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Memories of quito another period of seafaring were vividly recalled the other day(says the Shipping Gazette) on board the Worcester moored off Groon-. hithe, when a number of cadets gave a realistic representation of two ancient sen customs-the casting overboard of the "dead horse," and the boarding of the ship by Father Neptune.

Wilson-Barker, the com- Captain mander of the Worcester, although thoroughly up to date in all that apper- tains to the instruction of the grubryo officer, bas a tender regard for the old castoms of the sea, and it was with the idea of bringing these, in a realistic way. to the knowledge of his cadets that be devised what may almost be described as That the a pleasing nautical pageant. cadets themselves entered into the scheine whole-heartedly was abundantly clear to the visitors;

Working off the dead horse" was a well-known phrase in sailing ship days, and, maybe even to day-although gonn for ever is the quaint pantomimo play in which the sailor once indulged. The old custoin portrayed the manner in which the sailor celebrated the end of the Arst month at sea, the period in which he was. from his point of view, working for nothing, or as he called it working off the dead horse." Improvident Jack always wanted a month's advance. That might, or might not, find its way into the pockets of his dependents. Perhaps it was "blued" in a carouse, of in buying and oilskins and sea boots, "soap matches."

on huned Anyway, Jack usually came penniless, and with a month to go before he was earning anything. At the end of the month he gave expression to his satisfaction by making an imitation horse, and riding it along the deck to the accompaniment of the following old chanty:--

They say my horse is dead and gone, And they say so, they hope 80;

They say my horse is dead and gore: Ch, poor old man!

For a long month I rode him hard If he's not dead I'll ride him again, But if he's lead I'll bury him low,

And so on, as long as the chantyman ked to spit it out.

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The Western Pacific Railway's : new other day's exhibition, while it last nothing in its effect, was void of all un-forry-hoot, the Edward T, Jeffery, was pleasantness, and the lads who played the part of greenhorns all volunteered launched from the shipyard of More for the part. As a matter of fact, there & Scott in the Oakland estuary on July was a super-abundance of volunteers. 19th. The vessel, says the San Francisco: Throughout they all entered into the Chronicle, which will be used in the West- spirit of the thing, and thoroughly.

ern-Pacific passenger traffic on the San enjoyed the afternoon's amusement.

Francisco Bay, will be one of the biggest!

She will steel ferry-boats on the bay. be the largest steel ferry-boat ever launched in the Oakland estuary.

deck AN UNFORTUNATE PROSPECTING

The boys of the Forester carried through the pageant under the guidance of Mr. H. Lutfoot, the ship's gymnasium instructor, who has taken the keenest interest in the matter:

*Thó cridets not actually taking

part positions had taken up in the rigging, or on the monkey yard. Soon the quaint procession, hauling the dead horse, came along the deck to the mainmast, thote taking part being appropriately and comically dressed to represent an ordinary sailing ship "crowd."

The horse," fearsome beast, with strange kaack of winking its eye, was ridden by a cadet dressed as a jockey, When the chanty was over, the horse was pat up for auction, and, having been sold for a fabulous sum, preparations were made for hoisting him aloft

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be part of the "horse was played by two of the cadets, he could not, of course, he hanled to the yard-arm, but Wooden effigy was mounted by the jockey, and cheerity swung aloft. Then, the jockey. being safe in a boatswain's chair, the was cast adrift. The whale *"horse? performance was carried through ha mest spirited manner.

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Something might perhaps have been ARE done with mineral oil, but the compairy has been unfortunate It entered into arrangements with the British Borneo Petroleum Syndicate under which it was to receive 25 per cent of the purchase Price of any subsidiary company formed to work and get oil. These terms were afterwards modified, and the Syndicate took up a large area which it was entitled The dead horse having been. duly to work on its own account, the Explora dumped, the visit of Father Neptune was tion Company receiving 17,000 fully-paid proceeded with. This, of course, was

preference shares of 10s, each and 2,375 the custom of making those who bad deferred shares of is, in lieu of the 25 crossed the equator pass through certain

It is a simple matter to take thirty rough ordeals, for the amusement of per cent, on sults. Ji was not long, how- those who had already undergone similar ver, before the Petroleum Syndicate drops of Mother Seigel's Syrup in a littl rough treatment. They had, as a matter found it necessary to reconstruct with a water whenever you feel a tendency to of fact, to pay their footing. Usually fiability of 3s. a share, which amounted liverishuess or have partaken heartily of the victims had received a letter request to £2,601; and the company was quite food that is liable to disagree with you; ing them to present themselves before without funds to meet any such commit yet thousands of people avoid the con Father Neptune and be initiated into the mit bad, therefore, to make the sequences of bitiousness and indigestion They keep a ysteries of the ocean. Those who were-best arrangement it could, and to dispose in just this simple way. obatre perous were chased and captured of its interests for £1,100 The directors hottle of Mother Seigel's Syrup handy

the policeman who accompanied did this acter consultation with the three for use when needed.

