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ON - THE FIELD
OF WATERLOO.
COMPARISON O1+ BATTLE 'WITH
THOSE 010GREAT WAR
Canadian 'Troops Rested and Had
Luncheon on Ground of Napoleon's
Lust Stand,.
Lie at. D'Arey C. Higgins, of the
Canadian headquarters Staff, writes
as follows to his mother, who lives
1n Toronto.
Yesterday I had a most interesting
trip in the signals car. We left
Mons about 10.30 a.m. and went via
Waterloo to :Brussels, where we wit-
nessed the magnificent reception
given King Albert by the city—•his
first official visit' since before the
war. I think it was, without excep-
tion, the finest sight I ever saw.
We hacl lunch on the famous field
where Waterloo was fought 103 years
ago, and it is one of tho most inter-
esting spots I have seen.
The most amazing points about the
whole battle that struck me were
the extremely short distance and the
vast number of men involved.
Area of Waterloo.
(a) The whole area on which Wat-
erloo was fought was less than twelve
miles in circumference.
(h) Wellington's front line was
only three miles, along which 85,000
troops were concentratecl.
(c) While the battle was being
waged a distance of only 925 yards
intervened between Napoleon and
Wellington, the two army com-
manders.
(d) 45.000 men were killed or
wounded in seven hours' fighting, of
which 8,000 were French, killed in
the attempt to take eHoguemont
,Farm, a very insignificant place de-
fensively, but one of most import-
ance strategically.
These facts to me were very im-
pressive, especially when contrasted
with some of the great battles of this
war, lust finished. All sorts of relics
t of the equipment used for fighting
100hen can be seen at the little
museum near Lye,
Built by Women.
Another place of the greatest in-
terest was the Mound, built entirely
by women. It took them seven years
to complete their task, receiving only
four -pence a day.' The earth was all
carried from surrounding fields in
baskets, balanced on their heads. The
Mound` resembles a conical slag heap.
It contains 165,000 cubic metres of
earth, covered by nice green grass
and surmounted by the English lion,
carved in stone, this being supported
by a pedestal containing 3,000,000
bricks. There are 300 steps up the
side, and the view from the top is
yell worth the climb—Quatre Bras,
Waterloo and Brussels standing out
clearly.
The town of Waterloo is three
miles distant from the field, but the
battle was given the name because it
was from there Wellington sent his
reports.
We went through the famous for-
est of Brussels to Bois de Boulogne.
We drove down the main boulevard,
put our car in one of the big hotels,
and walked down to the Palais de
Ville, where we stood 'talking. Both
of --these buildings are very historic
and represent the finest architecture
in Brussels. There were very few
English officers in the city, and we
being Canadians, were the cynosure
of all eyes. Bands were playing
everywhere, the favorite being "Tip-
perary." and
i
Everybody was .dancing Y
having the time of their lives. After
dinner I went up to the second floor
of one of the largest restaurants,
where there were about300
people.
e.
The moment they recognized me as
a Canadian officer they gave three
ringing cheers, to which I responded
"Vivo la Belgium."
SAFETY -FIRST COLORS
War -tune Painting of Neutral Mer
chant ' Ships.
Has the war beautified or disfigured.
the merchant ships of the nations?
Ships of the Allies are either
camouflaged or painted grey,.and are
armed --no beauty about this. It is
when we see neutral steamers that
we get something of the colors of
war. With great dignity these ves-
sels flaunt their national colors on
hall and, stern.
The iron -ore ship from Bilbao has
red and gold bars painted on her
side, while the timber craft from
Drammen or other Norwegian ports
g redpatch her
down
large
bears a
hull, on which there stands a deep
blue cross.
Greece has her blue and white
)trines, and Denmark her red with
white cross. Sweden boasts a golden
cross on a marine -blue background,
and Holland bars of red, white and
blue respectively. ,
It does not seem so long ago that
the trim United States merchantman
blazoned her identity to the seven
• seas by means of a mighty "star-
spangled banner" on her hull.
