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Barn Paint, red, pet gal... ••• • • • • V. • • • • • • • I • • 0 • • t FRIEMIST110110111 SEAFORTII, Friday, Sept. 27th, 1918 ' Ewalt° 01 BYES OF THE ALLIES NOW TURN , , To METZ. ‘It is natural that after the flatter- ing ; out of the St. Mihiel salient in such brilliant fashion' by Pershing's army we of the Allies should prick up our ears at the mention of Metz, and should _begin to wonder hopefully if the American operations are not merely the preliminary to an advance against that great fortress. No soon- e er does the hope spring up in our hearts than we are warned by mili- tary experts such as Frank II. Simonds that it is foolish to expect the early , fall of Metz. It is true, he says, that the American army is so near to Metz that its shells are even now falling upon that city, but he re- minds us that the Germans got within four miles of the citadel of Verdun, but it took them four months 'to make the advance of seven miles, 'and then it proved a veritable deathtrap for them. The' operations of Verdun showed the folly of an arrny attempting to haek its way into an enemy *stronghold, and Marshal Foch has never em- ployed this method. So it may be taken for granted that there will be ne frontal attack on Metz. But there can be no doubt that a move on Metz is in contemplation. The. operations on the St. Mihiel sa- lient were not an end in themselves, but a mere preliminary clearing of the ground for more important tasks. Before -the American Army ; now lie the great iron fields Of the Bassin de Brien guarded by Metz, and we may be sure,hatthere will ,be a great effort made to seize the Briey region by the Aneericans in conjunction with French troops. rhe,other' day Marshall Foch said ; that coal was the key to victory. There are several keys, and t of not less importance than the coal key is the iron key, and the -army that can ! seize the Briey region has in its !hands the iron key. It is true that without this key the .Allies haye had Iplenty of iron to carry on the war, . $4.00 but it is far different with Germany. 1Some corrimentators have said 'that' ; if she was driven out of the Lor - $2.85 raine iron fields she could not carry ton the war for three Months. The • $2.00 i Bassin de Briey is the greatest iron $ 1600II co-tehe iarPr°&wingreion inuorld. covers - the franBlgn It frontier $2.00 for 35 miles, and overlaps into Bel- ; Tiruenalty Treaty- 187L1ux, werishlaurg. ty the icb wrested . Al- ' sace-Lori'line from France, Ger- A SILLS, Seatort I he itielfitop 114 iiva litre Itisttrance, Co Headoffiee: Seaforth', OnL DIRROTORY3 OFFICERS. $. Connolly, Goderich, President ilna. Evans, Beechwood, Vice -President V. E. Hays, Seaforth,' Secy.-Treas. AGENTS Alex. Leitch, R. R. No. 1, Clinton; Ed. Seaforth; John Murray, Brueenteld, phone 6 on 137, Seaforth; J. W. Yee, Goderich; R, G. Jar- extuth, Bredhagen. DIRECTORS WiIliam Rinn, No. 2, Seaforth; John Ihnnewies Brodhagen; James Evans, Seechwood; M. McEwen, Clinton; Jas. Connolly, Goderich; 11 F. MeGregor, R. It. No. 3, Seaforth; J. G. Grieve, No. 4 Walton- Robert Ferris, Harlock; George McCaitaey, No. 3, Seaforth. G. T. R. TIME TABLE Trains Leave Seaforth fellows: $0.55 a. m. - For Clinton, Goderick, Wingham and Kincardine. 11.58 m. - For Clinton, Wingham and Kincardine. 11.08 p. m. - For Clinton Goderich. 6.36 a. m. -For Stratford', Guelph, Toronto, Orillia, North Bay and points west. Belleville and Peter- boro and points east. $.16 pen. - For Stratford, Toronto, Montreal and. points east. LONDON, HURON AND BRUCE p.m. 3.20 3.36 3.48 3.66 4.15 4.33 4.41 4.48 5.01 5.13- 8.15 Going South a.m. rwingimm, depart 6.35 Belgrave ....... 6.50 Alyth ....... . . '7.04 Londesboro 7.13 ,Clinton, 7.33 Brumfield .... . . 8.08 Xippen 8.16 Hensall 8.25 Exeter .. ..... 8.40 Centralia 8.57 London. arrive 10.05 see - Going North London, depart Centralia Exeter . . ... . . . . .. 9.47 Herman 9.59 •Hippen 10.06 Brucefield - .... 10.14 Clinton 10.30 Lendesboro a.m. 8.30 935 11.28 Blyth ....... ...... . 11.37 Belgrave 11.60 1Wingham, arrive 12.05 p.m. 4.40 6.45 5.54 6.09 6.16 6.24 6.40 6.57 7.05 7.18 7.40 C. P. R. TIME TABLE GUELPH & GODERICH BRANCH. TO TORONTO p.ra. oderich, leave . . .. ...6.40 Blyth 118 Walton . . . -......7.32 Guelph . - ......9.38 1.35 2.14* 2.20 4.80 FROM TORONTO , Toronto Leave 6:i0 Guelph, arrive ...... .9.38 7.00 Walton. . .11.43 9.04 Blyth 12.08 9.18 Attburn 12.15 . 