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A Coloured Coldstreamer. Private James Silm, who was born in Jamacis, and is a coloured man, has enlisted in the 4th (Reserve) Coldstream Guarde dj Windscr. He first" joined the Foreign Legion of France, and was wounded while serving in the trenches. When be recoverod he expressed a desire to join the British Army, and Lord Kitchener granted bia wish. He ia now going through a course of training at Victoria Darrsaks, and hopes shortly to leave forthef ont. He is the first colcared Guardsma within memory,

Patriotic League in Foochow.

The Focchow. Branch of the Patriotic League of Britons Over- eras has made an excellent begin- ping. The first subscription list of thirty-six Dames represented donaticna totalling $2,670 50.

A Statue of Captain Scott,

A bronze statue of Captain RF. Scott has bee erected in Portsmouth. 'Dockyard and was unveiled on Friday last by Admiral Sir Hedworth Meux, the Commander-in-Chief. It is the work of Lady Scott, and shows the explores in Antarctio dress

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German Soldier's "Cheek." Reports appear in several bow a soldier shaved himself on the top of a trench and sang A story of a German who stood Japonesa papera in Koten sayings writes:- that black plague is prevailing

in English is told by Private Al- It makes one laugh to see fred Cowen, 2ud, Scottish Rifles, along the upper part of the Yala respectable solicitors and arch-writing from a hospital in Le river. It is said that in the latter itects and other professional men Havre to his mother in Glasgow. part of January an epidemic wandering about a grubby goods Mrs. Cowen has all her three prevailed in Dinkianghsien, and siding, picking up or pilfering sons fighting. The eldest, F. B.tery Path. forty eight men died. It is also bite of coal and packing cases to Cowen, is in the Navy, and the reported that at Wateur heien make fires. In camp almost youngest, Jackie, aged 17, is in about one hundred men had died everyone gets an empty bully the Royal Scots. Alfred writes of plague. The Seoul Preas saya beef tin and knooks holes in it, as as follows:- it seems to be true that some you zde navvies do with old pails, epidemie claiming many victims to keep a little charcoal fire going second time, and were just getting We were in the trenches for the has been prevailing in the dia-inside the tents; you ess them, up to give the Germans a slight tricts mentioned. It is not, too, in many of the cattle trucks, reminder, when a big, droning however, believed that the disease those that are permanently noise came in our direction. Some floor, Queen's Road Central, ferably with

board and residence, pro- is plague, but scarlet fever. oconpied by two or three men one shouted "Duck" like hell.

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Apply B.V." c/o "Hongkong LINSTEAD & DAVIS. Telegraph." ing the Manchurian districts counted to me thue; He got affected.

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I was on my hands and knees by The Lato Professor James Goikle, bottom of a basin and rubbed itit, and I thought someone had toys. They are worth £50 at least,

The death - Professor James on bis face with one finger, then, shoved a red-hot pcker between Geikie, for many years Dean of taking his razor in one hand and my legs. It was a small part of here, but when the Germans start the Faculty of Science in Edin- bead in the other, proceeded to the shell; it had got me on a very abelling they get in the cellaro. Eastern Extension Australasia

All the poor people are still burgh University, took place in hack the hair off. Edinburgh last month. He was

tender apot. I lost a good deal They don's trouble themselves an Edinburgh man, horn and

of blood in the trench before about the Germane, but you would A soldier who is with the was picked up.

& China, Telegraph Co. bred-born there in August, 1839, machine-gun section. of the 4th and educated at the High School Rifle Brigade, tells how the fight condition-up to the belly in (Armentisree).

think they would as the Germans The tranches are in a terrible are only half-a-mile from the town and the University. In his tastes are make out which way the water in some places. You say and studies there, as in subsequent shells are going by the tone they you hope I will give a good we do the cooking for the officers When we are in the trenches periods of,bie career, he followed whistle. Ho says:-

account of myself. Trust this in a ruined farm, which has got olore on the steps of bis elder. We are getting quite expert in chicken; I will be in at the death, brother, Sir Archibald Geikie, telling which way the shells are You would not believe how near the fireplace still standing I In 1861 he entered the Geological going, as our own whistle a difor the Germans were to us. One happened to be etending there Survey of Scotland, of which bis cut tune to those of the Germans. of them had the rotten cheek, then a sniper's bullet dropped at brother was afterwarde director. Want to know how the tone goes? stand up on the top of the trench my feet and another knocked a In 1871 Archibald Geikio resign- Our whistle, well it goes like this: and sing "H! Hi! Hi! Mr. chimney and spoiled the dinner. ed his post as Director of the

Bally beef, bully beef and Meckie!" in good English. An Than they dropped a few shells Survey to accept the new Murchi- biscuite, plum and apple, apple other was telling us he was a in the barn, and you should have son Professorship of Geology and and plom, plom, plum, apple, billiard- merker in England. Mineralogy, James deikie, who apple bally beef, tiscuits, bully had been made a district aurveyor beef, beaf, ball-and an oa till thing. I always thought France

I can speak French quite the seen us scoot down the collar till it had quietened down. You in 1880, auccessed to it in 1882, you go on sentry, then the tune was when his brother was made Direcébanges to

soon get used to that, as it is an warm country, but it is everyday coourrence. colder than Scotland.

