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HAD A BAD COLD
WITH PROLONGED
COUGHING.
TRIED NEARLY EVERYTHING
FINALLY
DR. 1COD'S
NORW Y PINE SYRUP
CURED 111
Mr. Waliitce,,'H. Orange, Vancouver,
B.C., writes: "During a cold spell here
about the middle of last October (1013),
caught a cold which got worse *despite
ali trea.ttnents I eauld obtain, until
about Nuvernber 22nd, a friend said,
' Why not try Dr, Wood's Nonvay
Pine Syrup?' Really, I had no faith in
it at the time as I had tried nearly every
other remedy I had heard of, to no avail,
but I thought I would give this last
remedy a trial. I purchased a 50 cent
bottle, and in three days 1 was feeling
a different man. My cold was so hard,
and the couching so .prolonged, that
vomiting occurred after a hard spell of
coughing. I carried the bottle in my
pocket, and every time I was seized with
a coughing spell I would take a small dose.
I can most heartily recommend Dr.
Wood's Norway Pine Syrup to anyone
with a severe cold, as its powers are most
marvelous, and I never intend being
without It at all times."
When you ask for "Dr. Wood's" see
that you get what you ask, for. It is
put up in a yellow wrapper; three pine
trees the trade mark; the price, 25e and
50; manufactured only by The T.
Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont.
The peritoneum is the membrane
Veit linss the abd,oninal eavity and
isrms a. covering for the organs
the . cavity eentaius. When the
nermbrane becomes inflamed, the
c‘snditien is eailsd peritonitis. In-
flammation is usually caused by
germs that have somehew or other
ge'.: into the abdenleal cavity. In
I..r.oer days, wlien op.-.,ratems could
Let be performed under careful
aatisereie evoditieos, peritonitis
was the railsr Cmthe surgeons
meet dreaded. told when it did oc-
cor. it wa.s aljest always fatal. To-
day the greatest care is taken that
ee nu shall enter the
beds during an operation, from
ctesi hands err iestruments, or
evee from the air itself : hi fact,
c.eanliness has beeeme an exact
in the modern operating
rieem. The same care cannot, be
exsre:sed ie the case of accidental
weands. Germs Often get into the
psrleeleinil at the time the esti-
nt eeeurs. and the most careful
Use:merit cannot always prevent
peritonitis.
Bet inflammation of the peritene-
nm ma- au :cote from, within.
le.a:n diseases sometimes cause
perforation of an organ ; gall-
es:nes may rupture the gall bled-
(": typhoid fever sometimes per-
tein„tElF tjeietestines; a gastric
ul-
•may perforate the stomach. A
feoeting. internal aleseess some-
iSsSes easises the infection.
Natere net Infrequently helps by
rredusing adlessiens that eon:fine
fee treuble to a -certain region
lot if the perit4initis spreads
ihreugh the whole abdominal cav-
h.y. the sufferer is in grave dao•
ger.
PeritorlitiS generally begins with
a chill and severe pain; the pa-
tient lies on his back with his. legs
,fleiwn up. and breathes with rapid.
seallow breath from the chest alone
aF te avoid all movement of the
shdomen. The slightest pressure
n the abdomen causes agony. That
fart cif the body becomes swollen
and distended, and there is an ab-
rupt rise of temperature.
When the patient's strength per-
mit, it is best to -operate at once.
and remove the poison by washing
out the aisleminal cavity, When
that :cannot be done, the treatment
directed to relieving the pain
and keeping up the patient'S
stlength. An ice bag or hot
mentatiens will often do :good, and
the beclelething .should not be per -
ed to tenteh the abdomen. The
pareician in charge must decide as.
it the wischem-of giving opiates. •
It You Wish to Be Well You
Must keip the Bowels Regular.
If the bowels do not move regularly
they will, sooner or later, become con-
stipated, and constipation is productive
of more ill laealtb than almost any other
trouble.
