SEAL COFFEE is still the favorite BLADDER relieved in - 8 ahavoaation Sreatment visits 3. success nt property § Wornout par- | 3 dia i Tie young- 1 | been s and are == | Newfoundland. dk a 5 os - 50 1 i) OF 218T, BATTALION OF TRIP TO ENGLAND Heard of Torpedoing Of 88. Lusitan- ia = Two Operations For Appen- dicitis were Performed During the | Voyage. One of the officers of ihe 21st Bat- talion has written his mother about bis trip across the Atlantic. "We had a beautiful sail down the river towards the gulf," he writes. The Metagama slackened at Quebec at about eight o'clotk in the evening while we exchanged pilots and drop- ped the mails. At Quebec the com- manding officer receive wires of good luek from the Goveryor-Gener- al and O.C. of the Montreal Military division. The brass, bugle and pipe bands have given us lots of music, and we had a jollifieation on deck in the evening. Friday, May 7th.--After dinner most of the sixteeswr Mundred were on deck. The men were singing on the deck aft, and large number of the of- ficers joined in from the promenade deck above. ' Some of our fellows and those of the hospital units have fine volees, and it was well worth while to hear some of the patriotic songs they sang,--and others of Hghter strain. I never heard "Nearer My God to Thee" and "Lead Kindly Light" sung to equal it, at least it appeared like that. The Laval Hospital, crowd sang "O Can- ada" in French, Of c¢qurse, pro- menading is in vogue at all times and so after dinner when the brass band came on deck, the crowd danced. Our fellows are commencing to get acquainted with the nursing sisters, £0 there were a good many of khaki arms embracing the fair sex, in that rather stulining uniform of blue with red trimmings. Major Gray, said, as we looked on, that it was charac- teristic of the British to "carry on" like this even nights before battles, and he called to mind, among other instances, Wellington and his offi- cers at the dance the night before Waterloo. Talk about the "broth- erhood of man." Eleven hundred of us fellows on our way to Europe with the avowed purpose of killing, and 490 doctors and nurses on board to taKe care of any of us who get scratched in the melee! We had simply a glorious day and are now speeding out into the gulf. We passed some ships to-day as well as'sighting some whales. Saturday, May 8th.--We just had a pleasant evening. This afternoon was uneventful. - All the nursing sisters paraded for a short drill. They certainly are a swell bunch. Blythe, the boy who used to hold the bull- dog in No. 4 Company, was operated upon this afternoon for appendicitis. They think he will be all right. All the troops on board paraded thiz afternoon for an inspection by the Brigadier.' There is rumor aboard, and some say that it Is con fsmed. that the 88. Lusitania. bas or rman destroyers. We out inte the Gulf alone runhing along the coust of Sunday, May 9th.-~We are think. ing a great deal of home to-day. 1 suppose the usual routine is going on : and that hundreds of people in Eastern Ontario are feeling pret- Well to come to the point on the fourth and fifth days after salling that a large percentage of th "contract that feeling'. "There is no use of i telling you what te do, when you get it you'll de it." Our medical offi- had to leave" his patients several times while he "yawned!" We are seéing lots of ice, and 'twe or three beautiful bergs from three to five miles away. There was fog this a. m., and the ship slowed down. Capt. Kidd, our chaplain preached at ser- it was held on sight. Our brass band lead thé singing. At 11.30 o'clock we learned of the confirmation of the report that the had gone down, and rea- frightened our relatives be to-night. - One fellow has| gt remarked that thousand of pray- s will be offered up in the homes Monday, May 10th.~This 1s & Afth day aboard and we have had he rough Sréather Jet, Jat ihe Saltinual ) of the not conductive the healthiest Hate of your stom- h, Sa iis rench fabing vessel passed about, we. Jhonght peculiarly, but If cluding the mounting of || guns on the upper decks. This morning with waves breaking over the bow, all troops paraded om the decks with their life-bells to ses that all ranks understood how to ad- just them. Our run from Tuesday poon to Wednesday noon was 352 miles; Thursday, May 13th.