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tor General of the Geological Ping, ping, splash, pong, ping, Surveys of the United Kingdom.ping and away one goes to Light years before his appoint- got in and get under" till things the following account of his ex by Private J. A. Pemberton, 3rd. A ganner in the R.F.A. sends killed by a bursting shell is told How be narrowly escaped being ment to the ch ir he bad publish- quieten down again.

periences: ed "The Great Ice Age," which bas since passed through several Au officer of the R.F.A. writes: now, and we have to be very neur Accring on. He writes:-

The weather here is splendid Battalion Coldstream Guards, in editions and made him at once an

a letter to relatives in Church, The number of pathetic little careful of acroplanes when it is acknowledged authority on glacial ferosses under the willows at the so clear. You dare not turn your

The Germans in front of us are geology, Professor Geikie was bottom of the hill increases. They face skyward (unless you have not very reatless, and keep trying to one of the founders of the Royal are not the woret off. Three who had a wash for a few days) for break through, but we keep send-

"John. Bull" Joses a Libri Action, Scottish Geographical Society, have to be dug out with spades, fear of being seen. What with ing them back. They lose heavily and for six years president.

Mr. Douglas Halliday Macart- frezan in liquid mud, endure dodging seroplanes, lampa of every time, and there are ney, son of Sr Halliday Msoart- hardships which they would iron, end sleeping with fowls, it

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of dead Germans ney, formerly Cout cillor of the POPULAR CARD GAMES, Inyo... gladly exchange for a merciful is a gay life. But still we keep in front of us.

Chinese Legation in London, hos Of course, Mesers. Foster and Cranfield Bullet. And the bad asses have smiling. Wonderful, is'nt it? we drn't get off scot free. We lost been awarded £100 damages in old last month, at Tokenhouse-eventually to be empatated. yard, by order of Mr. Arthur F. Boxing Contest at the Front.

about 14 killed and 30 wounded an action against John Bull Whinney, the traatee, a policy of Writing to a friend in Nelson, bounders tried to break through of absking hands with Winston to got cadet corps recognised by We have been very busy lately, this last three daye, but they paid The libel was an attempt to throw at it day and night. The sancy doarly for it. I had the pleasure diccredit on the plaintiff's efforts segurance for £155,000 with the Gunner J. Lovett, of the R.F.A., London Assurance Corporation. tells how our soldiers amuse our battery was there. We soon

our liner, but they did not know Churchill the other day as we realised £10,150. The policy themselves by contests at the showed them the way to Berlin. were going up the trenches was effected in February, 1912, front, He eage

Mission Funds, on the life of a man aged 41 years. We are having a very buse At any rate they have not and he wished us good luck, but the Central Board of Missions of The annual budget issued by The annual premium is £4,966 time again. The Germans gave Bloner Spoiled by Sniper's Bullet mind if we get through all right, that the minimum amount re-

coma for B. second "dose. some of our lade had none. Never

the Church of England showE Deed, payable yearly on our lads in the trenches a surprise Writing to his wife in Bolton, and, with God's help, I think I February 17 nntil 1981. If the visit the other day, but they get Private J. Warburton, "A" Com shall.

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the home when a shell burst and kill- ed Harry on the Bro How it saured person was on officer and about 100 the next day. From rring with the Territorial what I saw of them they had a tieres. The owners b

We are in a billet in Armeniɛsed me God only knows. I Forces, and liable, of course, to lot of boys with them

from the house we are in and were three killed and about four have fed suppose it must be fate, There bave left everything in the rooms. put us in all the hollest shops, TF you have lost your appetite wounded all round me. They They must be rich people who lived here. The furniture must but we always beat the Germans, here cont hundreds of pounds,

one of the big variety of and they must have been young

to why they put us there, I dainty dishes at the ALEXAN-

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ign service, but the policy We had a boxing contest the wiihent restrictions as to other day and about 18 entered or Occupati and, for it. The captain gave a nice twasexempt from any prize for the winner, who was 40 pay an oressed fad from Sunderland, and he ala

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