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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1915.

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ABOUT

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RHEUMATISM.

will be followed lo regard to the schiera ments of ather divisions, and regimanta, No one grudges them the eatbosiastic: tribute ▲ gentleman at the front some tima ago gave me an entertaining story of

The joints and muscles ut people suffering an argument behind the linos as to whathat from Rheumatism and Lumbago ate like the Camerons, the Gardons, the Black Watch,

SATURDAY, 18th DECEMBER, 1915, orion Highlander. He had beep next to

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JAPANESE

A LARGE QUANTITE | OF

CURIOS. Comprising:-

&c.,

&c.

for the Graals warn entitled to the highest the hinges of an old neglected gate. When honous. All were directly represented in the pater being opened the hinges show dispate except the Guards, who claims their bad condition by creating and refusing were moal warmly urged by burly to swing ossily because they are clogged. "with rust. When the Rheumatic-stricken the Guards on famous occasion, and Joints and mmelse are moved they work he know. It was'n dos testimony by nne only with difficulty and pain because they ace clogged with peisodious deposits of urie soldier to comrades of other regions acid. But other Divisions of the New Army have not been so fortunate to having their dueds recounted. The Highlanders, at any rate, could wish for no higher tributs than this pail by the General Commanding the Chasseurs Alpins, who pot long ago aske that he might be given a Highland Brigade,

muscles by impure blood. To find rollof This poison is carried to the joints and ad cure it is absolutely necessary to cleanse and enrich the blood, for so long as the blood in poor and poisonych so long

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will the Rheumatism or algo remain Ever ready as an entertail er in your system, growing mara koti mere severe as time goes on.

or ersa a battalion of Camerons OF Black Watch. to fight side by side with his men in the Vösgen. - It is a pity"

By their rapid purifying yet tonie action that for militery remains the request could the blood, by making now, rich, red lood at every dosa, Dr. Williams' Pisk not be granted, and that the Sesta and Pills have cured more suas of Rheu Chascours,

taona of the mountain and

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and gives a perfect

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children of the mist, were not to fight malism (even in its worse and most abroais reproduction of the world s sido by side Sir John French recently fur and of Lumbago, than of any other summarised the splendid work of the the-bloodlessness they are

maladion excepting Ansamis. For dusemis. tish Division at Loos. But did some other remedy, as bas bean ptured by their the natomi rocord! Taka the Divisions get provence is that not uniborless cures in all parts of the World, Scottish Division, ons into which the Bower Let Dr. Williams' Pink Pula begint their of our keenest and most patrintis youth work of dispelling spur Rheum dism, of docked some fourteen gonths ago Surely it NOW Obtainable from mer is a venders

purifying and building up your blood would have been good thing that fewhould be known that this Scottish Division of everywhere, and the Dr. Williams Mladir as Kitchener's Army tank the

Co., 96, Szechuan Road, Shanghai, 1| Habonzollern

buttle for $1.5 (0 bottles 98/-) post fres. Redoubt and Fosse No. 8 in the attack bi the 25th-97th September. It was an honour, to the New Armies that- twa of their Scottish Divisiona were chosen. Fɔr" that great asssalt, and a mention of the fact would have greatly helped recruiting, What possible gain was there in concealing the identity of this and other Divisions

himself as a "Strede ca a busines

The Germans knew it live weeks ago The visit to Japan. The German prisoner concealment seems to be pretty much on a then took an ... launch to Moji and par with the "omission, of the 10th Trish | Bourded the NYR. steamer Yawatu Division in the fighting in Gallipoli.

Maru, which took him to Shanghai with- but any mishap.

