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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1916-3-9, Page 7COUGH.D SO HAU Would Turn Black In The Face. `SHE WAS CURED BY USING DR. WOOD'S Norway iPine Syrup. Mrs. Ernest Adams, Sault.. Ste. Marie, Otrt. kv¢litest "My little girl, six years +old7h, ad a dreadful . hard cough. At eights she would cough so hard she would get black in the face, and would cough • for several hours before she ca'uld stop. We tried different kinds of medicines and had several doctors, but failed to. do her any good. She could not sleep nor eat her cough was so bad, and she was simply wasting. away, A friend advised me to try Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup, I got a bottle and saw an improvement,. and got another, Now I ani only too glad to recommend it to all mothers." Too much stress cannot be laict on the fact that a cough or cold should be cured immediately. Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup will eure the cough or cold and prove a pre- ;ventative from -all throat and lung troubles such as bronchitis, pneumonia and consumption. "Dr. Wood's" is put up in a yellow wrapper; three pixie trees the trade mark; "wp'cice 25c and 50c, per bottle, Manufactured only by The T. Mil- burn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. BIRDS LIKE WAR SOUNDS. Have Accustomed Themselves to the Noise of Explosives. usewr�e:� eomer Clothes Are Grateful For Care. Many women are careless in put - mg away hats, yet there is rarely a shape which cannot be altered into a new style, or if the hat is not used again the trimming may be. Care- fully clean and free hats from dust, using for felt, velvet or beaver a soft camel's-hair brush; which will not ecratch the fibers of the material.' Roll, or silk carefully after cleaning and sew or pin flowers to tapes and string them across the lid of a box. A hat supporter should be in every bandbox, and this is easily made from a stick with a knob at the end, which should be padded so the hat can be pinned to it and thus kept from being jammed out of shape: Wads of soft paper should be used freely to keep the hat steady, in case the box is moved. The life of shoes can be much pro- longed, of they are properly put away. Both shoes and slippers should be treed. Trees are really not a lux- ury but an economy and cost as low as ten cents a pair. If, however, these are out of the question, stuff the shoes well with paper before wrapping each one separately; if kid or leather shoes are given a thin coat- ing of ordinary vaseline before put- ting them away, they will be soft and pliable when they conte forth in the fall and will not crack with the! first walk. Preservation of Furs. Good furs are each year becoming more expensive, so it behooves those who have them to give them special Bird life along the battle front ap- attention. The Russian method of i pears to have been little disturbed by cleaning furs is excellent. Put some the continual thundering of the guns. rye flour into a saucepan and heat as' Birds disappeared from the war zone hot as the hand can bear it, stirriltg after the battle of the Marne, and constantly; spread the flour over the I some naturalists attributed their mi- fur and rub well into it, brush'thor- gration to the din of war. They came oughly With a clean brush or beat back again, however, and little by gently until the flour is removed. This little accustomed themselves bo the method is for dark furs. For white noise of explosives and even find an furs such as white fox or .ermine, dip advantage in being close to the con- a perfectly clean whisk broom into fliet where there is ample nourish- pure alcohol and plop the fur well ment around the soldiers' quarters. ' with it, rewetting it often until the Doves and wild pigeons are the most fur is soaked. Have ready as abund- abundant, while there are many cuc- ance of powder starch and with a koos, thrushes, crows:" magpies and flour dredger fill the wet hairs full of jays. Starlings are very common, ' starch, working it down into the skin re�r'sting in trues as close as they find ' with the fingers. Then dry, powder Mm in the trenches. Monsieur again thickly and shut up in a box Louis Rousseau, a well-known oreith- for two days. Beat out the powder ologist, has discovered that- the war in the open air with a whisk, shake has