The sole cause of constipation is an
inactive liver, and unless the liver is
kept active you may rest assured that
headaches, jaundice, heartburn, piles,
floating specks before the eyes, a feeling
as if you were going to faint, or catarrh of
tae stomach will follow the wrong action
of this, one of the most important organs
of the body.
Keep the liver active and working
properl-y by the tile of Milburn's Laza-
Liver Pills.
• Mrs, Elijah A, Ayer, Pawcett Hill,
• N.B., Write': "1 was troubled with
constipation for many years, and about
etre" yeees aeo my husband wanted me
to try Milburn's Lase -Liver Pills, as they
had cured him. 1 got a vial and took
them, and by the time 1 had taken three
vials I was cured. - 1 always keep them on
hand, and when 1 need a mild laxative
I tske one,"
1VIliburn's Laxe-Liver Pills are 25e a
vial, 5 vials for $1,00, et all dealers, ot
mailed direct on teceipt of price by The
Milburn Co,, Limited, Zoroatce Ott,
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i9er
Test ed Reelpese
r wiles Cabbage.-Relneove the 'eon -
ire of a nice sized cabbage and AU
it with. sausage meat and Pease;
some between the leaves. Tie se-
curely in a eheeseeloth and bail in i
salted water until the vegetable ie
tender, drain, then pour over it a
cup of hot yinegar.
Swedish Buns. - When baking
bread alleav one pound for buns.
Work in. a. tablespoonful of butter
and theft roll out tine -quarter of an
inch in thickness, spread with but-
ter, then with a generous layer of
sugiir and dried currants, and
sprinkle with cinnamon.. Begin at
one end and roll up. Cut into one
inch glees. Place on buttered pan,
to rise to twice their size. Bake
anti ice after removing from oven
.English Maillins.--Seald one pint
of milk,add three ta.blespoonfnls„
of butter. When lekewarm add one
cake of compressed yeast dissolved
in warm water, and add half a
epoanful of salt. Beat in flour to:
make a drop batter. Beat. well and
let rise fur tow hours. Heat and
grease a dripping pan. With muffin ;
rings, half fill rings with batter.:
Plaee in moderate oven until
brown.
Freneh Blackberry Toast. -
one cup of canned or stewed black-'
berries in nt. saucepan with a half
1 tun ot their juice, bring to the
f boiling point, thieken with. .one
tablespoonful of flour which has
been mixed smooth in two table-
! spoonfuls of cold water. Add a
little nutmeg and some sugar, if
neeessary, and pour over -six slices
of dry toast, and serve hot.
Spanish Fruit Omelette. - Beat
i four yolks of eggs with four tea-
spoonfuls of fine sugar. Add a
pinch ef salt to the whites and beat
until dry and firm.* Pour the yolks
over the whites, adding the grated
rind of one orange and three table-
' spoonfuls_ of juices. Mix lightly.
Cook in hot butter until firm.
Spread with orange pulp, fele' over
; and garnish with sections of orange
and serve at once.
Butter-Kloesse (for soup). -Take
a lump of butter the size of an egg
and beat with two eggsuntil light,
then stir in four tablespoonfuls of
flour. Drop with a teaspoon into
the boiling broth and cook for five
' minutes.
"
Scotch Brambles. - One cup of I
butter, one .cup of sugar, one -cup!
of chopped raleins, one egg, and
the grated rind and juice of a
lemon. Mix together and eaok in
• a double boiler. When cool, make
pastry dough and roll out squares
of same, put some of the mixture in
middle of- each square and fold
over edges to make them in turn-
over form. Bake.
Porto Rican Cheeses. - Season
cottage cheese with butter, :salt and
paprika. Pit large dates. fill eavi-
ties with the prepared cheese,
'pressing.elosely, so as to show but
a little (If the :cheese. Use dark,
rich dates.