9.80 Goderich 12,40 9.65 ConneetIonn Grelph ,Inuctioa Men Limn for Galt, Woedssock don, Dairolt, god 'thicage and tamed -late points. TAKES Imany ran her frontier so as to di- vide the iron -mines into two parts. • In peane time the region _supplied Germany with 21,000,000 tons out of her total production of 28,000,000 tons, which it gave Fran,ce 15,000,000 out of a total of 21,000,000. Since the Autumn , of 1914 Germany' has - been in possession of the whole re- , eon, and has added to her 21,000,- , !OK the 15,000,000 tons formerly OFF DANDRUFF HAIR STOPS FALLING from the Luxemburg mines, making an annual total of 49,000,000 tons, all of which comes from the Briey iron fields, except 7,000,000. If this re- gion could be seized, Germany would have to depend for her iron upon the 7,000,000 tons which she produces in her hswrii territory or is able to im- port from neutrals, plus whatever surplus she has been able to store in the past four years out of her great produCtien. The indications are that she has been able to acquire no great store, and that the loss of !mined by France and 6,000,000 taken 0.0.m0••••••••1;1•0 Save your Hair! Get a email bottle of Dancierine right now -Also, stops itching scalp. • Thin, brittle, colorless and iteraggy- hair iia emrte evidence of a neglected scalp; of dandruff -that awful smut Where Is nothing so destructive to the hair as dandruff. It robs the hair of of its lustre, its strength and its very life; eventually producing a feverish- nee'e and. 'itching of the ElcalP, which if the Bridy basin would be a death - net remedied causes the hair roots to , shrink. loosen and die then the hair mow to her. It would be worth the falls out fast. A little Danderine to- night -now -any time -will surely save your hair. Get a small bottle of Knowlton's Danderine from any drug store. 'You study can have *beautiful hair and lots of it if you will just try a little Dan- derine. Save your liair! Try it! 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That all ages and for grown-upe. is why , Bazairia was driven to his humiliating surrender, which lost the war for I France. What happened to Liege and Narnour showed also that no forttes-ses could hold out against the direct hammering of modern howitzers, and Germany is not likely td rely upon steel turretsand con- crete casements at Metz, but upon a field army and upon the great num- ber -of mobile guns that she has gath- ered there. It is significant Cf what • is likely to happen this year that General: ICastelpau a few .weeks ago was returned to command the second French army, which is immediately upon the right of the American army, the very army which in 1914 he led in the attempt to carry the war_ into Germany. It -would ap- pear that General Castelnau has again been cast for this role, which be will share with General Pershing. greatest battle of the war to occupy the Briey basin, but before this can be done Metz must either be taken or sealed so that it cannot serve as the base of an attack upon the flank of the Franco -American armies advancing up the valley of the Mo- selle. . The city of Metz lies low at the junction of the Moselle and the Seille, partly on land between the rivers aad partly on islands in the Moselle. The forts protecting the city number 23. On the French frontier facing Metz is an elaborate systemf French fortifications whose i offensiv elements,, are made mobile by rail ays. Here huge traction guns cover every one of the fort- resses at Metz with 'Special projec- tiles for the detonation of mines. These great guns were assembled with the( object of supporting an at- tack upon IVIetz, an attack that was made in the first day e of the war by General Cactelnau, arid which failed because one of his armies was obliged to retreat before he could give it. support. But ever since the guns have remained -to help another offensive that the Frendh high com- mand knew was certain to be made some time or other. Dr. Shnonds thinks that the method *ill be to thrust north and south of Metz and gradually cut it off, so that the Ger- man command will be forced to In 1870 Metz was strong enough to stand a siege, as strong as any fortress could be, but no fortress is SOUR, ACID STOMACHS, , GASES OR INDIGESTION "Papers 'Diapepsin" neutralizes exces- sive acid in stomach, relieving dyspepsia, heartburn and distress at once. Time it! In five minutes all stom- ach distress, due to acidity, will go. No indigestion, heartburn, sourness or belching of gas or eructations of undi- gested food, nt dizziness, bloating, foul breath or