St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-03-25

sav one man who had remained in
In Q hole between the trenches ten
dam without food. It was rainy and
wet and he had been wounded In
both feet. / also saw men who had
remained eight days In q dugout
near the German lines, in constant
fear OF being shot.
Perhaps that form Of offensive
which has been most deadly has been
the poisonous gas. Gas 10 used In
two ways, hrst by means OF pro1ec-
ton in tanks. It Is sprayed toward
the enemy. It comes in dense
clouds. Another way is In q liquid
form, confined in shell. These
shells burst and the gas is liberated.
When the men see the gas coming
they put on q form OF mask. This
mask is arranged so that they eau
see, but 1t covers the entire head.
There IL q place left for the man to
breateh and this place is covered
with cause which has been dipped
into q solution of hyposulphite. Be-
fore this was discovered the effect of
Irritating to the eyes. nose and the
throat, the irritation extending to the
bronchial tubes and lungs. Asphyx-
iation finally comes, the man turns
blue and death follows. The gas is
heavy and clings to the ground. and
after being exhausted the man falls
to the ground right to the gas. If
he could stand long enough he would
be better OF. After the first acute
symptoms are past the man may go
several hours and feel refreshed, but
the trouble is, bronchitis comes. !
have seen some cases apparently feel
ing we'll develop 9dema and die in
4 few hours. When they do recover
they ordinarily have some chronic
condition the rest Of their lives.
The. French have wonderfully
successful Is milimeter gun. The
shells used are the wonder of the
world. had an opportunity of see
ing these shells made, but ON az
count Of the censorship cannot say
say much about it. One thing that
impressed me was that the machines
with which they were made are
American. Whenever they look for
new. they turn to America.
Very frequently have been asked
about the English. | am going to
tell you what think. The French
certainly appreciate what the Eng
lish have accomplished in the line
OF the destruction of the submarine.
They appreciate fully England's sea
power. But there Is one thing they
consider as very inexcusable, and
that is England's lack Of military ex-
perience. The deep seated oppos'-
ton to CONSUMPTION which prevails
all through England to the French
mind Is incomprehensible; and the
strife by labor and capital Is equally
incomprehensible. The press nat.
urally wishes to throw In high relief
the exploits Of the British troops in
front. After reading the British
papers. 1t would seem that there is
nothing at the British front but the
British army and q few German sol
diers. The result IL that the French |
cannot appreciate that.
The doctor spoke of the wonderful
of the aeroplane H. I
the present war, giving France the
credit of-having the finest aeroplane
outfit OF any nation, having three
thousand in active service. The
greatest usefulness Of the aeroplane |
10 in spying and locating the trench
es, etc.
Speaking OF his hospital expert
ence. the Doctor said:
The work at Cherbourg was such |
10 Is had in all military work. That |
being q military hospital, we did |
not receive the cases Immediately in |
danger. but 1t was q hospital where |
The men came to be patched up. You
may be sure ] was taxed in many /
ways. and 1t was extremely difficult /
10 ok up some of the deformfties. i
was kept quite busy with these five !
hospitals, which I finally reduced |
Town to the operating work OF two |
Most Of the nurses in these hospitals |
we're Of noble birth. They showed |
svery consideration to the wounded /
soldiers.
DR.. Ney's lecture contained some !;
things of a reminiscent nature, re-
lating to the late Civil War, com !
pairing surgical methods and means
md also anecdotes Of incidents, pa
thetic and otherwise, of the war ir
Europe. as well as some other things
to the manner of conduct
ing war, but we are prevented by
limited space from giving more thar
We have Of his very interesting lee
lure.
The Doctor spoke in q smooth
manner, without in
for over two hours, and
vas listened to attentively. At the
of his lecture the audi
snce extended q vote Of thanks to
Dr.. Ney. which was duly carried. on
notion.
A SPECIFIC AGAINST COLDS.
III there IL such a thing as q spe-
ific against colds. It IL to be found in
he sleeping porch or the open bed
DOM. Next to that comes the cold
PONCE bath In, the morning." says
he Youths Companion. Be as care