--Capt. Me Cully has been sick for days." The port holes have all been closed; no lights showing. One of the fellows threw my alarm clock out the port-hole because kept it ringing too much. We are now in the danger zone to-night and running almost due south. derstand that we came under Admir- alty protection this morning. Friday, May 14th.--We have just had what we hope will be our' last dinner aboard. We expect to land at Plymouth about to-morrow morn- ing. Saw numerous ships to-day. C. M. 8. Lattion was operated on for ap pendicitis this morning. BASEBALL RECORD. 7 National League. Sunday. Cincinnati, 4; Pittsburgh, 3. Chicago, 3; St. Louis, 2 (ten in- nings). «Fad Saturday. New York, 5; Brooklyn, 1. Boston, 9; Philadelphia, 4, Chicago, 3; Cincinnati, 1, St. Louis, 0; Pittsburgh, 0 (first gamo, called). St. Louis, 6; Pittsburgh, 3 (second game). American League. Sunday. Cleveland, 2; Chicago, 1. Detroit, 8; St. Louis, game, 12 innings). Detroit, 2; St. Louis, 2 (second, called). 2 (first Saturday. Philadelphia, 2; Boston, game). Boston, 6; Philadelphia, 6 ond game). St. Louis, Detroit, 7; game). 83 8t: Louis, 3 (second Jame, called). Detroit, Federal League. 1 (first (sec- 1 (first Sundey. Kansas City, 8; Chicago, , 3 (first game, Chicago, 1; Kansas City, 0 (sec- ond game.) . : Pittsburgh, 4; St. Louis, 0. ? Saturday, St. Louis, 11; Brooklyn, 0 (first game.) St. Louis, 4; Brooklyn, 4 (second game called.) Baltimore, 4; Kansas City, 3. International League, Sunday. Newark, 2; Jersey City 1 (190 in- nings.) ie Proyidence, 10; Richmond, 9. Saturday. Toronto, 3; Jersey City, 2 (first game)' ; #t Toronto, 11; Jersey City, 7 (sec ond game). Buffalo, 4; Newark, 3 (first game.) Bufiglo, 11; Newark, 3 (fcond game.) 4 y Rochester; 4; Richmond, 3 (first game. Rochester, 4; Richmond, 3 (sec- ond game.) Montreal, 15; Providence, 6 (first game.) Providence, 7; Montreal, 6 (sec- ond game.) + Ready for Assembly, 5 All arrangements have been made at Grant Hall for the meeting of the Generul Assembly of the Presbyte- rian Chureh, which opens Wednes- day. night. Luncheon and dinner will he served to the delegates in the basement. Three class rooms and two other rooms have been set aside for the tables. Messrs. Reid & Ham- brook are 'the . Mr, Ham- catenin at the Methodist Dosfarame, © nga h n which 'opens this week in Ganan-: oque, he dal she ig "Buy Taleum Powders," Gibson's. a We un- | Avasnd {and Murphy, -- LANCE-CORP. W. HOLTHAN, RINGSTON, CAPTURED, By the Germans While Giving Drink to Capt. George T.Richardson's Ser. vant, Who Was Wounded--Being Treated Well. Mrs. W. Holthan, 64 re Markland on Monday received a letter from husband, Lanee-Corp. Hol- than, who is a prisoner of war. in . Corp. Holthan went from Kingston with the First Canadian Contingent. His letter is dated May 3rd at Giessen, Allemagne: ' "I am writing to you from Ger- many to tell you that I am a prisoner of war.. Iwas captured on the 24th Of April after the great battle. You Wwili-be worried, 1 expect, till you got to know the result . There are only a few of our battalion here, but there are nearly a thous.nd Canadiius ta- ken prisoners dlt-gether. Murray is here. 'He is the only one besides one other I know from Kingston. We are being treated all right, being kept clean, but it is awfully monotonous. .| We can't get any news of any sort, 1 "|shall be glad when you get this let. ter. Then your mind will be reliev. ed and you will know I am safe til the war is over, i "bam allowed to write one letter and one post card twice a month as far as I kmow, but I think we shall be able to write again in a couple of weeks. 1 am asking Sue to send me some biscuits and 'treacle, or any. thing she can. - We will not get any pay here, and we have no kit of any sort. 1 don't' know whether you can send a parcel. - You might enquire of the Red Cross. They will tell you; they are getting parcels from England. I think the best way for you to do is to ask Sue to send me x parcel and a little money while I am a prisoner, and send her two dollars. You will get a letter quicker from her than here, as our letters have to go through tht States.first, 'via Holland. I would not get anything from you under two months, "I dom't want you to worry now, as I am safe. I think it must have been you praying fer me saved me: There are not many men saved out