headache. Pape's Diapepsin is noted for its speed in regulating upset stomachs. It is the surest, quickest stomaell sweet- ener in the whole world, and besides it is harmless. Put an end to stomach distress at once bgetting a large fift 3 cent case of Pape's Diapepsin from any drug store. You realize in five minutes how needless it is to suffer from indi- gestion, dyspepsia or any. stomach dis- order caused by ferrreatation due to ‘,xcesive acids in stomach. • e HURON NOTES -An event of much popular interest took place at St. George's church, in Goderich, on Wednesday morning 'of last week, when at eight o'clock, the retcor, Rev. A. L. G. Clarke, per- formed, the marriage ceremony, unit- ing Alma Frances, daughter of Mr.I "FRUIT-A-TIVES" Conquered Dyspepsia; and Restored His Health. MR. ROBERT NEWTON. Little Bras d'Or, 0.B. "I was. a terrible sufferer from inysfiefisia and Consiipaiion for years. had pain after eating, belching gas, constant headaches, and did not sleep well at night. I lost so mueh weight - going from 185, pounds to 146 pounds -that I becaMe alarmed and saw several doctors who, however, did me no good. Finally, a friend. told me to try 'Fruit -a -lives% In a week, Mere was insfiravemeni. The constipation was corrected ; and soon X was free of pain, headaches and than miserable feeling that accoro.panies Dyspepsia. I continued. to take this splendid fruit medicine and now I am well, strong and vigorous". ROBERT NEWTON. 50e. a box, 6 for 0.50, trial size 25c. At all dealers or sent postpaid on receipt of price by Fruit-a.tites Limited, .Ottawa. lim•••••0 and Mrs. 0. F. Sturdy, and. Mr. Thee. M. Davis. The churchewas decorated for the occasion with flowers of the season. The ceremony was conducted with a full choral service, Mr. Buckley being at the organ. The bride, who was given away by her father, looked very pretty in her goviii of white silk with pearl trimmings, tule veil and Juliet cap the veil caught up with pearls. She carried a bouquet of pink and white asters and a white prayer book. After the ceremony the wed- ding breakfast was served at the home of the bride's parents, where pink and white asters, smilax and sweet peas were the decoratiOns, Afterwards Mr. and Mrs. Davis left for a motor trip, showered with flowers and good wish- es. The bride received many gifts, in- cluding a handsome reading -lamp from the choir of St. George's church of which she has been a valued mem- ber and a very pretty bar pin of gold and pearls from the Maple Leaf Chap- ter, I.O.D.E. Death claimed another of Blyth's old' residents on Thursday last, in the person of Adam Glousher,, after an illness extending over some months. The late Aer. Glousher was born in Waterloo.on the 26th of October, 1849, and. when four years of age, moved with his parents to a bush farm near 2urich, and as he grew up, underwent all the privations and hardships inci- dent to pioneer life. When twenty years of age he ran a. stage between Exeter and Clinton there being no - line of railway connecting those towns at that time. Leaving this occupation he moved to near Auburn where he worked for a number of years and dur- ing his residence there he met and marrien Miss Mary Jane Ferguson and a couple of years later moved to Blyth where he engaged in teaming, continuing until 1904, when he moved to a farm in Hullett. Here he re- mained but two years, going from there to Exeter, where he again en- gaged in farming, which he continued until returning to Blyth in 1911, where he has since residgd. The deceased, leaves to mourn his loss, besides his wife, two daughters and one son. Nr"-.•-• ten for the ni st part by men Ivr1i0 ' word unacquainted with camp or bat- tlefield. Thus the wiritings of sol- diers during this war are something apart from any previous descriptions of battle; for in none of them will yOu find any of tffe traditional pomp and magnificenceAl Of war. , Prose writers,ind poets reveal pre- cisely the same sentiments and emo- tions, The prose 'writers paint thleir pictures of modern war with all !its bitter realism:. They dwell, too, on the better side of war; its heroisms, the little daily incidents of cheerful- ness, kindliness, and self sacrifice; but nowhere will you find a spir-it of militarism. or of the raagnificence and power of war. There is no echo of the Prussian sentiment that ;war is good, healthy or fine. In the same -way the poets sin not of the glory of war as did their Till - chair forbears; but rather o its harshness. There is no expressi4ni