SIIVVFEMBER 1. 1945

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B! AGIICOLA

l

on 0min; Peat

sderabic amount ‘m1 in the Brit- the unf-

of

we Orkney and it is the 5Q beyond the Iii in: dlagiiii inhabitants cf

e f5 " i/ardii: dig the stuff. i 9m was cmlilui" . .=_i.-_-. en e inffiliiliii Oyrwlvnei appear. the

d‘ a 5 uitimatcly adapted it

purpose. I-Ie

n y“ at the same cut half as long m, I have heard. 3 v spxlc is called! A further improve-i

forging of a fiange_ With such‘ dug C; , bricks and uaiiyeiy little loss;

all fragments. i

"ii number of_ bccn due. thtyt .13 "\vails";h ianb 013;!

""" tcfter rc- cn afflgzlénufnils ran north‘ 53 that bcth sides were‘ . 1 sun. When thorough- it::_ rm; walls were carefully i; li.l.d“_n_a° p5 not. to break irlliiflawrvesdud conveyed Ito ll ~ . 'nter's use. n Lltlter lg 52gb“; Scotland the‘. W152i.“ near the towns and vii- lllii'b'“s miv exhausted, and as‘ .6 nu the transport of the lillzfgbéiomq more tedious and P“ ‘ ‘

010955?" iying bf peat-digging

1;‘? e iieigiiburhotld today- w. i’. technique docs riot corri-

dwj, For wan. o a l)

Pqnyciiicut the Peal l5 dug - i “scum or square-pointed ‘i ; fitted for many nubt, but not. for

by. the

P?

of drying

is throvyn

m“ , wagon, (during .- ‘t undergoes 50ml:

which iirocjf, land taken home.

mgmsma unloaded and Spread (m

ltiiillEii it, must be o, s/vnaped together and storage. Too many beds of excellent

I 1'1 but my elf- 0,1,1’; 1II\!11%Cail‘|y1BBC-I\TB is all is; tizcaiiir: .2’; litilg rlryanmle coal would make

w’ it is quickly fine white ash. Bl- “. as fine as flour. For caloric ‘ suppose three tons equal to one ton

Nineteen Years’ Will‘

. -. in the course of i1 Rfiifff $11K“. half. has Britain pun faced with destruction. Th0 n: aglinst Napoleon. W00 W" igenius iwhichkhe K8159? and

were m“ ended with the ’ii ivdtcrloo. _‘-315- an‘? .. . iii so impoverished tha. people..l1 talked of the IIIiSBIY inri hardships they had und-zr- gone. rill the middle of the cen- tury. Beiyreen i793 and 1815 the ca ‘ against Napoleon Bona- ri ‘dcd 581,000,000 pounds. 0I inrec billion dollars to the l\ i Debt a crushing load for a population that was probably under 15.000000 all told. and Wlifl little occupation save agriculture. liiave listened to stories of the poverty that overspread the North in those if‘l‘i‘il'ii0 days: and I r:- cil . cut the daughter of a ncxi

i‘

the

. family in viii c. illfl had been sccn taking illrnips from a ficld. and who was ha“ the farmer before the Tiint ivorthy (who l Q." rat heard thi:

she had takcn iii" hr a thi- family had no ~ rid tiic case was dismissed. it ivzs not until the middle of flail Qt "n Victoria's golden reign that Br -iin began to find hei-

ritl I-Iiiicr both 11:16 . iizclvcs as "Nlen of in that faith con- ‘. cf Enropcqhut while r "a". duringmost of his -t. the latter “lost d became i1 mcgaio- IIGWCVEZ’. cnrlczi by mistake that f.il in the long

oi Napoleon is in- aus~ as Garvin ex- ls worked from

. in cf founding - ill? ruling passion cf d iii to divorce Jcs-

l the Hiansburgs. a son v.':s born

1'1 a fair way to b0-

Til‘. his Empire and jithough it stretch-

liimac of taklnll two or (‘INC ml I nary talilm, mic only lllll ASCO. '

iitvflteulinvcmuch quicker your hud- hzmh; lf-ln vanishes. No fur cf min? Fri. acid stomach or over. n“ ‘n-n‘. . Thais because ASCNS mh "ill! hlllnzld Ingredients "lufmlg: xvotliii all the deep-sated m’: rwr headache or pain c!