changed the character of these and toss until free of starch. zf moth birds and made them thrifty. He has larvae are discovered in furs, a seine found their nests in the holes of dead tion of acetate of `potash' and spirit of oaks, with a'provision of breadcrumbs rosemary, 15 grains to one pint, will stored away prudently underneath. " destroy them. Neck furs should be Doves fly about between the two lines, !carefully wrapped, never packed tight - paying no attention to the bursting ly, or the fur will flatten. Muffs shrapnel, and none of them appears should be hung on a rod, stuffed with to be afraid of either aeroplanes, ob- ' paper to keep in form, and furs not servation balloons or dirigibles. I in a moth -proof closet should be Buzzards are everywhere along the carefully sealed in tar paper, or if front, and they seem to find particu- newspaper must be used, camphor, lar amusement in circling around the moth flakes or spices had better be observation balloons. ! put in before sealing, as one is not Monsieur Rousseau finds game very always sure that every stray egg has abundant in the section of the front been destroyed. where he is, due partly to the sup- Draperies, carpets and rugs, if soil - pression of shooting since the war be- , eel, should be cleaned before putting gen, but mostly, he thinks, to the in- them away. If out of reach of a pro- fessional, the amateur can accomp- lish splendid results. After removing as much dirt as possible by brushing and beating, wash the draperies in'a gasoline siap solution, using a pound of good white soap to a gallon of gas- oline, then rinse in pure gasoline. Carpetsand mugs should be brushed with this solution and then with clear gasoline and finally rubbed well with dry cloths. This will raise the nap as well as clean the carpet. It seems needless to add that this should be done in the open air, away from any building. Roll them on poles, scat- ter through them a preservative and seal in newspapers. vasion which drove game ahead of it toward the Marne. Deer and stag are very numerous, in spite of a great deal of poaching on the part of the peasants. On the other hand, rabbits egre very rare. Wild boars are seen places they were never known to frequent; a litter of wolves was found in a ditch beside the road near which territorials were digging a trench, and two others were found in an aband- oned trench, 1,550 yards away froth any stream. Polecats, martins and , weasels have almcst entirely disap- peared, their places taken by rats and mice. If some men had to wokk in order to earn a living they wouldn't live trery long. Son: "I hope, governor, that when I attain to your years I'll know more than you do." Father -"I'll go you one better, my boy, and hope that when you reach my age you'll know as much as you think you know now." CONSTIPATION Is Prodas'ttiaa Of 19 are lilt Health Then Anything Else. lf.tl'ic truth kvas only known you would 't that aver one half of the ills of life arc caused by allowing the bowels to get into a cnustipatcd condition, and the ' sole causee of constipation is an inactive • liver, and unless the liver is kept active you may rest assured that headaches, jauudicc, hcart.burn, piles, floating specks before the eyes, a feeling as if yott were going to faint, or catarrh of the'stornaeh will follow the wroiag action of this, one of the most important organs of the body, • Keep the liver active and working properly by the use of Milburn's Laxa- Live 1'x11, Baiiineati, Amherst, N.S., wtitc,: "leaving' been troubled for yeai.a with constipation, and trying varioni so-called rcunedies, which did pre no good whatever, I was persuaded to 1 i try 1\till7t:x•n's Y,axia-Liver Pilli. I have found olein mor t l::vneficial, for they are indeed a :,pleyidid pill. I can heartily ' recommend diem to all who stiffer from ;constipation." Milburn's Lase -Liver Pills arc 25e, a vial, fr -.Ads for 81.00, at all dealers, or mailed stir;c.t on a•cceipt of price by 'ihe. 1.1;11.:tru Co„ Limited, Toronto, OM. Choice Recipes. Current Croquettes. Pour one cup hot: milk over two cups stale cake crumbs, stir and cook over boiling water for five minutes, then add one- half cup currants, one-half cup chop- ped nut meats and one-eighth tee - spoon salt. Remove from fire, add immediately beaten yolks of two eggs, flavor with one teaspoon vanilla and spread on buttered plate to cool. Shape into croquettes, roll in fine crumbs, clip in beaten egg, roll again in crumbs and fry in deep hot fat. Serve fruit or foamy sauce. English Brown Pudding.