of hate sapve that of War and its autjbors. Throughout the work of those writ- ers who have, had personal e peri- enceiot war runs a new note- , note of humanity, different from anything that war-proge or war -poetry his ex- pressed in the past. The samenote runs through all their work -Leal real- ization of the sacrifithey make, a wistful memory at 4 ar :scenes and things they love, a 're 1 hatred of the wickedness of war, yet a willing ac- ceptance of their duty and a ,proud joy in the justice of thelinnause. Here and there, young men have ' written. verse that will live, frag- ments that will be grouped in anthol- ogies of later years. Some of them accept the war as a penalty, far years of ease, and echo the voice of thp priests that hold the doctrine of vi- carious sacrifice. The majority. seem to accept it as a blind evil, sprung from the perversion of the German mind, . . Despite the fact that no literary revival has been ingpired by the war, signs are not wanting that a new era in literature is at hand; for be it re - Membered, the man who writes, voices wilat thousands are thinking and would like to read. The vapid introspections that characterized the literature of 'the day immediately prior to the war have completely lost their grip, for sine that time mil- lions have been. face to face with the realities of life. It is the writiugs • of men that have been through the war that hold the promise of the future. Good literature is essential- ly the work of men who have leisure to concentrate upon their task. In the life of the trenches and amid the incessant physical and mental :lir- moil of the war, thered.s Small oppor- tunity for any than to put forth his best work; yet some strikingly geed work has already been done under these adverse conditions. It is im- possible to point to any war book, be it prose or poetry by a soldier -writer, that rings a palpably false note. Pos- sibly for the first time in. history suc- ceeding generatione will be able to judge the philosophical aspect of this great war as it really is; for its an- nals have been written, mit from an armchair, through a medjum of years and second-hand evidence, but from the battlefield itself. LITERATURE OF TRENCHES. Old Idea of Glory of War This Changed. Four years -crf war and the absorp- tion of the whole -manhood of the na- tion in the army have given us a class of literature hitherto, unknown, writes Capt. Hugh B. C. Pollard, an English writer. In the early days of the war, when excitement ran high and both causes and results' were still -obscure, those who could write wrote little, for they were too busy learning their new trade of sol- diering to have time for the pen, .and the torrent of new emotions and new standards of proportion swept away all preconceived notions of war. As things settled down and the war took its normal place in men' i per- ceptions, those who were Writers by nature began to unburden themselves of their thoughts and feelings upon this great eew experience of war. The term soldier -poet or soldier -author has outlived its real meaning, for to- day all men are soldiers; but at least it implies that these i men write of something they have personally wit- nessed or experienced. In the past, the greatest epics of war were writ- • The old-time tested remedy for kidney and bladder trouble. .Eu- dorsed by thousands uf tp•-ers throughoat Canada. Try them. Sold for -50e, a box and to he baci almost anywheze. The Natioiaal Drug & Chemical Co. of Canada, Limited, Toronto 3Al2 •,--ssaseseernees•eSseenes rita , Hew to Teri 7' At one of the new 'Minis- tries there is an atto.t,iahi '1-7110 ha8 been a butler in GI 0:A.:el:or Sq.:tart', London, and prides himself upea a - certain instinct for dietinguiehnee blue blood from the 'other varieties. Some' ladies of the department evert:, drawing him on the suby.i.t. "Now, there's Mr. Janes," said enn. "Surely Mr. Jones is a gentle - Man." The ex -butler looked supremely scornful: "All very well on the surface, Miss," he admitted. "But he actually walked in the other day with tassels on his umbrella." Hospitality Explained. A. E. Clark, editor of the City Bul- letin, of Columbus, Ohio, was With a friend who was campaigning: for the Red Cross. The friend knoOked at a deer and a voice said, "Conae in," His friend tried: the door, then shouted, "It's locked!" '.`Come repeated the voice, and the campaigner replied; "It's locked." A"Ctoitn4eatin;p. 