French soldiers who took part in the war of 1870 against Germany will receive a medal in recognition of their services. It ia thought that 1)00,000 vetorans mil clo.iir, the medal. M. Henri Kochofort, who is one of the survivors of the period, remarks that this is the first time that a nation has thus celebrated a defeat. Entomologists differ as to the distances travelled by mosquitoes from their breed-ing-places. Some say they travel only a few hundred yards; one authority, on the other hand, says: "Personally I do not believe there is any limit: all winged insects arc transported enormous distances by the wind/' And yet certain localities arc practically free from mosquitoes, .just as others are poiennially infested. The mosquito apparently still keeps some of its secrets from the scientist*. For Bronchial Cough, tako Woods 1 Great Popponnint Curo, Co,
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1354, 3 February 1912, Page 13
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142Page 13 Advertisements Column 2 Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1354, 3 February 1912, Page 13
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