Rhubarb Fool. -Stew a quart of
rhubarb, sweeten, rub through a.
sieve, reheat and stir for ten min-
utee. When eold, stir in either
three-quarters of a pint of custard
or e. half pint of cream. Beat all
together and serve in a glass dish.
Rhubarb Dainties. - Scoop out
the centeeof small spenge cakes,.
saving the tops; fill with stewed
and sweetened- rhubneb, replace
tops, cosier all with eustard, and
serve ice cold. Use the eake left
over for another .clainty depent.
Rhubarb Trifle. -Put a !ayes of
crumbled -up cake into a glasF di h;
on this a layer of rhubarb setre.
Repeat until dish is almost full.
Have last layer of cake; then ewe. r
with a pint of custard, let set and
cover with whipped. cream.
kitchen Mips.
The best liniment for rhenmatisra
is made by mixing one peat turps
and two of olive oil. It is 'also good
for neuralgia
All scraps of cold vegetables
should Inc saved and fried together
in dripping with a seasoning of
pepper and salt and slices of cold
tomato.
A stale loaf can be made as fresb
as new if wrapped in a tdamp cloth
for a couple of minutes and then
placed in the oven for half an hour,
After peeling onions thruet the
knife you have used once or twice
into soixse earth, if possible. After -
ward's wash it at once in boiling
water and elean it on a knifeboard.
To keep suet i -n hist water remove
the membrane or skin from it while
it is quite fresh, then sprinkle thor-
oughly with salt, tie in a bag, and
hang in a eool place.
When steaming potatoes put a
cloth over them before putting the
lid on. They will take mush less
time to cook, and be tnueh more
mealy than when done in the ordi-
nary \YEW.
When boiling a pudding plenty
of orange peel should he put into
the water. It collects ail the
grease, making the pudding -cloth
much easier tesvash, and thus sav-
ing a, great deal of both time and
labor.
Suet puddings made with equal
quantities of stale bread, soaked in
cold water and squeezed dry in a
cloth, and a little flour are cheaper
and quite as nourishing as if made
entirely with flour.
To reheat a cold joint place the
cold joint under a tap of cold wa-
ter and allow the water to run
over it for three minutes. Then
plaee in the oven to heat, and it
will taste like a freshly cooked one.
Itt cake baking after greasing the
cake -tin put it in the. oven and al-
low the fat to boil. Then while it
is boiling pour in the cake mixture.
This makes the cake much. lighter,
and less butter or lard is required
for greasing.
When butter is too dear shred a,
pound of kidney beef suet very
finely, pound it well in an. enamel-
led bowl and moisten with a little
olive oil till it is of the consistency
of butter. It is then ready for use
and can be used for pastry or eakes.
The results will be as good as if
butter were. used.
Canny Scot.
The following story is told by a,
Scottish Member of Parliament.
The skipper of a, trawler on naval
patrol in the North Sea thought he
would like some fish for breakfast,
so he commenced operations. Soon
up popped a German submarine
close by. The skipper (from Aber-
deen) w.as about to ram it and earn
the prize money when the submar-
ine's commander, not suspecting
this evil intention, offered to buy
some fts,.h. So the canny Soot went
alongside, sold his fish -and then
rammed the submarine.
We Think So, Too.
"Oharlea, you're spending tqo
much „money this Year. Too many
dances, too many clothes, too many
taxis, too nia.ny-"
' "Well, father, I'll tell you how
look at it. It seems to me that
every family ought to be able to
support one gentleman."
The Turk's equivalent of our
hand -shake greeting is to cross his
hands on his breast and make an
obeisance.
Make the Woodlot
Pay
Every farmer needs fuel; every
fa,rmer needs fertilizer ; and every
farm woodlot needs impeovement.
Why not kill all three birds with
one stone? By judiciously planned
thinnings, the condition of the
woodlot can be greatlyiinproved;
the materials removed in the thin-
nings can be burned aa firewood
and the wood ashes left are ro rich
in potash as to make ealuahle fer-
tilizer.