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**TOUCH WOOD, AND " When Mr. Asquith in the Hease of Commons, referred to the insignificant Sachs followed, encouraged, no douist for Xmas as per details below:- British losses in transport, men and stores by the stress of his predevetor. The overseas, Mr Ballour was observed to Tenn forward and gravely touch the wood of the first part of his itinerary was the unk table. Some of

of his colles.nes smiled at the

(as that of Liputenant dropfe, that S, performance of this superstitious rite, but the departure" froin Hukáta hp"they"

qt. Dry Royal, 1 qt. Full Rich Fort, 1 bat Light Dry": Ehefaca of the First Lord never relaxed. What did he mean when be cached train and Ermkfastre-

SH Sherry, 2 bots. B. & W. Whisky, & bots. Dry Gin, 1 pr. wood"? In ordinary times this problemer. would have giron rise to

Daminareki A Shinski he Peppermint cassion. The

resting dis.bought a ticket to Molded' and took

$20 a Case. the ava

asgow Herald "mys that passage for Eusan by the Iki Maru, andd ge individual knows what he thence to Peking over the gallway- ARDS wh he touches wood"; he hopes

No, d. The bine prisoner to run away subsequent events will not convict him of --coilet Sota.

pramature boasting. But was that the was Lieutenant Gelbert. This &c., Gold Damascene foundation of the Fitt Lord's soluma chove the early morning train for his

performance of this s newhat mysterious departure from Hakata on the 17th dắt,]* rite, or does the Navy attach to it" sume

Large Silk-embroidered and inlaid Screena, Sük-embroidered Wall Hangings by Collard Collard,-good-and Cushion Covers, Bronze and Brass Lanterne, Bowls, Carvings, Vases, Figursy,

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Carvings Mother-o'-pearl inlaid Panels and Plaques, Tortoiseshell- by Mcniegton & Weston good Hand-painted Bowls and Plates, Imari Bowls, Fall Phase

condition,

Ware, Kaga and Nagoya Tea Sets, etc., etc. Two Boudoir Grand Pianos by Bradwood & Son, Piano by Koch & Schre," Piaco by Weindenslawfe..

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SATURDAY,

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A LARGE AND VARIED ASSORTMENT OF

XMAS TOYS Comprising :-

Large. Small and Squeaking Dalls, Air- skips......Aorpplanes Pop-ons Lend Soldiers,

Boxes, Tin Cinematograph Trumpets, Cotton 3 genns. Rabbits. Dogs Ten Soc, Swat. Claus Birds in Cages, Buy on Cycle Motor Cars, Trains, Trans. Automobil Auto Racing Car, Har- montane, Xos Tree Orsments, Drums,

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ASSORTED TOYS. `- Particulars will be published later. Texas :—Cash.

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HUGHES & HOCGH,

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SCOTTISH LETTER.

(Continue from pays 2)

8 pts. Medoc Superieur, 2-bots. Light Dry Sherry 2 bots. Full Rich Port, 2-bots. Gia, 1 bot xxxxx Brandy, 2 bots. Red Seal Whisky;•

$25 a Case.

1 qt. Louis Roederer Champagne, 1 qt. Sparkling Red

deeper significanes pakaown to the presumably to save trouble to his friends landlubbar multitude The Nary, in who might be, asins" trang him if addition to its genial habit of hitching Arriving at Shinnok be visited a Burgundy, 1 qt. Old White Port, 1qt. Vino de Pasto Sherry, restaurant, where he regaled himself with 3 pts. Medoc Superieur, 1 qt Graves, 2.bots. B. & W. Whisky hear, took the heat to Kores and theace1 pt. Peppermint. reached Peking by train without any molestation on the way.

sincks, has some qucer ways.

After the battle of the Bight of Heligoland was recorded that one of our gunner pat upon the projectile while it w being placed in the gun, and that he scored ahit, the enemy's ship eventually being suak. The incident was related at the time as comet ing which a trivial and xousing, but an eminent scholag, io folk his predecessors over the beaten tracks M. Blore has since pointed out that as a matter of Korea and Manchuria. The journey of fact that gooner was doig an act of of the fifth ran. Lieutenant Modile, war sacrifics of enormous antiquity. Fimitivo

C pain A. J. A. Menzies, RA.M.C., attached to the 1st Royal Dragoons, has been awarded the DS.U.

