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~ Every f - a d from what the his- gfbfiffkflfii the Ancient Britons. l

to this question- m there are several-As liven by an old historian or rcmancer - :wh1,_-p vou will--who lived in the weinirceniury- KB "we W“ ‘cecfirey of Monmouth (Wales). “my he died in i154. ; 1,. suggestln! that Gel-THEY m‘ tented his facts sometimes, we have only to notice how he invests the court of King Arthur with all he paraphenalia oi the Norman ‘hp-airy that did not come into lie- ln; until many centuries after m; monarch had fought [his last attle in the West. How- fl-ey. story-tellers in those days km. poets first and historians a m“. my after; their aim was to gntertain and if a few anachron- sins made the tale more interest- ; or exciting. why, let history

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“c3115.. Cambrensia another Welshman, who flourished a few

ears later. is not so for-bearing Lying judgment. I-ie tells the story of fl man oppressed by evil 5917m- wliicli immediately vanished when ire Gospel of Saint John was plac- ad on his bosom: but when that mo}; was removed. and the History 5i ihe Britons by Geoffrey Arthur (of Monmoutm was substituted in “s plate. they instantly reappeared in greater numbers and remained a longer time than usual on his body and on the book. Giraldua makes no comment on this startling occurrence: but leaves us to infer pm m; "History of the British Kings“ was not as authentic as the Grape].

Not a few of the nations of antiquity claimed to he descended from the heroes of Homers Iliad: which as you know, was an account of the siege of Tmy~ ‘Thul- 8W5 Geoffrey. after the fall of that city. Aeneas fleeing from the desolation came with his. son Ascanlus by strip to 1min. There the heroes were kindiv r-"ieved by King Latinus. gventn-"rv Aeneas obtained the hand of Lavinia. daughter of Liitinps and afterwards the kingdom of Italy. Ascanius succeeded him as King. and had a son named Sil- vius. This youth contracted a mar- i-lage with a. niece of Lavinia. and the sorocrers predicted that a son woud be born to him. that should u... hi; father and his mother. be fined and after much travel in mm... 15nd; would be exalted unto

- . ~ h . W-r-htflimnecznyiiss fulfilled in mi. pom-s son bu

‘Phi- mother- ed in his birth. The boy was

named 3...... Welshman believes that

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Lstinlzed into Brutus. Another writer gives the name as Brytho, for, it must be repeated, the vowels are slippery creatures!

Well, when Brutus was fifteen years old. his father took him a- hunting, and as has happened too often since. was shot in mistake for a deer. it was Brutus who fired the arrowt. and so fulfilled the first part of the prophecy. His kinsmen, angry at this mishap. drove him out of Italy and he fled to Greece

NOW When 17°)’ Was taken. multi- tudes of Trojans had been brought to Greece as slaves, and like the Israelites in Esypt they had multi- plied exceedingly. Recognizing in the newcc a descendant of t-heir ancient hero, they chose him for their leader. and he spent the next few years in the Grecian army to fit himself for the task which he foresaw. At length he made war upon the Grecian King, Pandrasus and by a stratagem CKLP- tured him unhurt.

A council was called and Panclrasus was set in the midst. Then in one n? those speeches that the old historians loved to put into the mouths of their characters, Brutus offered him his life on condition he provided Ships and provisoins, and his daughter Igricge as the speaker's wife-or else! The King, who saw the point. made an equally eleg- ant speech in which he acceded to every request and the meeting closed with every one in good spirits -except perhaps Ignoge

Pandrasus kept his word. though this was never a trait of the subtle Greeks of old. He furnished and provisioned three hundred and twenty-four ships, doubtless rejoic- ing in such an easy way of getting rid of his astute enemy. The mar- riage of Ignoge and Brutus took place, and every man cf rank was p. rented with good store of silver and gold. Then the adventurers set sail. Geoffrey draws a dramatic picture of Ignoge lamenting her klnsfolk and her country. "nor turneth she her eyes awav from the shore, so long as the shore it- self ls in sight "

For two days and a night they ran before a fair wind. till the? came in sial‘ of an island called Leogecla. wh ch however. ls not identified in any classical dictio- ary pressritlv at hand. This island. says our author. had been laid waste by pirates in the days of old. A scouting party landed and came tn a certain deserted citv. wherein they found a temple of Diana. "Now in this temple wns an image of the goddess. that gave respons- es. if haplv it were asked of nnv wags“. time w»- rllrl were-hip" We

t, leave the story till next week. when John Milton. Enclazdh great Doet._

flowery.‘ Helinnthus “Sun

will take over and tell us Diana's prophecy.