The woodlot is, perhaps, the only
farm crop to which the farmer has
not considered it necessary to de-
vote any care.. His grains are sew-
ed on earefully prepared soil; 1118
vegatables are cultivated and his
fruit trees are pruned and sprayed;
his forest trees alone dare left to
look . cabal. therneelve,e, This is' the
more remarkable when it is taken
into consideration that any labor
expended on the Woodlot not only
improves the final crop, but ordi-
narily pays for itself as well. No
detailed technical knowledge is re-
quired kr the work; all that is ne-
eresary is the -exercise of common
&ease.
It is Obvious that th& trees in
any woodlot are not all of equal
value, Some are taller, straighter,
thriftiee, and of 'a species which
yields more value:Mt wood than
°there. It is also obvious that a
Dividends
constant struggle is going on be-
tween the trees for light and grow-
ing spa,e„e. The object of thinning
is simply to give the best trees the
adva,ntage in this struggle by re-
moving the poorer ones, which in-
terfere with their development,
First of all, defective trees should
be removed. This includes trees
attacked by insects or fungi (oonks),
trees with fire -scarred butts, with
tops broken off by wind or light-
ning, and in general all trees which
are unthrifty from any cause.
Next, oornes the trees of poor form,
suoh .aa very crooked or very
branchy ones, which are interfering
with the growth of better formed
neighbors. And, finally, trees of
!tees valuable species, such as dog-
wood, ironwood and hornbeam,
that might better be °coupled by
• such species as oak, Inclrory and
ash, which, as w rule, produce seed
more a,bundantly, and so reproduce
'themselves at the expense of more
delirable ,treee,
While the wood removed in these
• thinnings is frequentily of no value
for other purpose's, it ean alway8
be used for firewood. In this way
it oan practioally bo made to pay:
for itself, particularly when the fu-
ture use of the wood ashes for fee-
tilizet is borne in mind,
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Precautions at British Hospital in France.
A disinfect:sr used for the disinfecting of infectious clothes and
bedding at, the Duchess of Westminster's Hospital at the Casino,
Paris Place, Le Touquet, Fraace.
THE SUNDAY SC1101 STUDY
• INTERNATIONAL LESSON:
MAY 30.
Lesson IX. -David Brings the Ark
To Jerusalem. 2 Sam. 6. 1-19;
Psa. 24, G.T.-Psa. 122. 1.
1. The Ark Brought to Jerusalem
(Verses 12-15).
Verse 12. Obed-edom-The Git-
tite, a Levite (see. 1 Chron. 15. 18,
21, 24). He was called a, "Gittite '
because a native of Gath-rimmon
(see Josh. 21. 24, 25). He belonged
to the family which originally had
been appointed to carry the ark
from place- to place (Num. 4. 15).
He was also a, player on the harp,
and designated as one of the play-
ers to take part, in the music ser-
vices on th eoccassion of bringing up
the ark and to minister before it
(1 Ohron. 15. 16, 18, 19-21 ; 16. 4,
5, 37, 38).
13. He sacrifined-Read 1 C'hron.,
chapter 15, for the necessary ob-
servances on this occasion.
14. David Daneed-The usual ex-
pressions of rejoicing (Exod. 15. 20,
21; Judg. 11, 34; Psa. 149. 3; 150.
4) were made by women.
A linen ephod-The royal gar-
ments had been laid, aside and the
priest's dress put on.
II. His Chosen Dwelling Place
(Psa. 24),
1. The earth is Jehovah's -The
reader's attention is at once fixed
on Jehovah, to whom approach is
to be made.
2. For he -The "he" is especially
emphasized. "It was he, and no
other, who laid the foundation of
the world" (Pea. 104. 5; Job 38. 4).