Harri‘ ' iisiiiiiii; l 0N! ASCO Tablet M m ‘l, I .0|0MFl.i'l‘l IIOSI lnimuguggcslmlotillgv low prlcu. - 100 1.25 ‘tn FOR ( ) $

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m "Hlllllllflf IALAIIIO" TIILIT Also

. o Inc-l . Cold , t: i ~ ' n...'iii-.'3.'i’.'.i?.fi“-'.'..‘§.‘::

lchu. Pcrloclle Pllnj,

only ,

dlgimgi rsslons. have; K

o; stand and an o; was fought on Sept. 7th, 1812. It

_i\‘:w. he thought. he i"

ed from the All ti _ icrs of Russia. Ticlue? hoe tvirlgsbgégi- ifronted by that contcmptibie "na- .liori of shopkeepers" whQEu navy {maintained a ceaseless ma... Wfaahltsl, Atlantic coast, but he cop. ~n v believed he could bring the shopkeepers to their knees by imfmiihg ii cantirient-ivide gm. blargo against British trade. Fur. ni-lmflfr in the back of his mind .S.e lurked the thought that DP-Eflfltil’ he would march against India and wrest it from the grasp

.of the stubborn islanders,

T° "ml m" his design there had to be a more complete co- operation with Russia or else i; great conflict with that nation. A few years before. Napoleon and Alexander had met at; T115“. m divide the military sway or Eufgpe between them. but since men various disagreements had arisen, Alexander fancied that. his part- Il" had hi5 We on both Poland and Constantinople, and like u later, riiier. “didn't ivnnt any- bcdys snout in his potato patch.” Then again. the Continental em- bargo was hitting Russian trade nearly as much as it did that cf Britain. And there was a deeper issue. Alexander. who was no fool, saw the drift cf affairs. and let it be known that he would retire as far as Toboisk in Siberia, rath-

er than become a mere vassal like the King of Prussia, Th1; was almcst a challenge, [ind iiillaleon took it for cne. He

would round off his Empire by capturing Moscow.

For this gigantic enterprise he created the Brande Arrnee of 500.000 infantry, and 100,000 cav- alry, with 1,200 field Rims. Only half of this host was French; the rest were drawn from the con. quered nations. When on. June 34. 1812, he crossed the Nlemen at the head of the Grande Armee, he was moving to disaster. "In these desolate featureless. unend- lrig spaces. he was ‘out of his ac. customs-d military framework and out of his depth." says the 11m- orian. I-Ie could never overtake the filliive enemy. and when his commissarlat broke d-own nu the organization of the Armee fell apart.

Large numbers of _troops on. sorted and rank lndiscipilne spread amongst the rest. With his daily

d diminishing forces Napoleon reacti-

ed Smolensk and cau m a

the Russian forces bilit goiliitdrgi hold them. It was a barren vic- tory. Here he made one of his Bravest. mistakes in that he did not: winter at Smolensk and re- Ofkanize for a further campaign. Bu!’ 110; he pushed on through the intolerable summer heat while his ill-supplied hordes looted the country in search of food.

At last the Arm-cc reached Borodino and the goal was in sight. Here the Russians made a indecisive battle

was a double massacre. for the Russians lost 4,000 men, or more: while Napoicons casualties were close upon 3.000.

With only 100,000 men left. ou: of the army that crossed the Nie- m-en so confidently three months before, the conqueror reached Moscow a week after the battle of Borodino. Through the streets of the deserted city he rode to the Kremlin. but the Russians set the city ablaze and the great fire which broke out. drove him and the main body of troops out of the city for a couple of days. When the flames were extinguished he returned, but his mood had

changed. Hc secms to have lost his grip: he frivoiicd away his time, lay on o couch and rear:

stories or wrote zroveliing letters to Alexander asking for peace. some mocking fiend at his elbow persuaded him to revise the char- cr of the Comedic Francaise. He ought. to have accumulated grant stores of food against the winter. but made no cffort to do so.

Before he pulled himself tn- gether the first snow had fallen. Alarmed at last. he gave the order to frill back, on October 19.11. He mcant to retire no further than Smolciisk. but therc ivas neither help nor hope in that city. The wild retreat went on with less than 50.000 men in formation.