—Two eggs one-half cupful sugar, one-third cup- ful butter, one-half cupful bread flour, one tablespoonful warm water, foul tablespoonfuls tart., preserves. ' (cherry .or plum will do), one-half ' tablespoonful soda, and a few groins salt. Beat eggs very light, add'sti- gar, then butter creamed very soft, then flour. Dissolve soda in water, add to mixture; beat well, stir in pre- ( serves, and beat until well mixed. Put in six well buttered, individual molds- and Stearn one hour. If one lagge mold is used, steam one and ' one-half hours. ,Soup With Vegetables. --This soup is called "minestone" in Italy, and is I very nourishing, The Italians make 1a meal of it alone. Chop one slice raw ham, three or four strips of ha - con and a few stalks of celery. Cut small cabbage in linger -length strips and one carrot, one onion and one turnip into dice. Add one-half cup large red beans, If dried beans are used, soak over night before mixing with the other vegetables, Pour in one cup stewed tomatoes with one-half cup uncooked ribbon macaroni. Add two quarts water and a soup bone. Cook slowly one hour or more, season with salt and pepper and pass grated Parmesan cheese. Cranberry Raisin Pie. --One and ono -half cups cranberries, one-half cup seeded raisins, one cup sugar, one tablespon cornstarch, Wash and pick over cranberries, drop in saucepan containing hot water and cook until almost soft, but not mashed. Take up with slciminer and drop raisins into same water. As soon as well plumped out, drain and add to canberries. Stir sugar through and fill pie tin that has been lined with paste. Roll an- other piece of paste, cut into narrow strips and lay across ,fruit lattice fa- shion. Lay strip around edge and press down. Bake in brisk heat until crust is nicely browned. When serv- ing sift confectioners' sugar over. Useful Hints. Insects dilike both salt and alum. Meat should nut be salted before cooking. Always boil new iron ware bfeore using it. Never apply hot water to frostbit- tne flesh. During the winter it is proper to air blankets and bedding well. Food cooked' in vessels that are not thoroughly washed cannot have a good flavor. Save time when knife cleaning by previously warming the knife board before the fire. Turnips and beets are improved by adding one or two tablespoonfuls of sugar when cooking. The clothes wringer will last twice as long if the pressure at the top is loosened after using. I When boiling vegetables never let them stop boiling until they are done, or they will be soggy and heavy. To polish oilcloth add a tablespoon- ! ful of paraffin to the water used for :washing it, and it will look as if polished with beeswax. When mice have intruded into the pantry find their entrance hole and Seal it up with soft soap heavily charged with red pepper. For wagon grease or tar spots rub well with kerosene while the grease is fresh, then wash out in cold, soft water, using no soap. To clean a greasy stove dip a cloth in dry soot and rub over the greasy places. Then apply blaciclead and the spots will disappear. •Probably Father. A young man and a young woman lean over the front gate. They are lovers. It is moonlight. He is about to leave, as the parting is the last. He is about to go away. They swing on the gate. "I'll never forget you," he says, "and if death should claim me my last thought will be of you." "I'll never see anybody else or love them as long as I live." They part. Six years later he returns. His sweetheart of former years had mar- ried. They met at a party. She had changed greatly. Between the dances the recognition took place. "Let me see," she muses, with her fan beating a tatoo on her pretty band. "Was it you •or your brother whom I used to know?" "Really I don't know," he says; "probably my father." Laughter. Laughter begins either with the mouth or the eyes. Then come the other muscular groups and then come the vocal expressions of laugh- ter, such as brays, cackles, sniggers, simpers, giggles, snorts, grunts, fog- horn rumbles, yells, shrieks, guffaws, trills, chuckles, sniffles and all sorts of peculiar bird notes and musical sounds. Heart Was Se Weak Could Not Ge Up Stairs Without Help. When the