Read Psa. 104. the great "Psalm of
reation "
3-6. Only those can amend unto
God's dwelling who bath clean
bands, and a pure heart; that is,
cleta,n in. thought as. well as in deed
(see Psa. 73. 1; Matt. 5. 8), who
hath not lifted up his soul unto
falsehood; that is, put self in pre-
ference to Gocl, henoe chosen the
transitory, false, and unread, and
hath not sworn deceitfully; that is,
has been true to his neighbor as
well as God.
Even jamb -Jacob is the type of
the true people of God. The gen-
eration of those who truly seek
War ',ews
Affected Her.
Many people who have been reading
the terrible war news fron day to day,
especially those who have relatives at
the seat of war, have become so nervous
that it is impossible for them to sleep.
The nerves have become unstrung and
the heart perhaps affected.
Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills will
build up the unstrung nervous system
and strengthen the weak heart.
Miss IIildia Dicaire, Mar tintotvn,
Ont, writes: "In August, 1914, I was
out of school for my health. I was visit-
ing frieruls in Loudon, and heard of the
war, It made me so nervous that 1
could not sleep, but after using Mil-
burn s Heart and Nerve Pills I improved
greatly, and could take my school again.
1 have recommended them to meaty of
my friends."
Milburn's ITeart and Nerve Pills are
50c per box, 3 boxes for $1.25 at all
dealers, or mailed direct ort receipt of
price by The T. Milbure Co., Limited,
Toronto, Ont.
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after God and h
him as the "ideal iSaciedice,ncrli'e tiel.etke
people of God, would seek him.
7-10. The procession is now re-
presented as having reached the
gates of the city.
Lift up your heads -Be opened
wide for the high and Holy One,
now that all opposition to his en-
trance has ceased.
Ye everlasting doors -The. doors
which from the beginning had been
destined to, receive the King of
kings.
And the King of glory - See 2
Sam. 6. 2; 1 Sam. 4. 21.
Who is this King of. glory l -The
watchers at the gate raise this Ay
so that the response can be a loud
and hearty acclaim of the King.
Both ,question and answer were
taken up by the jubilant throng.
Jehovah of hosts -The climax of
the psalm. "Jehovah Se -heath" is
not only the conquering warrior:
he is the ruler of the universe (see
1 Sam. 17. 45 ; 1 Kings 22. 19).
BRITISH ARMY IN AFRTA
INVAI)ES GER MAN C o LoNy
AND ATTACKS MIRAGE.
Operate Over Endless Desert On
One Gallon of Water a Day
For Each Man.
Marches through absolute desert
-no water for washing purposes,
deploying to attack a mirage -
these are some of the experiences
which face the British forces mak-
ing a conquest of German South-
west Africa, But in spite of such
handicaps the British
Have Made Good Progress,
have taken Sevakopinuncl and are
pressing on atter the' Germans.
The experience of the troops is told
he an officer in the Northern Force
who writes to the London. Times :-
"What a world of desolation is
there ! Not the benign duneland
of east England or Flanders, with
tussdeks of grass and scrub, but a
heart numbing ocean of soft white
sand billows rising in places to a,
height ef one thousand feet, and
always melting and trekking and
piling up. There is not a living
thing -plant, animal or inseot-to
be seen.
"Fearsome is the mirage here.
At four hundred yards a man looks
.bulky ;at a, horseman with fluid legs.
At ix hundred yards a whole regi-
9nent is lost in .a, shimmering lake
or reedy lagoon While trying to
get in touch with the regiment
which had landed at the 'settlement
we became aware of lines arid
streams"of fantastic horsemen, in -
infantry .8,nd- guns overflowing the
dunes to our right front and appa-
rently
Coming to Attack rs,
"Our companies of Rand .Rifles
eagerly deployed and ranforward
and it was not until we were with-
in five hundred yards that we dis-
„covered we were out to fight; the
Sonth African Irish, who had gone
,out too far to our left fronleThere
were no guns or horses in the coun-
try,
* Weary but Necessary Grind.