'o'int a woman put her head out of:a window next door. and said: ''There's no one at home. -You're talking to the parrot.' Something Scented. "I want seine paper." "Wonld you like some onion -skin paper?". "Onion -skin? Horrors, no! 1 want this to write to a young. lady." - ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN Women gate tenders emploSred by the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad work eleven hours a day, sev- en days a week. Miss Mary Anderson, a member of the International Boot & Shoe Work- ers' anion, is assistant chief of the new woman's bureau of the department of labor. ' 7 All trains arriving and departing from Heerrisburg, Pa., are Called out by women and girls. - - Women laundry workers in Kansas are prohibited from working more than nine hours_ a day and the law fixes a minimum wage of $8.50 per week for 54 hours of labor. 'Helen Keller will shortly imake her. • appearaciee in motion pictures. • . Women are employed as scavengers 1 ' , in Sheerness, England. Women are admitted. to membership I '7 in the Scottish Institute of Account- ants on exactly the same terms as men. The Texas Federation of Labor is endeavoring to organize all the female workers in the Lone Star state. In all the munition factories in Eng- land where women are employed there is a welfare supervisor whose duty it is to maintain a healthy staff of work- ers and have them toil under satisfac- tory conditions. Twesity nine'per cent. of the woxnen munition workers in Great Britain were formry housewives and denies - tics. Officers of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union are' prear- ing to make effective the declaration of their last convention for an education- al -campaiga to be conducted by five appointed members to be selected by the president of the Union. ,9 I 8 EMBER 27. •0 SS INCORPORATp 185 , MOLSONS Sie.0 1 MOW 41411111 -1ft:W4 ‘•*:!,s CAPITAL AND RESERVE -48,800,000 98 BRANCHES IN CANADA A General Banking Business Trausacted CIRCULAR LETTERS Op CREDIT . BANK MONEY ORDERS SAVINGS BANK 'IMPARTMENT Interest allowed at highest Current Rate. BRANCHES IN THIS DISTRICT: Brumfield St. Marys Kirkton Exeter Clinton liensall Zurich boo Am sows We, *WAWA 41 94401 • ... 111411118• Mrs, Ste la B. Irvang. is a candidate for congre s from California. Kansas s a law which protects its women wor ers' both in wages and the number of hours of employment. The propirtion which women formed of the totallmunber of women workers fl English' munition factories, rose from 14 per cent in January 1916, to 23 per cent in January, -1918: . Over 40000 women are now em- ployed in making munitions for the English army. Waitresses in Oregon receive a minimum wage of $1.61 per week. Women trade unionists in Great Britain now number over 300,000. The number of women in govern- ment positiOns in England exceeds by far the nuMber of females employed by any other country in the world. Female garment workers in Ottum- wa, Ia., have been granted a 10per cent increase in wages. All the food consum3d in France raised, by -women workers. • Miss .Elizabeth Christman of CI& cago has taken up her duties in Wash- ington as chief of a staff of women ex- aminers for the national war labor board. Women workers on the busses,trama and underground railways in London, have been granted an increase of 46.25, per week. 4 • Miss Jeanette Rankin, the only Ivo_ man in Congress, was defeated for election to the senate at the recent election held in Montana. a Twenty-five hundred street ear mem in Cleveland threaten to strike if the Cleveland Railway company carries out plans to put women on the ears as conductors, NM, • ''CI•1001•1••••••••••••••••••••••••=•••-,300:0,t,......••••••a' 4 • Friend . 44; eininnwn The Pandora, Range. is your real friend on V,Tasli. day. .Ch:ange the top around, set the boil- er on the far side and. use t1f... three nearest holes -4, you can ,boil on all of theth. Din -ter 'on tirrie,; no' extra fuel, 110 rush or confusion. FOR SALE BY enry. McCiarls Rang London Toronto Montreal Stejohn, N.B. Hamilton- Calgary Winnipeg Edmonton Vancouver Saskatoon Keep ,WRIGLEY'S in mind as the longest, lasting confection y04 can buy. Send It to the boys at the front, l!i War Time Economy !! i 1! in Sweetmeats- a 5 -cent package of WRIGLEY'S will give you several days' enjoyment: it's an investment in benefit as well as pleasure, for it helps teeth, breath, appetite, digettion. I CHEW IT AFTER EVERY MEAL The Flavour Easts Sealed tight -Kept righti 111111111 ; .. e,, 1 - • MADE IN • CANADA = • 140. iitati(1134-1111.11' 1-111;3.