heart becomes weak and does not do its work properly the nerves become unstrung and the whole system seems to go "all to pieces." When this happens you need a tonic to build up both the heart and nerves, and Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills will accomplish this for you, providing yott lo not let your case run too long and allow it to become chronic. Mrs. Itvangilistc %overdure, Pont Coulongc, Que., writes: "Last summer my heart and nerves were so bad I could not sleep at night, and my heart was so weak t could not go up stairs without help, My doctor said he could do no more for plc as ray heart was completely done. A cdusin of imine came in one day and told me that Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills cured her completely, 1 immediately gave her 50 cents to bring use a box, and since that'day there is it box always oe my sideboard. I out now well, and tnyheart and nerves are stronger than when I was a little school girl. I advise anyone with heart trouble to try t:henr No doctor can beat them." Milburci's• Heart and Nerve Pills are 50c per box, 3 boxes for $1.2.5; for sale at all .dealers; mailed direct on receipt of price by The T. Milburn Co,, Limited, Toronto, Ont, THE SUNDAY SCH001 INTERNATIONAL LESSON; :MARCH 12. heroes and Martyrs of Faith --Heb, 11. 1 to 12, 2. Golden Texts Y[eb. 12. 1L, 2, Verse 1. Assurance --Of various renderings of this somewhat cioubt- ful word --which aecurs in Hob, 1, 3 as "substance"—the best seems to be suggested by a legal use found in papyri, Tho docket of papers am a public office, bearing on the possession of land, was called by this word, which answered etymologically to the Lat- in substantia: the papers "substanti- ated" a claim. Faith accordingly is the "title -deeds" of our promised pos- session. Throughout this chapter we find it describing the spiritual faculty which enables its possessor to treat. the unseen and still future good as a present reality, when guaranteed by God's promise. This is quite distinct from Paul's use of "faith" as trust, or James's as creed. Conviction "Test" (margin). The Greek is elen- chos, which became a technical term for the method of Socrates, who ex- posed sham knowledge of cross-ex- amination. Faith is accordingly .the faculty which can sift things unseen, and select those which are real. The chapter is to show how the men and women of the canonized past --im- mensely different in character and spiritual achievement—exhibited this faculty of verifying promises truly from God, and when verified acting upon them as realized assets. 32, Gideon. the noblest of the jud- ges, illustrates verse 1 peculiarly. Be - fere the "test" of faith bad put the divine leading beyond question he was timid and hesitant as a captain should be who is to risk lives on a forlorn �I hope. Once assured he can treat his contemptible little army as an al- ready victorious host. Barak is an example of the •sarne.kind of faith on a smaller scale. Samson, whom we must not endow with'Miltonic gran- deur, tells us how faith could work in a man of one talent; he really be- lieved that his strength lay in the hair that symbolized his Nazirite vow, and put forth that strength to the ruin of the . foe. Jephthah, a mere robber captain, accepted victory as assured by the terrible price he of- fered, and never dreamed of with- holding the price when the victory was won. Of David, enough to say that intense belief in the reality of God's promise is the one character- istic that redeemed -a man of many grave faults, albeit of obvious and un- limited lovableness. He and Samuel and the prophets are a.neva and higher class, as the structure of the origin- al suggests; Samuel is especially the founder of the prophetic order, whose whole . function arose from the pos- session of faith, 33. Subdued dynasties, like Elijah or Samuel as kingmakers. Wrought —The integrity of Samuel's admin- istration (1 Sam. 12. 4), and the pic- ture of David's just reign (2 Sam. 8. 