust and Vllnd quickly relieved by Hertae kSjj Eye Remedy. No Smarting. just Eye Comfort. At Your Druggist's SOc per Bottle. Itlurlae Eye Salve in 'rubes Vic. For Book ollhoEyeeremitic Druggists or Maine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago If the beds are wanted where Ilya - cin cs tl and tulips are planted, they can be taken up as soon as the plants have done flowering and healed in an unused space where they can fully ripen their bulbs. A baby's bottle ought never to be washed with soap, but the moment it is empty it should le washed in cold water, then filled with a weak solu- tion of boric anise Clothes sprinkled with hot wetter ran be ironed hr 15 minutes, and the results will be es satisfactory as though dampened, in the ulsual way and allowed to stand for many hours. Scientists have decided that bad temper is hereditary and ran be tree.' ed to ancestors and tram Knitted to descendants. -- _ ssiaard's Xdillluent cures Garget fa Cows, For 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. This simple drug dries the moment it is applied and does not even irri- tate the surrounding skin while ap- plying it or afterwards. This announcement will interest many of our readers. If your drug- gist hasn't any freezone tell him to surely get a small bottle for you from his wholesale drug house. The Soul of a Piano is the Action. 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