That is what Mrs. Gilmore ddes now. Neptune's party, and all after being largest shareholders, representing with! shaved, were tasted into a sail full of the chairman, 182,957 shares. What may after proving its worth in her own case water by the attendant bears. Att canic be the prospects of the petroleum venture Just read her testimony which follows, the postinaster, bearing a letter from we do not know, but in the 1919 report of Writing on December 20th last, from 38. Neptune to the captain, sail then the the Exploration Company there was this Addison Road, Salt River, Cape she curtain was hauled aside. Two police mournful admission-It so happens says men fed the procession with a big bulldog that it now appears to have been I used Mother Seigel's Syrup eleven:

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My troubles were not ging curiot in which at Father unfortunate that it was necessary for us years ago, for indigestion and a Neptune, rigged out with a vast tow to dispose of this interest," A previous ordered liver. beard and a silver trident, and accom-attempt to raise more money by the relieved in any shape or form by any of panied by his two charming daughters expedient of a reconstruction had failed, the other medicines tried, and they were and little boy. With the company were Subscriptions did not reach the minimum inany; and my depressed and precarions the chemist, the doctor. the barber, the of £8,000 that was considered necessary, state of health caused me very juuchi barber's attendant, and the useful bears. so the directors abandoned the scheme and anxiety. Neptune, after interviewing the captain, tock up his seat on the fife rail by the mainuust, while the bears, whose task if was to duck the victims, at once jumped into the bath, consisting of a sail spread

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returned the application money, closed down all work a year ago, terminated staff agrements, and reduced expend ture to the bare point necessary for keeping the company alive. That is still the position, and there is 310 cash in hand.

INDIAN STUDENT PROBLEMS. ever

The first victim was brought before Neptune

"Have you asked the God of the Sea, in a voice of thunder. " crossed the Line!" "No," said the quak- ing tad. "Then shave him," roared his majesty, and the novice was taken hand.

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"Pains and discomfort in the chest. after eating, frequent whitings, and a heavy drowsy feeling, quite unfitted for anything, I was practically helpless. My sleep became most irregular, because of the shifting pains, which seemed to stab me in the back and sides.

"After taking four bottles of Mother Seigel's Syrup, my ailments disappeared. Since then an occasional dose has been sufficient to keep me in the best of health

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Delivering the inaugural address at the Indian Association in London Mr.

Just as soon as your powers of digestion The doctor gave him a spoonful of mixture--it was jam in this instance- Gokhale said that the position of Indian fail, you are pretty sure to be visited with tapped him on the chest with a wallet. students here was steadily growing move the pains of indigestion. Often the first and tanded him over to the tender difficult. He feared that the main cause sign is a furred tongue, a nasty taste in mercies of the barber. The latter's assi was an increase in racial and colour the mouth, or lost appetite. Perhaps you funt applied, with a whitewash brush, prejudice partly due to the new school have pains in the chest, or wind and pain Then you may have plentiful supply of lather."

of imperialism and to the greater share in the stomach. sith a wooden razor a yard long, the which the self-governing dominions were headaches, bilions attacks, constipation, barber shaved him. A syphon of soda acquiring in shaping Imperial policy lack of vigour, sleeplessness, or "nerves"

Day after day you feel “out of sorts, water served as a spray, and a gentle touch The influence of retired officials was of powder about a handfal--from a pail another reason. The number of Indians unfit for your work, and. may be, of flour completed the operation. They had enormously increased, leading to ap

arc a "wee bit irritable. All thes the luckless wight was gracefully tipped inevitable lowering of the average level. troubles are sure signs of indigestion. into the bath, where the frolicsome bears It should be pointed out to the public Your stonech and liver need the aid of

A short course. sn t it that he was thoroughly douched the enormous mischief resulting from Mother Scigel's Syrup. Climbing out of the bath the novice young Ladians carrying back any sense of this medicine will pat your digestive disappeared, proud, no doubt, in kaw of bitterness. The responsibility rested

organs in good working order. Then you ing that he could no longer he called upon the Government of India and upeo will be able to digest and gain nourish greenhorn, and was fully entitled, when wealthy citizens to remedy a state of ment from your food; you will be irr opportunity served, to play the same things under which Indians were com- from the miseries of indigestion, and you. Try it for prauks on others."

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yourself! Particularly diverting was the side education. play in which uns of the cadets, supposed come not in the present helpless manner,

Many people have stated that they to represent a nervous passenger, made a because there were no facilities in their bolt aluft to escape from the hands of own land, but because they wished to would not willingly be without a bottle Neptune's policemen, Parsuit up the advance further. It was a matter of sulf of Mother Seigel's Syrup, in the house if Don't accept an inferior substitule. But this rigging ensued and ended, of course, in respect for India to be provided with its the cost were six times as great as it is.

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