15) will illustrate. Obtained—Prob- ably David again is in mind. See 2 Sam 7, 11, etc. Stopped—David's youthful exploit might be referred to, but the next clause shows that the writer has passed on to the book of Daniel, 34. Escaped, like Elisha at Dothan. From weakness, like Samson for his last exploit. War --The Old Test- ament abounds in instances of a thought classicaly expressed in Psa. 18, The story of the Maccabees rises above all, almost unique in history, as a true "holy war." The problems started by the teaching of Jesus had not yet emerged, and faith could work upon the battlefield . without mis- ; giving. Aliens—Philistines especial- ' ly; Jonathan and his armor -bearer are Iin mind. 35. Women the widow of Zero- ! phath and the Shunammite are thought of. Others -The allusion is probably to the fine story in 2 Mac- cabees of the woman who saw her seven sons martyred for the faith of Israel: the woman's point of view is accordingly prominent here also. A better resurrection—Expressly allud- ed to more than once in that story. It will be remembered that in the days of Elijah and Elisha the hereafter was still dark, and nothing better than a return to this life could be dreamed of. Not till the gospel came did amen fully know, but such glimps- es as Dan. 12. 3 were caught by the latest seers of the Old Testament. 36. Others—A different word in the Greek; the thought is apparently turning to ne'W fields of illustration. The supreme prophet, Jeremiah, sup- plies this verse with comment from every part of his tragedy. 37. Stoned—Zechariah, son of Je- hoiada, is the special example •(see 2 Chron. 24. 20-22; Matt, 28, 25), Our Lord's allusions to the. stoning of prophets may well, take in other in- stances. Sawn --Such was in Jewish story the rartyrdorn of Isaiah, Tempted --It. is hard to escape the impression of an anticlimax. A. very slight change in the Greek • will give the moaning adapted in the para- phrase. Sword—from Elijah's words hi 1 Kings 19. 10. Compare also Jer. 26.' 28: Sheepskins—The nearest parallel would be the skin worn by Elijah, adopted by later times as a kind of clerical garb. Compare Zech. 1.3. 4 for these -waives in sheep's clothing, But the reference is not very satisfactory,. and the weeds lnay be quite general. ill -treated ---Thee MOUNT CAVELL, B.C. This rnountain has been re -named to commemorate the heroism of the British nurse who was put to death by the Germans some time ago. The peak rises to an elevation of 11,020 feet, and is visible for twelve miles from the observation cars of the Canadian Northern Railway. An ex- cellent trail has been made, giving easy access to the mountain from the railway, word recurs in Heb. 13. 3. and Ileb. 11. 25. 38. No worthy -For it is at bot- tom the subconsciousness of this un- worthiness which prompts the world to be cruellest to men and women far above its own standard. 39. Witness borne—The word of verse 2, repeated at the end as a thes- es that is now proved. Received not —For the best is always yet to be; only .:imperfect religions place their golden age in the past. 40. The thought that we never can be fully blest till we are all blessed together inspires Paul's magnificent picture of the destiny of creation in Rom. 8. "Thou wouldst not be saved alone"—Matthew Arnold's address to his great father—has the widest pos- sible application. 12. 1. Witnesses—Not spectators. The word is attached closely to the keyword of the last chapter. The great names there have received wit- ness from inspiration that theymay 'stand on the roll of examples to man- • kind. In their turn they witness of the power of that faculty by which they did their deeds. Lay aside—The figure of the footrace in this verse ' is a link with Paul, whose perpetual use of it is characteristic of his live- ly sympathy with everything that was : healthy in other people. The weight is hardly superfluous fat, of which a i modern athlete would think; it is ra- c thee clothing, which a Greek gymnast i (as the word itself implies) put away altogether. The sin is similarly pic- tured as a graceful robe which "close- ly clings to us" (margin). Patience -- Rather, endurance, which should be substituted everywhere except in places like James 5. 7, 8, where a word describing "long -mindedness" occurs. It is important to keep the close con- nection with endured in verse 2. 