The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-16

worth drinking, possibly rum or
Scotch. He took big drink and
behold it was a liquid used to
keep fresh our respirators or gas
helmets, and has In it. / fancy,
ammonia-at any rate, his eyes
fairly stuck out Of his head and
he coughed and showed other
signs Of distress. Someone hol-
Tered for mustard. they brought
it, the patient drank deeply, and
well, and Oh! wasn't he sick?
should say so-but It wasn't
mustard-they had made a mis-
take, 1T was insect powder. Lord,
I laughed when heard that yarn,
and he didn't go off duty, refused
to. When asked how he felt,
simply that t'his stomach felt a
bit gurgley."
The following from Belgium on De
cember 3, describes a sightseeing tour
to Ypres, a town that has been men
toned many times in the war dis
patches. Some of the hardest fighting
OF the war has been around Ypres:
Yesterday several Of us travel
ed to Ypres, via the Cafe Beige,
and by means of motor ambul-
ance under the guidance OF Ron
aid Scott of Perth. We entered
the poor old town at the railway
station. where we got some tickets
to various places as we'll as some
! freight bills, of which sent you
some samples today. From there
we proceeded along one Of the
main streets, peering here and
there into the houses, which are
nearly all battered up. No one,
Of course, is living there. One
house we went into was beauti-
full place, the walls were marble
faced and the fire places beauti-
fully tiled. Then we went on to
the cathedral which is q mass of
ruins with only the tower left
standing. AS we were standing
gazing and marveling at the re-
suits Of German shots, we heard
the song of she'll coming through
the air. It got louder and louder.
Well. sir, 1t was very laughable
to see the way we ducked. We
all Frustrated ourselves to such
an extent and in such haste that
I nearly rolled into a shell hole
full of water It struck close
enough to throw shower of dirt
and bricks all around u.s. We
suddenly decided that cathedra1s
weren't in our line and beat it in
a hurry as fast as we could for
laughing.
Then we went to a hospital
which has been kept by nuns. It
was quite an interesting place
and I found a document which T
turned over to Morgan. Then we
started home. Altogether we had
very interesting day.
Sick Parade.
Sick parade are carried on as
usual. Each morning at $50 a.
M, the hilarious and joyful sick
2 appear at our door. They are a
happy crowd-for are they not
missing a mornings fatigue work
by reporting sick? Who would not
be happy under such conditions.
They pass in front Of the NJ o.
and the following conversation
ensues: 'What is the matter
with you?" Doctor, have awful
pains in my back, haven't slept
for four nights. Everything that
eat, comes back on me-" or this.
II have an awful cold on my
chest. cough so much at night
that haven't slept for week.
The pain goes through into my
back and every time cough feel
as if the top Of my head were COM
ing off," The poor NJ. 0. thinks
that here is a real case at last,
SO he gives him light duty. but
when the door closes on him, the
rest of the sick and afflicted
crowd around and say, What
did he give your" and the sick
man dances for joy to think he
has put one over on the M. o.
So the next time he brings his
pitiful tale. the NJ. O. smells
rat. gives him a good big dose Of
castor oil and sends him back to
work-a sadder and wiser man.