"Since those days of hourly ex-
pecbation we have been on one ool-
ossal fatigue, First entrenching
the bases, then 'building sea walls.
then building a railway from Wal -
fish to tSwakopmund along the sea-
ehore, guarding its eonetruetion,
building sandbag bloCkhouees •at
short intervals along its course and
•
110t
onds and Their Yields
They Are a Particularly Good Buy Just Now -Prices Are
Cheap, ,
There are many good reasons
why the present is an espelnally
opportune time to, buy municipal
bonds. In the first place, theya,re
cheap, that is, cheap in comparison
with prioes whioh have obtained
during the past few years. It is
not
no very long since borrowing
municipalities were able to. 'secure
at four and a half or five per cent.
sums of money for which they now
have to pay five and five and a half
and even six per cent, interest.
This is to the advantage of the bond
buyer, who can now get many kw -
yield bonds considerably below
par, or high -yield, gilt-edged se-
curities at about, the same price as
ilLtf°nires.
e'mrly paid for low-yiekl de-
bPrices Steadily Advancing.
But eonditions governing the
money market cannot be expected
eo keep so for very much longer.
In fact, there has been ,quite a
noticeable change in the past few
months. Bond prices have stiffen-
ed considerably sinoe the first of
the year, and municipalities are
able to strike a little better bar-
gain with the bond houses than was
the case three or four months ago.
Comparison of issues recently made
with those made in January shows
a firming -up in prioes which the
bond buyer has to pay; and a still
further comparison with November
and August prioes shows 'asub-
stantial advance in prices of Cana-
dian municipal bonds within these
periods.
There is no reason to suppose
that this ,advancing trend will
change; rather the omens point to
a smarter recovery in prices of
these .securities which have been
considerably dearer in the past.
This reason alone would induce pre-
sent purchasing of municipal bonds,
because the price is, very reasonable
just now, and. the market is favor-
ing higher prices with their come-
queut speculative profits without
corresponding speculative risks, as
these securities aro practically at
their low now and will not likely
go any lower.
A Good Selling Market.- •
Apart from the fact that muni-
cipal bonds are cheap and offer
Food opportunities 'to the shrewd
investor, they .are .also a good buy
at the present time because of the
steady demand whioh ,always exists
for this class of security. Certain
institutions, holders of trust funds.
and other corporations, are bound
by law to invest their funds in only, aea,
certain absolutely sate elasees of
securities. Municipal bonds .,tome
within this category, and offtr the
ideal investment for trust funds,
as well as coming -within the restric.
tions imposed by Canadian laws.
This constant demand for munici-
pals for investment of teru.st funds
is greater to -day than. ever before,
and is bound to inorease as -time
goes on. General financial condi-
tions affect quickly alil other se-
curity markets, but inasmuoh as
Municipals are necessities for the
trustee, there will always be a
steady, stable market for the best
grade bonds of this class.
Security Is Worth While.
The sound tsecurity of the muni-
cipal bond makes a .strong a.ppeta,I
to every careful investor. No mat-
ter what conditions prevail, the
buyer of a municipal bond is.; rea-
sonably certain that he will get
back his principal at the appointed
time; and that this interest will be
regular, too. This will ta.ppeal to
many people at the present time,
when oertain branohes of teade
have not been quite so .good -4`,""
usual, and the securities issued
against ,such enterprises -in some
oases at least -are not so well se-
cured, due to ;depreciation of plant
and property and other unavoid-
able causes.
No Time Like the Present.
Taken all round, municipals are
an excellent buy just now. The
yield is large, and the present
prices cheap, though they are
steadily going up. There is the
best of security behind such bonds;
and there is a good market, quite
apart from the detmeads of the ordi-
nary investing public. In good
times or bead tianes the municipal is
a safe investment, and at the pre-
sent time a particularly attractive
buy because of its three -fold ad-
vantages of priee, market and se-
curity of principal and interest.
also, of course, outposts and pat-
rols. A weary, if necessary, grind.