OBNAMENTALS 1N Till

GARDEN

Now to fulfil a promise, made s fortnight ago, anent the orna- mental.» grOWn in the garden this year. They were mostly annuals. First and best was the Marigold called “Harmony. " 1t bloomed Dro- fusely and continuously; in fact as l write (Sept. 22) it is the bright spot in the garden. The plant: grows about a toot high and the flowers are orange color in the centre, edged by wide maroon-brown auard-peials or a veiveiy texture. Though a composite, it wholly es- caped the "Aster Yellows" that de- vastated most of the other orna- mentals. It has the odor peculiar to the so-called African and French Marigolds, and this, it is likely, repels the biting or suck- ing insects that carry the virus.

Clarkla “lliumination" is a fine double variety. described as glow- ing orange in hue. it is difficult to be exact in describing color unless one has a color chart. but to me the blocin looked flesh-color- ed. i. e.. yellowish pink. However it. was must attractive. Later in the season it developed a bad attack of Aster Ycllows that ruined the display. This plant grows up t: two

'e:-t high

Gold." A sun- flower that invariably drew praise from visiting gardeners. The plants grew about 5 feel; high. with flow- ers. in the axils of the leaves and a larger one at the summit. They ivere fully double. twithout a hollow centre) and of a brilliant golden yellow: the petals gave the impression that they were laciniat- ed. Several visitors compared the blooms to Dahlias. Unfortunately several plants in the row fell vic- tims to a root-rot. engendered by the wet weather Sunflowers are ra- ther susceptible to this kind of Srlerotinla.

The Zinnias were not a success thLs year. a complaint echoed by tourists and other visitors. The "Scabious-flowered" varieties did hes’. and locked best: thev came in various colors. The "Lilliput" varieties came second. and the "Fantasy" third. The last had odd- shaped petals. and scene of the blur-me were positively uidy Most of these forms have been develop- ed frcm the Mexican. I. siege-n and naturally make a better dis- plav when we have a warm dry summer.

"Qftill" Fantasy" Caiendula or Snwch Marigold. gave better re- sults. "Phe petals were waved‘ and curled like some forms rf Aster. but here and there light-yellow blooms appeared. Plant breeders seem to rush their novelties onto the mar- ket. before the colors are fixed it pcssiblv takes seven vears to do ‘his. :nd there is alwavs the chance that the OIl§lD8t'“‘ v~~--- F1 1-». nailed hv some rival amwef The

no exception. .

Of all the multitude o! native‘ Australian flowers. I can find none‘. in our gardens excepting the Swan! River Daisy. This is an annual with much-divided. lacy leaves. and ‘ cineraria-iike blue, rose, and white i flowers. It is a dainty little plant‘. for the border or the rockery. and‘ should be grown more. Its pro r mane is Bnohycomc ibieridifo . (The Swan River owes its name to the black swans first seen there).

A pretty little dwarf annual is

the "lave-grove," Nemophila in- signia Although native to Cali- fornia, it grows well here. and

bears its white-centred. light-blue flowers all ‘summer an fall; from these blossoms the plan has been called "Baby Blue-eyes?’ but strange to say. many visitors at- tracted by it had never seen or heard of this little izem before. The last annual I shall com- ment upon, iS Dlanthus hedde" wigi; this 1s n horticultural variety of D. chinensis. with flowers almost one-and-a-halt inches across. red. lilac. or white. rather zoned. The flowers are looscly assembled. and the plants are eminently suitable as bordering | All these annuals were very sat- dsiactcry - except Zinnia Fantasy -nnd if all goes well. I hope to None of them

crow them again. owing to

ripened seeds. however, h: wet season

KNEE-PADS

TIMELY NOTES ON TOPICS €ONNECTED WITH

Silver Fox Farming ‘

Ju.t one week from Monday-or to put it another way-at nine o'clock November 8th, the 14th annual Provincial Live Fox Show will open at the Provincial Ex- hibition grounds. Monday will be Receiving Day and the Classifica- tion Committee will be on hand to allot the foxies to their various classes and sections. 5'75 crates have been set up and it is possible that every one of them will have an occupant. Without doubt it will be the greatest and most iri- terestlng Exhibition of all time. so by all means have envnes if you can do so, but anyhow if you are engaged in silver Fox farming, attend and take note oi the typos of animals that win the prizc; and Me on display.