Nearly ono hundred vessels at.
Prince Rupert, B.O., are occupied • in
halibut fishing, and: during Septelp-.
ber 28 . fishing 'vessels arrived, bring-
ing in a total catch of 1,004,OO( lbs.
of halibut.
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WHAT 'SOLDIERS
WANT4
'suggestion' tis `Iliad'
5r/ho B are sending' •gift, ie.
soldiers overseas comes
from 1 -t, -Col; (Canon)
Frederick Ceoi•go. Scott;
Senior Chaplain of : Tho
First Division,, in a cable
received by friends : in
Montreal. He Says "The
men' want .playing cards
enid chewing tobacco."
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TERMONDE A CITY
the dismalness of the landscape, and
the pathos of the place was indescrib-
t -Table. One is familiar with towns tit -
To
sI AI "i s terly ruined in which no man lives, as
j� Ypres and Bailleul, but Termonde,
where 7,000 people still exist among
the four-year-old ruins, seemed to me
HOMES to surpass in sadness even those ter-
ribie wastes, yet it was not a sad day,
for Belgian. troops were passing un-
ceasingly through the town on the way
to $Brussels to assist at the entry of
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HUNDRED
TO GROUND.
Unspeakable Privations Suffered by
Seven Thousand inhabitants
For Four Years.
The name of 'Termonde will be a
thing of shame to all Germans for
generations to come, says a correspon-
dent on Nov. 20. The world will never
forget the story of the deliberate, sys-
tematic burning of more than 1,000
houses of harmless inhabitants or of
the murdering of innocent civilians.
That has been followed by four years
of servitude to the Germans under con-
ditions of such utter discomfort that I
doubt if any persons of France or Bel-
gium have suffered more than those of
Termonde.
I have been in the place to -day, be-
ing the first Englishman to visit it, as
I must have been almost the last to
see it in its long agony four years
ago. •
Of the 2,400 houses which composed
the town- before the war about 1,300
were destroyed or burned wantonly,
house by house, by the Germans on
their first entry after they had been
there without molestation from the in-
habitants for twenty-four hours. Of
the something less than 1,200 houses
which remain in the town and the im-
mediate environs, nearly all are of the
poorer class and small, and the great
Majority of them more or less dam-
aged. A large number would not be
considered fit to live in in ordinary
times, but the standards of Termonde
are not exacting. Of the original 10,-
000 people nearly 7,000 have continued
to live there, and any ruin of a build-
ing which could be patched up to give
shelter was accounted good enough.
Two and three households crowded in-
to one small cottage. Rooms were
partitioned off to make homes for two
families. To live thus- in one dark
room or two with the windows filled
with planks instead of glass and holes
in walls partially and roughly filled in,
has been the normal condition of the
people of Termonde for over four
years. When the town was burned,
of course, all the furniture was burned,
and there remained not' half enough
of the ordinary necessaries of life.
Re-entry of Belgian Troops.
The last Germans left Termonde on
Nov. 15 and the first Belgians reached
the town the following Sunday. All
Flanders to -clay has lain under a thick
blanket of white fog, which added to
jhe
handiest
kind of lunch
for a hungry
boy or girl, is
a dish of
6rae :Nuts
Ea -ten direct
from -the pack
age it doesn't
bother Mother
and with milk
or cream. its
delicious. f
Have you ever
eaten
Trap e Nuts?
Canada rood3oard l.cc'te., Flo 2-026
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tion of the liquid gas is so ititbnse
that the gas, if breathed in as it
comes from 'the bottle would congest
the lungs and cause death. To make
it breathable it is first conducted
.through a long pipe coiled around the
basket containing the bottle, and then
into a rubber bag, from which a tube
conveys the gas to the aviator. A
second coil with a rubber bag and
service tube, is provided for the use
of the passenger.
the King, and the people lined the There is no danger of an explosion Alaska the coldest days of winter are
streets, inhere a few poor flags flutter, should the bottle containing the liquid not as cold as reported from time to
ed, and tried to cheer them and broke oxygen be struck by a projectile, but time in tate prairie states of the United
into demonstrations of enthusiasm at the heat from the burning of the air- States, like Nebraska, Montana and
the sight of my Briti�li uniform. But plane would be disastrous. It would North Dakota. Stock raisers and
the four years of pri )tion have left cause the gas to expand and burst the farmers are going into Alaska on
country
ALASKA IS MISUNDERSTOOD >"""
ai
More Than Three -Quarters of Area
is In Temperate Zone.
