It was in the day-room of a certain Sailors' Home v that the old salt was yarning to a visitor. "I mind," he said, "when homeward bound on tfhe Argyle, one of the old windjammers, that wo run clean out of tobacco. What did we do? Why, we smoked tea-leaves. Now, you don't hanker over-mudh for yer pipe when it comes ter tea-leaves, mister. First smoke I 'ad ashore arter that I ain't fergot yet. Better'n a square feed it was. Sailormen are better off than we oldtimers was in the 'sixties. 'Ere in Noo Zealand all you've got ter do is ter make fer the nearest bacca shop and arsk fer a tin of toasted Cut Plug No. 10. As diff'rent it is from the ord'nary bacca as prime roast beef is from salt horse." Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), so much appreciated by this ancient mariner, is one of the five famous toasted brands, the others being Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Cavendish, Rivenhead Gold and Desert Gold—all as harmless (being toasted) as they are delicious. —Ad.
THE MAIN THING IS TO MAINTAIN GOOD HEALTH. No matter what period of the year It may be, or whether epidemics are prevailing or not, the main thing all the time is to keep in good health. How essential this is has been illustrated time and again. Healthy folk have passed through epidemics unscathed, while those whole health is below par, with the consequent weakened resistance, have been attacked with often serious results. In any health* precautionary measures the first essential is to keep the bowels regular, and for this purpose Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills are ideal. They also Btir the liver and regulate digestion.—Ad.
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Thames Star, Volume LXV, Issue 19271, 28 November 1934, Page 2
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