of the 2nd Battalion. ~All the officers of our company have been killed ex- cept Capt. Richardson. I was giv+ ing his servant a drink of water when I got captured. He was wounded, I hope to be with you again, but you' must wait patiently now you know I am safe, "Ag'far as 1 know there are twelve Kingston men here, including Sergt Cross, Corp. Murray, Ptes: Hancock 'The remainder I dont' know, but they joined the 14th. "Germany is a fine country, and Belgium too. ' If you send a parcel send some biscuits and tobacco, and enquire the best way to send it. You won't have to pay any postage. Hope you will all keep in good health till I return" Sidi, Another Prisoner of War. A tel 'was received by Mrs, egram John Taylor, Montreai "strdet, ' from the Adjutant.General Monday that her &i ; prisoner of war in: any. Mr Taylor was attached to the 13th Bat- talion, C. BE. F., and enlisted 'with the 5th Royal Scots at Montreal. He is a brother-indaw to Gunner F.Mur- ray, who was killed at the fromt, and also to Joseph Murray, who is also a prisoner of the Germans, ARAMA Bryce Davidson A Prisoner. A telegram received by Mrs. Wil- liam Davidson, Sixth street, mother of Pte. Bryce Davidson, who a couple of weeks ago was reported missing, stated that Bryce was now in the bandk of the Germans and was in good health. The captured Can- adian soldier was 'taken ' after: the battle of . and three weeks ago he wrote from his German detention camp to his sister in To- ronto. The latter sent the news to Mrs. Davidson on Monday, and she was jubilant when she heard her son was safe. At. the Court House, David Sly, Sharbet Lake, charged with assault, will be in the County Judge's Criminal Court on Eras To the County oar wi be herd on InShort or Business i seldom a matter of luck, but. the result of. well 5 ? a Tiny particles of food remain in your mouth--even after you thoroughly brush your teeth. : These particles ferment to become acid. The acid tries its best to hasten decay of tho teeth. Too often it succeeds. To fight acid comes your own saliva. Saliva is alkaline. When it reaches the acids it neutralizes But=~many. folks haven't enough saliva. Modern : THE 21ST "DANY BLADE" Some Live Items in the First Tesue of May 13th. The 21st Battalion is having pab- lished a small paper called the "Daily Principles." = In the foreword of the issue of Thursday, May 13th, a para- graph reads: "The spirit is one of mockery, so it you want to take it seriously can your sentiments and work them off on the Huns. = We won't fight you, and we won't print your reply. We ly and (reputed) eorrect information but this has been held over for con- tinental consumption ,s0 nobody need be afraid. If you don't like what we say just think of what it might have been." | lows: "Capt. Cook's (medical officer) magnificent tribute to his lunch: 'Gone, but not forgotten," "Can whiskers be worn on active service?" "Bowling match at the club to- night." ¢ "Capt. -McCully threw up every- thing but his commission' y The last item refers to Lieut. Coo- per, officer commanding the Battal- ion Scouts. It reads: "All persons desiring information about subma. rines and other ereeping things apply A Service Of Song. A service of song was held in the First Congrigationsl Church Sun- Blade," which, it says, is "devoted |! exclusively to Ethicg and Satety First | have a magnificent supply of time-| Some of the notes read as fol-| to the Coopat Scout Com , corner | of Crow's Nest and Peering Alero { 3.0 HUTTON, diet has too much starch--a depressant to the salivary flow. Naturally you want to know what will keep the mouth normally moist and healthy. . Sterling Gum is a genuine corrective in mouth hygiene --a delicious, clean product with a sweet, natural after- taste. Chew Sterling Gum a few minutes after each meal for one week and notice the benefits. Wedding Day Memori It is not so fat back to your own wedding but that these June days will set you thinking of what a happy occasion that was, Will your little daughter in the years to come have as happy and pretty a wedding as her mother? If all well she undoubtedly ill, Jus if i the meantime you are family needs, how will she and the others will ha daily needs supplied ? The best, possible way o making CANADA LIFE 2 x ea General Agent, Kingston. > Ce NH ONG A AN A EN AN Rv OO 0 0 HY He A HAY