Alaska .is the most eniyunticretood
and misrepresented , section of the
cortincnt. People generally and sin-
cerely' believe that the name Alaska
is synonymous with snow and ice and
couple it accordingly with ice cream
•freezers and cold drinks, says an Am-
erican writer. Yet the principal cities
of Alaska along itis' $southern coast
line ---Juneau, Ketc:aiilcan, Cordova,
Valdes and Seward—do not average
as cold in midwinter as New Yorlc,
and are seldom as cold as Baltimore
and Washington.
` Alaska is one-fifth the size of the
I whole United States and its prodig-
ious area of about 600,000. square
miles, nearig three times the size of
the . Geeman Empire, spreads from
the temperate zone to the Arctic
Circle. Not one-quarter of it is in
the latter. Below the circle lies a
magnificent belt of fertile soil. It
is estimated by Government authori-
ties that the great agricultural area
of Alaska's fertile valleys and plains,
on many of which cattle can be
wintered without feeding, aggregate
80;000 square miles, with a climate
like that of northern Europe—Nor-
way, Finland and Sweden.
This land is richer and more pro-
ductive than that of any other coun-
try in the world, well watered, fairly
well timbered, and 320 acres are open
free to any settler if he wishes to
take un a homestead..
In the great central valley of
their mark on the population, and
never, it seemed to me, did the whole
people of a town need pityand sym-
pathy more than they.
Suffered for Food.
In the course of the four years Ter -
monde has had five commandants, and
all were equally severe and brutal. As
in most places, it is solely the Inter-
national Relief Committee who have
been able to furnish the inhabitants
with bread and fats enough, and tin-
ned, milk for infants, at least to keep
the spark of life glowing. All the lo-
cal agricultural produce, whether vege-
tables, meat, or real milk, was. of
course, requisitioned by the Germans
for themselves. Many prisoners, in-
cluding numbers of English, were in
the neighborhood, and during the last
few weeks there has been a constant
stream of parties of, all sizes arriving
from the near front to be quartered
for a few days and moved on again to
Germany. A local soup committee, of
which Mme. Bruyninex, the Burgomas-
ter's wife, was president, has minister-
ed to these with German consent. The
prisoners, while in the neighborhood,
all received a good bowl of soup each
day, without which they must have
starved.
rrhe church of Notre Dante of Ter-
monde contained, with other paintings,
two rather famous Van Dycks, both of
which were hurried off to safety be-
fore the Germans entered the town,
and have been preserved, as, in a
similar way, have been the pictures
from the Town Hall, including the
mammoth canvas, representing the in-
auguration of Mr. de Keyser, who was
one of Terntonde's most famous sons,
as Lord Mayor of London. Of the pri-
vate collections in Termonde, however,
and it was a town of considerable
wealth, practically nothing remains ex-
cept such things as individuals man-
aged to hide. I described the criminal
wreckage of the fine houses and of
the Museum and Art School in 1914,
and what little escaped then has since
been requisitioned or looted.
Termonde was a. pitiable sight as I�
saw it four years.ago, when the ashes
of the first burning still smoked. As
I saw it to -day, with the old ruins
grown cold but unrepaired, the wreck-
age iron`brid a still lying
e of the b in
ag g g Y g
the river where the Germans blew it
up after their drunken carousal on the
first night of their entry, and the poor
Skelton of the old Town Hall still,
dominating the Grande Place, it seem-
ed to lyre sadder still. I do not think
the gaunt people in the streets who
cheered their returning soldiers with
such an enthusiasm know how -sad a
sight they are, or how dreadful has
been the environment in which they
havo grown accustomed to live.