The fourth mea, Lieutenant Tenen. also safely found lits way to Brhing like

eut surt in Korea and he was brought

for coas, cucus gallantry and devotion to folk en aidered the input of theme eventfu! Man the others, as it was: daty from 26th to 9th September in Lon. soul, and segarded parting wack to his old carp at Faitoka n He was unremitting in his attention to the tantamount to a sacrifice. It was not only wounded of all anite, was twice seen carrying them co a stretcher under rifles act of propitixtion, hut. sin thank.already reported, fire, and for 35 hours was continually exposing himself to heavy shell fire while carrying out his duties. Captain Menzies is the son of the late Alexander Menzies, of Lankat Estate, Sumatra, and of Mrs. Stephens, 30 Marrayfield Read Edinburgh. Ele was educited at Edinburgh Academy and Edinburgh University, of which he is graduate both in arts and medicine,

Lieut Browne, who receives the Military Meds), belongs to the South of England, and is a graduate of Edinburgh University.

At the outbreak of war, he returned from

Ning-po; Chian-where he was engaged A medical missionary.o

THE LATE SIR BOBERT LAI-LAW,

defined as a lively sense of favours to ffering-And of course graticade has been come. The survivals of this ancient form of sacrifice are too numerous to record here, but the original more, like so many other mode. concepts us of fine oid talk car mobile, bas degrade i to mare luck." Fishermen in some para, spis into the mouth of the Erst 5-6 of the fabing an offaring, to the ses gad, and when the British gunner spat on the projec ile ba was appealing, according to the ancient interpretation, to the God of Wa

Mr Balfour's belief in the efficacy of the touch" to ward off evil things reminds M. C. M." that the Fite fisher pouple. who regard the sight or maitinof pig as bad omen, are accustomed

A clergymen preaching to "ndianco A Bieber

*

FIVE MINUTES.

Incident That Brought Teirs to Saldiers' Eyes.

Sergeant X. E. Berry" writing to a friend at Newport, Mon.. relates an a cident in which the (femians granted a truce the fire minuter to enable the British to bring in a wounded man. He

writes:---

** I heard a cry in front of our tranch.

ir Rubert Laidław, who died at Haysa, touch iread this superstition I was from whanded man on the Ger- I

with

1054 Kent, after a short illness, was a son of the Late Mr. William Taidlaw, formar, and was born. at Benchester, Buzburghshire, in He road the chapter dealing che una parapet, and he was begging is to January, 1858. received his early

The Brat mention of bring him in. He had been there from education at Kirkton and Denholm Parish Gadarene wine.

these animals perturbed the anagregation, the Saturday, when the charge was made Schools, and afterwards served an appren

Both men and women fumbled for nails in until dinner time on the following Mon, tiesship to the drapery trade in Hawick the woodwork of the peas, or in the soles day, and was near dead from his wounds Ee thea weat to London, and shortly of their boots At the second meation of afterwards to South Africa, when he was

St. John's Cathedral.

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LITERATURE AT THE FRONT.

nineteen years of age, and remained the wine there were murmurs of "Crald And, from hunger. We knew we could there for two years. Then, with two air," and before the minister had finished not go net to him, but at last one of our companions, he sailed from Natal in the chapter he was rusding to empty pow. officers who could speak German shouted 187. with the object of going

and asked the enemy if we might carry Japan. But before he reached Japan he What do our soldiers read in the him in. This was a brave act, for it we ascertained that prospects there were not trenches! Everything, for every class is only put our heads over the parapet we eo good as hac bene represented, and he represented in the Army. An Edinburgh are liable to be killed. wont do further than ladia. In 1889 he youth not long part à from his schoolbooks opened business in Caleatts, with which has made his acquaintance with Ruskin in city he's closely associated for the the last pines he would ever have thought five minutes in which to fetch him. remainder of his life. The tade in soft of under the gun. Ats wayside camp,Immediately fifteen of as jumped over to goods which he built up astauded rapidly, which s ssomed to have been left in a hurry? I go to him, but our captain ordered us and within a few years branches were he writes, "I found a copy of Sesame sad back, feeling that the Germans might be

