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B' 5 ua Fortunately, there RBQRB' {tch is in' reality a form, The dai of eczema. skin beoomes irritated a little infection ing, sting- caire for Bazberd' Tesh and Wcnenia in the use of Dr. Chase's Ointment, and once you have made the acquaintance of this soothing, heallax ointment, . you will alway' tion of -the'skin. kan on my: neck be alarmed. only mude it worse. - "A, friend of inine told me and fala ao. 'The applicati rellef to. the itching, entirely freed of this nd-{t- was dealer. Toronto. keep it on hand to apply after Not every time, but whenever there is'roughgess or Mr. Chas, A. Duxbury, Meaford, Ont, states +--"While ont in the Northwest I caught barbers' 1tcht dod anyone who han had {t will admit that st $s not at all pleasant. It be- low ithe chin, and spread until T It itebed no bad that te use Dr, jon of this ointment t-was not many weeks Un! : noying ailment." - Some of' the ingredients of Dr. Chase's Ointment are very expensive, and for this reason imitations and subeti- tutes are offered because they afford greater profits to tlie ~ They will only disappoint 'you. A. W. Chase's Ointment will positiyely cure. Dr.Chase's Ointment 60c a box, ali dealers, or Edmanson, Bates. & Co., Lta., ng. ita b 1° had to scratch it, and that Chase's Otatment, eave prompt til Twas The genuine Dr. From Pte, Allan Ingram "Pte. G. A. Iigram, now in a Hospital in. London with 'shrapriel wounds in. his: left arm and back, and the arm fractured, tells some of his: experiences at the Front in a letter. to his mother written on Aug. 7. My wounds are-healing nicely. There is po pain at all, my arm is in-splint. 1 think it will take some 'little time for the frac-~ ture to*heal up. 'The weather: will be 'better, for the boys in the trenches. now. - Lust week, 'secording to the papers, was wet in France. © People at home are hardly able to realize the exact situation of trench iife." When it rains for any length of time' out there the trenches set i 'an awful shape \ especially 'where there are no trench mate, 'These mate are jut like a slat walk and are made up in ions, The night I was wouided I had: 'to' walk over.a mile before I got.¥o the fearest dressing station. Of course, the ~ stretcher-bearer had! fixed me up before. Just when-I got. nicely 'started' bac came the rain good. and heavy aid shells 'were, whizzing about. too: -Part, of the trip was' O.K., as I could go slong 'a road but siter that I had to go through 'a parrow LETTERS FROM SOLDIERS The rain had made-it.pretty slippery: but I slashed' through the: puddles and finally got out. OK. I got a good: warm drink of: tow and, you. what, a 'persop' appreciates a warm drink -when he goes without one for three or four days. Gbing out I passed three or four dead Can- adisns in the trench, 'This was back tawards, |eupports, We, did not take so. very many prisoners that day and most of those taken were found in dugouts. © The trench we captured was badly smashed. up by our urtillery, so, I guess Fritz must have re- treated. leaving a few odd men, Our artillery fire is soinething desperate. when |it opens up on "Hiney." They say that the artillery fire at Vimy was heavier thin the world has ever known-befose, I: shall never forget Easter Monday, 1917, 'At Vimy there was- scarcely a square inch of ground that 'had not been torn up by shells. There' were shell holes practically all over, some filled with water: I do not know whether ail this "will be, interpsting, but it is just what things are like ox neat as I éan say, Before a battle the enemy's trenches are badly shelled. by us for @ day or so 'and then what is galled a 'barrage' or curtain of fire from our guns opens up on his lines 1. tell trench just wide' enough and, that Was all. 'y 'To have - selling gum gained first place as the largest = in the world means: that just ax we start over the top. It gradually s "-Jeome of the really so wonderful, this hard t6 clearly describe what it's like. "~ sisters, Mrs. N. P. Cross, 'Le A. Martin, 'Stroud. Pte. Spring is with a Toronto unit. in France. in old Cansda, I have 'never been the least bit lonesome or down-hearted: as I keep looking on the bright side of life. I am out-here' only doing my duty as the rest of 'the brave Canadians. I am here- with a bunch of fellows I Have known for's long it palit e 8 Ef fe H aul aoa F & 000. people have vi al Exhibition, yet in all time 'and some I have known all- my life fand Wwe always have some joke: to 'crack which keeps us-all in good heart. I suppose 'you people hear ° a great deal -about thi 'country and the hardships but we are all; féeling fine and looking fine and the boys tell me I am getting fatter than ever. I recrived. » dandy box from------dat June 7 and also some letters. I ami getting /my mail quite-- regularly now and get a buneh every time Canadian mail comes in and have received quite a number. of boxes. 'We are on rest riow and are Having a pret- ty 'good 'time, so don't worry. July 22--We are ing lovely weather over hers and a: lot of the farmers-are cut~ ting their grain, such as rye, Haying is the.order of the day. The wheat, will. soon be ready to cut too. Crops are all very good and there is°a great deal of wheat in this country phis year. I suppose all the farmers argdnd Churghill are busy at the |harvest, I hear the crops are sure good over there, "I. wouldn't mind if I were. at |a'threshing for a day just for the sake of | some 'good) pies, ete. They would certainly | go good now. I get lots of eats such "as | they are./ I will make up for the pies and |cakes when I get,back to-old Canada, All} + our boys are fine here. so far and shave been | very lucky.' However, we may have a change of luck but. we all hope for the best. | We have some: good: times over here. Of | course there are only oursdves.to make it \but we are never lonesome jand always find \something to smile at"a1d sometimes it's not 'much either. I sometimes think of the good times I have missed, but I'm not the only one who has missed them and T think I will enjoy ntyself for. being over: hege much better than if I had stayed bome and been.'s slacker. I sure would like to hear of conscription as there are lots of fellows over there:that should be in the army and T would like: to see some of them over here. They, wouldn't be so stuck on themselves. We see lots' of 'air fights and all kinds of fights. We find over here that the Cana- dianis all have a fecling for other Cana- Idians and we.are just.the same as if We had Known each other for years, Where the 177th Bn, Officers Are When the 177th Battalion was broken up, 'it was transferred into the 3rd Cana- dian Reserve Battalion, which reinforces the 4th and 19th Battalions in France. Capt. Clarke Wallace was the. only officer who remained with the men. Lt.-Col. Me- Phee has gone to. France as a town com: mandant. Major Scott is' with the High: landers (5th Reserve). - Major Kortright went to the Engineers.' Capt. Stewart and Capt. Hawkins went to the Imperial Army. Lieut. Mitchell and Lieit. Bird teyerted to the ranks. Lieut..A. E. Bell (quartermas- ter) Lieuts, Guthrie Bell, . Black, Ostic Grasett. and Magnus, are attached to an officers battalion; Capt. Paling. is in: the RAMC. Lievts. Orr Westenhanger. and Wood went to the Flying Corps. Most of the non coms. had to,go back to the Hopgood and Flynn 'were:Contin vergeants... Mast of the 177th men are in "C'! Company, which. is-in command. of Major McKinlay. Col. McPhee called the men together the night before he: left for. Franve and gave them some good advice as ta what they should do when they. go to all, "and believe me," writes an Orillian, "we all felt prefty bad sbout it, as also did the Colonel." "A.draft from the 3rd Re- | serve was expected to go tp France a few the front, . He'then shook hands with them | was written, and it ie quite likely that 177th are there now, pesahose ane "|METROPOLITAN DEALS--aS IT US: | UALLY DOES--BROADLY. WITHTHE WAR QUESTION. - a Extra. 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