--71 1 :04 *Pr LW:200 „ ne If you have to NI money make y hard for you. Our Savings Depz annuniTand this int4 principal iwice a ye DEM SEAFORTH BRANCH; 40011101111110$10100101110011101111.XXIIIK file non. Expanitn, - DISTRICT MATTERS EXETER 1)eath of Mrs. Sanders. -On Mel morning September 17th, tt 'death occurred a ler home on Mal Y. t I stree.yetetao,rfs7txh:eter irot,iertosafsainCanuadetihias3riannleyrsVs,o, sapTgc -reite Mrs. Sanders had been in decl health for about four years, a rly she had been confined to h . Only a strong constituti de it possible for her to keep 20N e inevitable for such a lengthy pe Born in Cobuorg on July 4' I she came with the family to E er when a girl and resided here ev e. She was a most estimable w and respected by all. She ma the late Mr. Sanders, who pass y just one year ago. Deeeas la survived by one daughter, M. • Mamie Sanders at home, one half-si Mies Clara Vesper of Exeter, a two 11-M, brothers, John, of Washingt s . -state, and George of Toronto. T funeral, which' was private, took pia tin Thursday to the Exeter cerneter -CONSTIPATED CHILDREN . Childhood constipation can be quic lar banished through the use of Babt 'Own Hablets. These Tablets are . tad but thorough laxative whi Sever fail to regulate the bowe fsweeten the, sicanach and in this w :relieve all the minor -ills of little on ncerning them Mrs. Eugene Co ture, Knox Bridge, Que., -writes: -"Baby's Own Tablets have been in %lams in the case of my baby, wie constipated and feverish but t ableti soon regulated her bowels a Made her well." The Tablets a soli. by medicine dealers or by m at 25 eents a box from The Dr. W Varna' Medicine Co., BrOckville, 0 SIR DOUGLAS HAIG A GREAT! COMMANDER Vol Repington said the othe'r' d that the British army is the beet of t :Allies' forces, let the semi& best which it may, and on this propositi -he cannot start any argennent aro here. In the past we have obeers, a tendency M some friendly nu ters to praise the British army the skies, but to hint that its 0. cers are hardly worthy of the ni that they are gallant fighters, verging on: brainlessness. The pr sibility is that our officers are j e.s keen and understand the points of modern ss-arfare as well -do the French, and that they - ass the German officers just as *tish soldiers surpass the Ger troops. This ,may not have been in the early days of the wail - doubtedly it was not so. But I 'not couple of years there has a great sifting out Influence non now win for an incornpe leader an important command, can a blunderer file as a proper fence for the sacrifice of br Ven's 1.13,-eS the unquestioned fact kis own courage. Nobody now apoligize for the British offie from the lieutenant to the c th m adequate homage. mander ikchief. We cannot rumor, proba.bly baseless, TDeen Ovulated to the effect ir Donglas Haig is to be retir -his awn request, and this gives New York Times an opportunity pay tribute to the British #ield Shall. "Modest and indifferen it says. "he will be reek' among -the great commanders, fame," the greatest war in history." Th' -00 more than the truth. Sir Don "'Haig has had a task than is OTI the greatest_ eve's. laid on the s ders of one man. Yet "he bad Weakened, under it. So far a tnan judge • from the frequent tographs we +eve seen of 'him, face shows little sign of the ter, strain he has been under since • French retired and left hive oharge of the British arrniea. he is seen smiling.. At 57 he is Very prime of life, and younger.. He has been descri a "consummate hqrsernan," a daily rides, which have beert rarely interrupted for -many rilaY' probably explain the • stoop a his shoulders. Oorxe dents say that- he is fit phys as any man in his ariny. As the Times -remarks the w Ca that he has gone through istrength apparently unimpaired, -*ordeal with a sound brain _ Isince 1915, there have been - rommanders of the French Barely indeed does he permit bhEignSis Tfloafdeernalthe ionto 7nsicoarrnh.iei: ifis message to the British arm September -10, when he thank. lour weeks' fighting sneaks f deevolotio7n5,0i0n0 ''-vtO:rdsifs 43.rorahloer caanpdtur briers and 750 guns in the cou roagnitude -of your efforts a kiagnificence of your aehieven A' d, 'these never w said that the army had m , through any dark days Please Gi , z turn." It is not often that this oldier speaks the name of tept when he attends tide little bYterian church near his hea ters every Sunday morning. thing more different than his to his -army and those issued 0-00,