2, 3. Author and perfecter—For faith is "begun, continued, and ended" in him whose earthly life was the supreme example of it, and bis living Spirit the one power that can pro- duce it in us. Hence the human name Jesus, for we are to realize the Un- seen as he did in the days of his flesh. The lesson of Calvary here is that the joy of our Lord, in the present. reality of redeemed humanity, a new, heaven, and a new earth, empowered' him to endure the most appalling tor- ture man's fiendishness ever devised, and to treat as nothing the scorn and contempt with which men regarded the sufferer. Every example of faith recounted in the last chapter is only a broken light of him. Note that the supreme agony of the cross was the "gainsaying of sinners against themselves" so margin, beyond all question the right reading—the knowledge that men for whom he died would not let him same them. So if he despised shame it was not through proud indifference to men's thoughts of him. It was for their sakes that he cared, not for his own. • Severe Winter in Petrograd. According to the Novoe Vreinya, the present ,winter um Petrograd is the most severe ill yeers, and there is considerable suffering. In the Wiborg section of the city ,the streets aro no longer illuminated at night owing to the. scarcity of coal, which has closed most of the electric light plants. The scarcity of coal is felt particularly- by the poorer classes, Wood is in great demand but that,I too, is difficult to obtain. Because of , leek of heat the schools have been. Closed for the winter. 'Within. a few weeks forty persons have been found frozen to death in the streets. RUNS THE GERMAN WAR MACHINES VERY DIFFICULT MATTER TO MEET THE I{AISER. Neutral Writer Describes Control Exercised by Gen. Von Falkenhayn. Mrs. Hendrick Hudson, a neutral who has returned recently to France after a prolonged visit in Germany, has contributed a very interesting article to the Paris Temps, from which the ;subsequent passages are quoted: "General Von Falkenhayn, who was placed at the head of the great gen- eral staff when Field Marshal Von Moltke fell into disgrace immediately after the battle of the Marne, is at the present hour the most powerful; man in Germany, In regard to his antecedents, one knows that Von Fal- . kenhayn, while a young officer, was I obliged to give up his military ca- ! reer on account of having run scandal- ously into debt. He left for China,' where he obtained employment in a commercial house. "When the expedition against the • Boxers was organized, in 1900, Von Falkenhayn was permitted to reeenter, the army service, because of his value! able knowledge of the country in which the military operations were conducted.' Since then he has risen! steadily in rank, but he has not been able to shake off his previous reputa-! tion. Maximilian Harden, the well known journalist, was unsparing in his criti- cism of General Von Falkenhayn's selection as Von Moltke's successor. In his publication, the Znkunft, he de- clared that "it was a bad policy to in- trust the fate of Germany to a gam- bler, even if- he were a good one at the game,' - This bold utterance caus- ed the suppression of the Zukunft for a whole week. Boss of the Kaiser. "Being extremely jealous of his authority, General Von Falkenhayn keeps away from the general head- quarters all persons whom he sus- pects of trying to gain the confidence of the Kaiser. Many court officials have on different occasions tried to get audiences with their sovereign, only to be invariably rebuffed by Von Falkenhayn. Sometimes the refusal is very curt and ungracious. In other instances diplomacy requires that some thinly veiled excuse be given, The chief of staff then usually in- forms the petitioner that His Majesty I is just getting ready to depart for another front, but that he will grant the, desired audience on his return to headquarters. This promise, however, is never kept. It is by such means that Count August. zu Eulenberg, Grand Marshal of the Imperial Court 1890, has been prevented from seeing Emperor William for several months, :l1 The isolation of the I,�aisexr is an im-1 portant factor. in the plans of the militarist party. The ;ruler does not learn any more of the real situation and events than General Von Falken- hayn designs to let him know. Wil- liam IT. is to -day actually the prison- er of his own military camarilla." • Better a homely wife than one who isn't home much. .At i note of thanks n o the cafe man- agers ended the celebration, , DOAN'S KIDNEY FILLS Relieve The Kidneys end Ilaidd.r Like Qirdlnarr MedisinsI De The Bowii. When the kidneys get out of order die back is sure to become affected, and dull pains, sharp pains, quick twingesall point to the fact that