Four great Exhibitions are being held this season, nzmely, the P.E I Provincial, the New Brunsw Fox and Mink Show, the Ontario Live Fox and Mznk Show and the Western United States Shows at

be lesser Exhibitions but these re-

I think it was Rudyard Kipling‘ who wrote “Half a proper garden- er's wcrk is done upon his knee‘; " Now. during potato-digeins this year. help being scarce. both young and old turned out to save the crop such as it was! The older the picker was lit was observedl the more inclined lie was to follow Klplinrfs d‘c‘um: to the plain dc- trlmenr of his overalls, and with a probable attack of "rheumatics" in the oiling. English gardeners. from long experience in such matters. have devised cushions or pads which are strapped onto each knee. The “picker? would soon not used to the look of them. and the obvious advantage i-i their health and gnr- ments rurbt to commend the knee- peds to all thinking persons.

SOUTH WINSLOE W. I.

The South Wiiisloe W. I. met on Oct. 6th.. at the home of Mrs. Fred Turner. Fifteen members and four visitors were present. Roll call was followed by reading and approval of the minutes. It was decided to grant $15 to the Chinese Relief Fund and $5. lo the Provincial Sanatorium also to buy a brush broom tcr the school. In addition to this the names of all those serving in the armed forces. from the district. were secured and par- cels are going forward to each of them. The reports of various com- mittres were ifven. Collection amounted to $1.4“. Next moetlnrz

present the "Big Four", with, if ox- lleftutions are realized, our own show the greatest of all. George A_. Calltecl: will be sole judge Bllil has familiarity with all types of foxes through grading and mgr-kc!- lrig pelts, well fits him for the o .

Last week and this sap some of the most disagreeable tall weather we have experienced in recent years. Before the introduction of sheds _ which by the way can be credited to Robert Humphrey, Ken- sington. — our foxes would be in the open_ and such weather would put a Cflmll in their cclor for the remainder cf the fall iurring sea- son. How well we rcrncmber the way we would worry about such weather and the endeavors we would make to keep the foxes in their houses as much as possible.

0f course buyers did not make such a distinction in regard to color as they do now for the rea- son that we did not see the really clear colored foxes that we do now. When sheds were bui‘t and foxes were taken from sheds and shown alongside of those brought up in .thc open the diffrrence in color was so marked as to be almost un- believable. That was perhaps the great reason why sheds were built all over the country in quick order. We could izet along fairly well with the parasites hv doctorlng the fox- es. hut. we could not licl-l the color when the pups were raised on the

protecting the foxes from now on from cold drafts. The fox dOH better, that is he furs out better. eats better and is more contented if he is comfortable. i-le does not |requ1ro to be war-m, no. not gt all, .but he does not want to be ex- ipcsed to drafts from underneath

or from the sides of the shed.

Enough experiments have been car-

ried out to prove that high prices are not obtained from the pelts lfoxes brought up in such an en- i vzronment.

‘ ——¢—— last. auction Fraser dz Huths‘. an easier tendency for offered, probably are to the scare engendered by 1s 15 our oplnl0ll—l!nd not offered

7 New foundland, like Prince Ed- ward Island, i: a native habitat for i the Silver Fox, although we cannot ‘say that we ever saw any real high i quality foxes ccrne from Newfound-

NOTICE

Now Buying LIVE or DRESSED CHICKENS and FOWL Paying highest market

prices. Bring your Poultry 1°

JENKINS BROS. Summerside

of qri all manufactured furs or relative to the above arbitrary prices for the various skins. However. the

at Lampsoll. York. showed l pelts

sale New

the above lift!!!)$519- that

n Pace Nuvi: g__

FURS

The trapping season be- gins on Monday, November 1st. I will be buying all kinds of furs, and as usual paying highest market prices. There is a closed season on Beaver and Otter.

Skunk skins are in demand and besides buying the skins lwe pay the bounty of $1.00 -i'or the nose. Call and see ‘me before disposing of your

land. In the bocm days quite a as anything authoratitive - ‘t

number were imported. sometimes more will be some form of regula» “rs- _ v ‘ pups dug out of the wilds early in ticn that will prevent any hlzher: J. D. JENKINS the spriml and brouilht "i! in small ‘ prices being obtained for pills Prom manchleslbut more ‘ii-gen witlid foxes i than prevailed t laiistl ‘spring. and‘

‘cauc t n raps. e goo pr ces‘that to preven r. a zon u Sales. ‘ l ‘ to be realized from PEI. buyers tax, probably 25 percent or possibly THE RQYAL PACKING’ in the bocm days pretty well clean- 13 percent, will be placed on manu- (bmllillly

Charlottetown, P.E.l.

are a few fan-ns and some trapping done now. The Newfoundland gov- ernment puts a heavy duty Silver Fox pelts entering there. As far as we know it and the Unitedl states are about the only countries

that d0 so.