A

Lillies' and 'Ethics of the Dust.' I am

The Germans shouted back and gave

established in the leading commercini centre of

of India. Up to the time when he planged in it now. It is a wonderftkbook, so tempted to shoot on the assumption that began basiures in Ind

Indis, the custom of the fail of condensed wisdom as to require many we were going to charge. So one oficer 2068 trade there had been to gire long er dit readings." Is this not a strange introduction and man went out with a stretcher and

with correspondingly high prices. The to a great writer? That boy will never business of Whiteaway, Laidlaw. & Co forget his first meeting with Baskin # was established on a cash basis. In the course of a fow ye large houces WOJE established at Bombay and Rangoon, and branches throughout northern and western Todia, including Chenpore, Darseling, Karachi, Lahore, Lucknow, Marree, Mas- worse. Nairi Tal. Prona, Rawal Piodi, and Simba, Afturwaida houses wara, extuli

SINGON & CO.

İNTA BLIKHED A.D. 1880.

GERMAN PRISONERS IN JAPAN.

carried the poor fellow in. He cried with joy. when he knew he was safe. though he was very badly wounded. While they were carrying this man they saw another neatly covered with earti. Two others went out and brought him in," and then we gave three, choers for the Germans, who had proved they are mot all bar. I can tell you this incident brought tears very near to amay a man's

TRON STEEL METAL and HARD lished at Madras, Colombp. Malmein. How Recent Escapes Wire Effected..

WARE MERCHANTS. Wholesale Mandalay, Penang, Singapore, Shanghai and Four Upholstered Suitos, Arun-chairs and and. Retail Ironmongers. Pig Iron and Hongkong. Sure years ago the humincas was Sofas, Card Table, &c., Bedroom Furniture, Foundry Coke Imperters. General Storo- formal into limited company, with Sir 11s Japanese authorities with com- eyes." Double and Single Brass-mounted Bed-87, So LoonG ST, (and Street, we

keepers and Shipchandlers N 35 and | Robert Laidaw sa managing director. Hemendable thoroughness and attention fo steade, Sideboard by Powell, Ltd., Dinter of Central Market) Telonana Fo. 515

Bongxcus. baptember 4, 1919. Waggon, Extension Dining Tables sad Chairs, Tea and Occasional Tabler, stc., etc., Dinner Servics" French Porcelain", Tea and Coffee Services, Crockery, Glass and E.-P. Ware, 2 Cooking Stores, Suudry Cutlery, Bram padats, Curtain Poles, ote', ate.

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also bec me. in erested in fas and rubber detail, but unfortunately too late for their plantations On retiring from the activa researches to have any practical value, conduct of his insaines in the East, be lived have carried out investigations as to the for st

A time

at Chilebatar, Kent, and subse quently removed to London. Sir Robert exact trains the escaped German prisoners travelled extensively,

and an

an adventurous took in their fight, the places where they excursion which he made-in-Tibet in

1 dined, the particular brands of year they

1897 rovering the runte ubsequently. taken by the British military expedition, drunk, and so forth. They have published gnized for him & Fellowship of the Royal the result of their investigations, presume Geographical. sely

In 1909 he was chly by way of consolation, and we avail appointed by the government to be one of ourselves of the following extract, sayı the British-representatives on the interna, the Japany Laroucle

tional Opium Commission at Shanghai No. 1-Lieutenant Kemple left the His political career began in 1906, when.

Radical candidate for East Fukuoka comp early on the morning of RonIrewabir, -Kon the rent from Sir November 1soren days before the

he stood d

Election in January 1910 he was defeated

Hagh Shaw Stewart. At the General camp authoritics became aware of the prisonern and took the by Captain Gilsour, the Unimpist

absence of some candi dste. About three years ago he was first train from Hakata for Shimonoseki; adopted as prospective Radimi candidate Arriving at the latter place at 8.15 he Roxburghshire, He received his leisurely breakfasted at the Banyo Hotel, knighthood in 1909. In 1870 he married where he recoined till 2.20, represents Mary Elias, widow of Mr W. L. Francis,

and a daughter of Captain W. B.. Collins. GJJECKISARY RETICENCE.

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