• OXYGEN FOR AIRMEN
Artificial Supply of Gas Needed at
Great Altitudes. .
The mechanical difficulties that in
the early days of aviation prevented
the reaching of heights as great as
15,000 or even 20,000 feet were over-
come,' but another difficulty had to be
solved before such ascensions betaine
practicable. At extreme heights,
especially after a rapid ascent, the
huinan lungs do not function properly.
They cannot adapt themselves to the
sudden change of air pressure, and
the aviator is treatened with suffo-
eation,
Blit this difficulty also was over -
crane.' Each aviator . was provided.
with an extra supply of oxygen upon
which he could draw in easeof need.
The apparatus consists of an Arson-
val vacuum bottle enclosed in a metal
basket. The bottle is filled with
enough liquid oxygen' for two per-
sons for one hour at a height of 15,-
000 feet. Then the stopcock is opened
the oxygen passes in gaseous form
through a tube connected with the
bottle.
The cold produced by the evapora-
container, and the liberated oxygenevery steamer to look the
would air in destroying the airplane.
The entire equipment for two per-
sons weighs only about eighteen
pounds and occupies but little space
in. the fuselage of the airplane. In
the American army it has recently
been ordered that every pilot who
goes aloft must carry enough oxygen
for from six to eight hours.
How necessary oxygen is to an
aviator was demonstrated by the ex-
perience of Capt. R. W. Schroeder,
U.S.A., on his remarkable flight of
Sept. 18, 1918, when he broke all alti-
tude records by ascending to a height
of 28,900 feet.
ARMY PIGEON LOFTS
Novel War -time Use for London
Motor Busses in France.
One sof the many uses to which
London motor buses are put in France
is as a home for pigeons. The out-
side of the omnibus is roofed in to
form a cage, while the men occupy
the inside --or rather, three-quarters
of the inside, because the front part
is also part of the cage, which is
entered by a door from the men's
room, and also by a door at the top
of the back staircase.
There is an opening in the front of
the cage cleverly arranged to let the
birds enter when they return from
their flights, but not to let them
escape when they are inside. A board
is deftly poised just inside the open-
ing, so that when a bird steps on it
an electric bell rings inside the om-
nibus to tell the men that a pigeon
has come me.
The pigeonshoare taken out in bas-
kets to the trenches to bring vies -
sages back in case the wire comntuni-
'cations should be cut by the enemy's
.fire. If not wanted for this purpose
they are sent flying back after tweny-
four hours with a message, just for
practice. Each pigeon has a ring put
on its leg when quite young, and is
knownn by the
number theri
n
g•
As soon as the bird arrives at the
loft a man creeps into the cage, cat-
ches it, reads the message, writes it
down in duplicate, and sends an
orderly at once with a copy to the
signal officer, whence it is sent forth
Iike an ordinary telegram to its des-
tination. eRirds are always sent in
couples, each with the same message,
in case one should be shot by the
enemy.
it
O—O--.0 --D O O o
Laugh `When People
Step On Your Feet
Try this yourself then pass
it along to others.
It works!"
Ouch ! ? ! ? ! ! This kind of rough
talk will be heard less here in town if
People troubled with corns will follow
the simple advice of this Cincinnati
authority, who *lairds that a few drops
of a drug called freezone when applied
d
to a tender, aching corn etops soreness
at once, and soon the cora dries tip
and lifts right off without pain.
Ile says freezone Is an ether com-
pound which dries immediately and
never inflames or even irritates the
surrounding, tissue or skin. A quarter
of an ounce of freezone will cost very
little at any drug store, but is suffi-
cient to remove every hard . or soft
cora or callus from one's feet. Millions
of American women will welcome this
announcement since the inauguration
of the high Heels,
over.