"The enemy have shown a most
extraordinary lack of enterprise
and have never ;once tried t& hin-
der this railway so necessary to our
advance, as Swakopmund is a very
hopeless place at which to try .and
land all the heavy stores and im-
pedimenta, needed by our army.
Now the railway has reached .Swak-
openund.
"General Botha landed recently
with his well-equipped Burghers
and long before you get this we
shall have started our advance
along the main railway to Wind-
hoek, While
Standing to Arms
in the gloomy hour before dawn we
heard twenty-seven terrific reports
in the direction of Swakopmund,
twenty -ewe miles away. This was
an absorbing mystery to ail of us.
'It was not until two weeks la-
ter, when the Imperial Light Horse
made a dash „on Swakopmund in the
night, that the' explanation was
forthcoming. The Germans in an
attempt to hinder us, had blown up
all the public works, piers, ole.
Everything was gone, in fact, save
the water tanks, which • were left
in order to poison the water and
mine the approaches.
"It was just dawning on the
morning- after this same night ride
of the Imperial Light Horse tha,t
we heard another series of eeporbs,
This time the explanation was
quicker to come and was more
tragic. Men and horses, blown to
eternity by mines, .the cost of tak-
ing ,Swakopmund. Since then the
Germans have been in occupation
of a position .at Nonidas, within a
imillee our outpost line at. SwakoP-
mn"Theee have been - several little
affairs of outposts and patrols .and
the explosion of
Newly Discovered Min es
has become so frequent that we
hardly remark it now. As our ad-
vanee posts are withdrawn at, night
the Germans occupy the position
and frequently undermine &time
tempting spot before morning,
"There are, some humorists
among the Germans. Somelittle
time ago they sent a wireless mess-
age from. Windhoek to our G.O. C.
at Luderlitz Bey. and recommend-
ed our people nil; vend too
much time at football there, as
there was an excellent football
ground est Windhoek, where they
would play its. •
"Two Goals and ,Three
mrhat morning a. German patrol
had been trapped and two were
killed and three wounded. So a
prompt reply was -sent to say
`Many thanks, and we are doing
nicely here. In aesa,me we played
against you this morning we scored
two goals tinei three tries.'
"Water has been a pressing
question. with us ever. • 'mace we
landed. It is a good deal better
now, 'but we still are limited to a
gallon a. man nt day for all pur-
poses. An. extract from divisional
orders reads :-`It has been observ-
ed that water has been leeed or
washing purposes. This 'aeractke
must cease immediately.'
"There has been a serious leak-
age of information through oft
lines ;which has defied every effort
to atop it. The dash on Swalcop-
mund was known to the Germans
in plenty of time to allow every-
body to clear out of the town the
night before. The number of big
guns, troops, ete., we landed were
all known to them within a, few
hours. It is hardly passible for na-
tives to pass our lines as the coin -
try is
Such a Howling Desert.
with no native population.
"The oily explanation thate we
can give is that we have ,some
traitors in our midst, probably na-
tives, whocommunicate with the
Germane by means of dogs, great
numbers of whose spoors we see
on the sand dunes every moaning.
This is the height of the rainy sea-
son here, and in seven ;weeks I be -
live we have had almost one-tenth
of an inch of rain, nearly half the
tottal annual rainfall.
"A little further inland they have
had an abnormal fall of rain, which
has just brought the Swakop river
'down in flood, the first time Bur.
face water has shown in twelve
yea,rs. This our people-ca„11 B o tha ' s
luck, as itt will:simplify our trouble-
some water question. greatly. In
this .sand country every one has
given up wearing 'boots, and. we
have turned into nt barefooted,
barelegged, barechested and he-
whiskeaed army."
THE WEAK SPOT
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1 heard of your Domes Kidney Pills.
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