the kidneys need attention. Plasters and liniments will not the kidneys, for they cannot get to the' seat of the trouble, bat Doan's Kidney Pills do, and cure the kidneys quickly and Permanently, Mrs. Lizzie Melanson, Plympton, writes: "I am sending this testimonial telling you what a wonderful cure, Doan's Kidney Pills made for me, For years I had suffered so with my kidneys I could hardly do my housework, I used several kinds of pills, but none of them seemed to be doing me any good. At last I was advise( to try a box of Doan's Kidney Pills, •When I had taken the first box I found relief, I have used five boxes, and to -day I feel like a new woman. I caunot recommend them to highly." Doan's Kidney Pills are 50e. per bom;, 3 boxes for $1.25, at all dealers or mailed direct on receipt of price by -The T. Milburn Co,, Limited, Toronto, Ont. When ordering direct specify "Doan's," STOPPED SHELL WITH HIS HEAD SOLDIER'S RECOVERY AMAZES SURGEONS. Large Pieces of Shell Removed From His Forehead and Cheek. During the present war medical men have reported many remarkable eases of the recovery of wounded men —cases where a fatal termination seemed inevitable—but it is doubtful, says the London Star, if there has been any as astonishing as the case of Private G. A. Dawson, of the Tenth Yorkshire Regiment, who is now in the King George Military Hospital, Stanford Street, S.E. Private Dawson has caused so much interest among members of the medical profession that he has been seen by scores of leading surgeons. Head Full of. Shell. Enough shell has been removed from Private Dawson's head to kill many men. As Kipling said of the late Lord Roberts: "If you stood 'im on '•is head You could spill a quart o' lead." But with it all this "Tommy" is able to sit up in his bed, and he is one of the brightest and cheeriest souls in the ward. Private Dawson, who is the son of .a news agent of Bishop Auckland, Dur- ham, went to France with his regi- ment last year, and after serving five months in the trenches he was wound- ed on December 12. He was hi a village behind the lines which was being shelled, and before he could get to his "dug out" a shell knocked him out. Unconscious, he was taken to the base hospital, and there, from a great hole in the centre of his forehead directly above his nose, there were re- moved a large piece of shell, a piece of wood and part of his cap. For twenty days Dawson hovered between life and death. His face became swol- len and black and nothing the sur- geons could do seemed to reduce the swelling. On December 31 Dawson was re- moved to a hospital at Boulogne, and there he was put under the X-rays immediately on his arrival. In the private's left cheek was found a large piece of shell, which must have en- tered through the hole in the,forehead and passed down the side of the nose. Another Removal. On New Year's Day Private Daw- son was operated upon again, and this piece of shell, which weighed two .and three-quarter ounces, was remov- ed by the way it had entered, so that there should not be a scar of any sort on the private's cheek. The piece of shell -e -about a quar- ter of an inch thick, with torn and jagged edges—is a relic prized great- ly reatly by Private Dawson. Another re- markable feature about the case is. that by a further .operation at the King George Hospital the sight of his. left eye was saved. ' To use his wn expression, the piece of shell, when passing into his cheek, "turned the lens of nay left eye over." • A celebrated opthaimic surgeon has righted the lens of, the eye, and in a few days Private Dawson will be able to see again with his left eye. More English Spelling. 4 reader who was amused by the little article in which the various pronunciations of the letters "ough" were illustrated sends us this amus- ing proof of the fact that the English language is as versatile in spelling one sound in a. score of ways as ib is in pronouncing one combination of letters after a dozen fashions. "Mr, Hughes, on his son Ilugh'e cruise, .tools to booze when he heard the news that•he ,would lose his dues and gain the noose if he did not use his shoes ht the sloughs to take some views of the ewes; and also learn to make his u's and q's and spell his you's and queue's and who's Lind leers and to's and two's.» However,: we must protest"against rimming 'news" with "booze'! or "lose."1,