Visitors to Alaska are surprised at
what they find when they reach the
interior. Nor do they need to suffer
hardship in making the trip, for
first-class steamships to the principal
ports, with unusually reasonable
rates, are running out from Seattle
nearly every day, and railroad and
automobile lines to the interior are
readily available. Nor is' it neces-
sary to go far, for every valley lead-
ing from the coast is waiting for the
husbandman.
Minard's Liniment Cures Dh htheris.
Compressed Paper Fuel.
Italy makes excellent use of her
waste paper. It is made into a cheap
and portable fuel for the soldiers.
Boys and girls go about the cities
collecting all the discarded newspa-
pers they can find. These are brought
to establishments where the sheets
are converted by inachinry into little
tight rolls about an inch in diameter
and two inches long, which etre packed
into small bags and dispatched to the
army.
This compressed paper fuel is most
convenient whenever an individual
soldier wishes to warns up a mugful
of soup or coffee.
A Health Saving
Rerrander. Don't Wait
until you get the Spanish Influenza. USE
Sixty per cent. of the work on a
ship is in constructing the hull, and
the reinaininf; 40 per cent is install-
ing mechanical parts, deck furnish-
ings and other equipment that goake
to make the finished vessel.
d9Lilfmont
At the first sign of it. Its Heeling Quali-
ties are amazing. TIIE OLD RELIABLE.
MINARD'S LINIMENT CO., Ltd.
Yarmouth, N.S.
Hornets Give Tip on Weather.
t not at
of prophets eta is o
The agepast,
p p
least not the age of weather prophets.
It's right here. The most recent in,
stance of this is a Pennsylvania
hunter called Bill Vanzant. Bill learns
allabout the weather from the hor-
nets. Here is the way the narration
runs: Pointing up to two trees along
the Baltimore Pike, near Swarthmore,
upon which high up hang big hornets'
hives, Bill said: "See those hives?
They are high and dry and that intli-
cates little wind, but we are going tp
have deep snow and plenty of it, and
you can tell the world from me that
I sin right when ' I say deep snow
and plenty of it." Vanzant declares
hornets never like to get into deep
snow, and their nature always indi-
cates to them how to protect them-
selves for the 'winter months.
MONEY ORDERS.
When ordering goods by mail send
a Dominion Express Money Order.
Compared with last year, the num-
ber of new settlers entering Western
Canada during August showed a de-
cided tided increase, 1 593 having
crossed the line through the prulrie
entry ports, the uniform object being
to take up land for farming purposes
and the total wealth brought with
them being in the neighborhood of
$600;000,
The 1,4atest
Designs
Simple little dress featuring the
deep yoke effect, back and front, the
sides dropping to hip line and form-
ing flaps for the pockets which hang
below. McCall Pattern No. 8647,
Ladies' Dress. In 6 sizes, 34 to 44
bust. Price, 25 cents. Transfer 'De-
sign No. 888. Price, 15 cents.
An interesting note in this frock is
the Chinese influence, which is so
strongly felt. McCall Pattern No.
8658, Misses' Dress. In 4 size, 14
to 20 years, Price, 25 cents.
These patterns may be obtained
from your local McCall dealer, or
from the McCall Co., 70 Bond St.,
Toronto, Dept. W.
8iinard'2 ,Liniment Corea Colds, &c
"A man only understands what is
akin to something already existing
in himself."—Amiel.
Sweden is using less than one-fifth
of the 5,000,000 horsepower it is be-
lieved it could derive from its water-
falls.
t lnard's Liniaueat Cares fistenuor.
Tho world's census of sheep runs to
well over 450,000.000.
' Age makes some people wise and,
others only stubborn.
The Ogilvie Milling Company line
donated a hundred thousand pounds
of Peer to the Canadian War lIos-
pitals l+rind. for S:rbia, Montenegro
and Macedonia.
ISSUE No. 2,,. 19 1
HOW to Purify
the Blood t
"Fifteen to thirty drops of
r
4 commonly
of Roots, a cos l Y
0 called Mother Seigel's Curative
Syrup, may be taken in water
meals and at bedtime
with m, for
the cure of indigestion, consti-
pation and bad blood. Persist-
ence in this treatment will effect
a cure in nearly every case." 0
Get the genuine at druggists.