A schedule of top prices for various leading skins as compiled by the United Slates raw skin deal- crs and producers rfflcc of price administration industry and advis- orv committee, with the assistance of the National Fecleratzon of the Fur Industry. has been made. On the other hand the Office of Prire Administration cf the United states government has also compiled a list a of what they believe the top prices of the various types of lvelts should be fixed at. These are a few of the prices, the first being those of the dealers committee and the second list as suggested by the gov- a . Northern muskrats $3.53, Mink S40. Skunk $4.95. Rac- coon $15.12 Beaver $56. Red Fox $33 Silver Fox $125. No. z rrices sug~ jested bv the government. Northern Muskrat $2.60

The report states: ‘The best prices are based on the top grade of each type and of course these prices are nnlv rough examples. When issued the list will he more mecifc and will explain that the low grades cf each type are in be sold at thr- proportion of thdr

sale . . . . muskrats reached 5640 and Walt- to $2.70. er Grant. Manager of For Pro- Mink $25.50. Raccoon $14.25. Beav- ducers. Ltd., sold many Rilvrr Fox er s40. Red Flax $26, Silver Fox pelts at an average of mo, That $89. fall one could buv the same pelt- ries for les< than one-third of those figures. the market toned up again. then London came beck strong and was the centre of the fur trade again from i925 on till i940.

Salt Lake City, Utah. There will ed up the ancient colony but there i (actured furs.

While we may no-tTike this tend-

on,ency to curb prizes, yet perhaps in the long run it will be best for! all of us. now there wculd be a tendency 1°!‘ everyone to expand their fur farm- lng if they possibly could and in that way perhaps too many foxes wou‘d glut about the time .\'.'ould be declared. ..

If hiqh prices prevail

DPBCC

In our opinion also. greatly en-

hanced prices will not follow the cessation of war in Europe. for the reason thot the for luxuries will not be as great rs w; in evidence after the war

monev available

nd you all know what happened

then. One acod reason in i919 and three months good selhniz in the spring of i920. tren the greatest market. crash -- which by the way brought down one of the oldest fur

uctlon houses in the world with

headquarters in London.

How well we rerrerpber the Maren of Lampson’: i920 when

It. tock four years before

Little Bros.—l;rr Auction sales.

Vancouver. Friday. Oct. 8th. regis-

i

lbeaver. This was attributed Pl’ like company to the current office .of price administration moves to- lwards bringing about a reduction lin raw skin prices of from 20 w ‘.25 percent.

, We were delighted to have a lei- lzer ircm l-f. Stephen ‘Taylor, Little Shecnogue, N.B., grandson of the late Robert Oulton, and formerly a, J0ll'll. manager of the Maritime Fur Pool. Ltd. Stephen tolls us that he is devoting all his time to his farm and fox ranch and is carrying around 60 females the ccm.1ig winter. He has never lost his confidence arid faith in the fox industry and believes it l00ks to be on a sounder basis than it has , i" many years. He has ring necks, platinums and pearl plat- i= cont; to cross quite ‘a number of these with platinums. tales t‘*ere has been a big clean uP in ranches in New 3mm. wick. Good ranches have stayed in business and some of the weaker ones have gone out. The conclus. ion of the letter is _. "1 think than ls more interest in the pearl plat- inums so far as new types [fg concerned than in the other types. Pelionllly. I am not going out o! ""‘""T”* T! a matte;- qliality whatever type you ralgg," Thenks. Stephen. and we hope that you will think of us often bwal-l-fe your experience oualifies

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van in charge of a nurse and

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VDiSiIYIBIItOYS oi‘ Quality Foods that are needed by civil-

ians as well as by the Napo-

arnied forces. leon once said that

army marches on its stomach, which means of course, that no matter how many planes, tankl. lull! 8nd ammunition our fighting men all these are of no avail

have,

unless our men have food. also applies to those of us who are on the homo front. G _ is essential if we are to carry on Food is of no use in a warehouse-it must be distributed to the retail merchants, who in turn reach their customers. Lot's carry on.

THE EASTE

our daily tasks.

This 00d food

WHOLESALE GROCERS

BIIN

At tne beginning of the Fifth-Year oi‘ war, the outlook for‘ Victory is very bright but there still remains much hard fighting to be done. No one knows w and we must not shout before we ar stained woods. The warmight easily be lost by over- confideuce at a critical moment. Even if the war

should end tomorrow there would still be bills to

Government. sponsibility siastically

a I I do let's do