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M1v1lrion Pi Mint o'i Co . �.t4;, 'Vorontos
1aCLY EwsPAl;'icn 1'O1 0,0a.ii
is New Ontario. 4 tn_er some to
8 RFt ea Witt sell $8.406, W9rtlit double
that amount. Agpi, JTYilr
. Pf.. olp lofr
rebliehtnit Co,. Lt. e1t,Nf, Torpors
1 / AN)CIGR Tuarfalas. LIMP& 17241.4
' internal sod astern$, *Urea with,
out nein bi/ our borne treatment. Write
•It ttefore too lore. Ar, $glitn*a,lt
Co.. 'Limited. Collins/wood. Out.
When making cakes of sorra flour
the addition of a little fat will make
them light and mare tender.
Holland's mines are now producing
coal at the rate of about 2,000,000
tons a year,
Minard's x,iniment Cares Garret in Cows.
i OR HOMEY REFUNDED. ASK ANY DRUGGIST
or write Lyman -Knox Go., Mont eal, P.Q. Price 65c.
'DON'T CUT OUT
A Shoe Bail, Capped
Hock or Bursitis
'FOR
8ti 0,4.it4 iiialif;
will reduce them and leave no blemisiiess
Stops lameness promptly. Does not blis-1
ter or remove the hair, and horse can be
worked. $2. 50 a bottle delivered. 80ok6 5free!
ABSORBINE, 3R.,tor mankind, the antiseptic
liniment for Boil,. Bruises. Soret. Swellings. Varicose Veins:
Allays Pain end Inflammation. Price 11.25 a bottle at 4rug4
girt, or delivered. Will telt you. more If you write.
W.F.YOUNG.P.D.F..5161yeens Bldg., Montreal, OM
.auaututut 354. ItUSOrDIde. Jr.. are made Id Ceozdt.,
ROM NEGLECT A
RHEUMATIC PAIN
Go after it with Sloan's
Liniment before it gets
dangerous
Apply a little, don't rub, let it pene-
trate, and—good-by twinge! Same for
external aches, pains, strains, stiffness
of joints or muscles, lameness, bruises.:
Instant relief without mussiness or
soiled clothing. Reliable—the biggest
selling liniment year after year. Eco=
nomical by reason of enormous sales..'
Keep a big bottle ready at ail times
Made in Canada. Ask your druggist
for Sloan's Liniment.
80c., OOc., ;1.29.
FACE A FRIGHT
WITH P1MPLES
Also On Backs Kept Awake. Cuti-
cura Healed at Cost of' 75c.
"My face and back were all broker,
out with pimples, and my face was a
fright to look at. The pixel -
pies festered and were scat-
tered and were so itchy
that 1 scratched until the
skin was sore and red.
They kept me awake at
nicht.
g'When F saw Cuticura
Soap and Ointment advertised 1
thought I wouldthem. I was corn-
pletely healed after using one box of
Cuticura Ointment and one cake of
Soap." (Signed) Miss Mary Hastedt,
Cottarn, Ont., August
i9,1917.
Keep your skinlclear by using Cuts.
curs Soap and Ointment for every -dale
tollet purposes. Nothing better.
For Free Sample Each by Mail ade
gess post -card: "Cuticura, Dept. A,
oston, U. Si, A." Sold everywhere.
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sprains sore throat and other painful ailments. For over do gears a .l'
toothache and earache. Equally effective for relieving swollen joints, to:f,• nia�'a
family it iencl. Aon'texperiment—buy Hirst's•--allways haven bnitle in .. .
the house. Iiae a hundred uses.
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Where the balmy yet invigorating climate rlaalces
possible the enjoyment of outdoor sports Through-
out the Winter months.
POLO, GOLF, TENNIS, MOTORING,
FISHING, BAY AND SURF BATHING
Write for Winter' Felder and Golf Program,
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