By a sublime and heroic effort

lheicy Beresinn rivcr was crossed but by now the Russian winter had set. in with the temperature far below zero. By December 10th the iii-clad, ill-fed. numbed and dc- lmoriiilzea army numbered only 4,000 men! When the Nicmeh icame in sight again only 1,000 mcii cf the Old Guard survived. About 100.000 straggiers brick- tracked and reached Koenigsburg in East Prussia but few of thcssi were French. The Russian Dfvv- inces had records showing that they had burned or buried the bod- i-ss “of 420,000 men Mid 230.000 ani- inals. lost in that. disastrous cani- pziign. ' Napoleon had deserted his doom- ed army on December 5th. and by rapid slcighing and coaching he reached the Tulieries Dalace J05! before Christmas. 0ft "K111i" ound. his old slpifit W85 50w!- ily recovered. l-Ie ivrirked day and night and by the sprint: of I813 lie had a million men under arms. i-Ie put 380.000 men into occupied Ger- many as garrisons. In Aprihhe crossed the Rhine once more with 2 5.000 men and 500 cannon. At Iiiizen and Bauzen he faced the combined forces of the Russians and Prussians. deleaféd film- but could not break the new sififit that was rising in Europe. Brit- ain. Austria, and Siveden 091'! among those nllicd against- him- and daily more of the German states, former satellites. yolried his enemies. His marshals, fighting "on their own", met invariable defeat. In August 181B. his acn- ius trained the day at Dresden, his 1.15; great victory. The Allies loss was four times that. of the Franch, and they retreated; but. it was only the ebb between the waves. ‘

By October the Ailies had re- organized their forces. and a1- lhough for many reasons they could not mass them. they had 300,000 men and almost 1.100 guns. Napoleon was able ti» gather 190,000 men and over 700 guns. Ac Leipsig the forces met bird the bcttlc lasted ‘four (i185; -- iii t v.1 lit? lllrlr1x§."mil%t‘ iii. egfl POI ii. 120.000 men had been killed or wounded‘. the Allies‘ losses b81118 heavEes. Though it sesincd that his m-

Aiiies pushed into France v1: the Rhine and Dwltzerland. With 150,000 new troops Napoleon con- ducted the most brilliant carn- palgn of his life, but the end was near. The Allies captured Paris in hLs absence, and deserted -b.v his marshals and the Senate, he signed his unconditional surrend- er on April 12th. 1814. three years after the birth of his son, The dynasty was hbollshed.

The Allies imprisoned him on the Island of Elba. whence he escaped to cast his erichantment anew over the heart of . France. He raised a fresh army and faced his foes. This brought him to his last battle. Waterloo. June 18th, 1815. He was made prisoner. and. like Prometheus. chained to the

rock, he spent the rest of his life exiled to the lonely island of St. Helena, in the South Atlantic.

THE KINDLY WORD AND DEED

A word of encouragement t0 the troubled mind

A kindly hand 0o one in need. V

Reich-idles lost souls to start agam

to find A soothing balm for those who bleed.

It, ls not the wrong you do in life That is tallied in the Book above, 1t is the kindly deeds you do

The little tender deeds of love.

A word of encouragement to the man

who has tried and tried but can.

not: win.

I5 a noble deed, that is done by

Y0“. And what a wonderful help to Him.

He staggers on with his heavy

burden, _

Arid the world looks 0n with a piti-

isss eye,

If you should help him his cross to

high

A word of pity to those lri trouble. A helping hand to the man in

need. Puts light in the soul of the man in trouble, Gives courage back to tlhe man 1n need.

So it's npt. the wrong you do in life That. will deny you your crown

bcur, o’ A crown will be waiting for you on

above, it's the little uiinss you d'd not do 1mg lcntily vyords and deeds of! love. —Il. B. Cameron.

IT IS HERE The war is over. We are now in what we have talked about for

years, the POSLWBI‘ period. Arid t/he supreme need of the hour is a realization on the part; of gov‘ ernmerital authority of the urzlht ncccssity of speeding up the recon. version process from wartime economy to pencetme production.

The tangled Jcsin cf ivartzme controls mus-t. be untanglsd as speedily as possible. Unnecessary bottlenecks in industry, survival‘; from war production priority, must

b: removrd. In a speech follow. inc, V-J Day. Premier King dc. ciaicd:

“Everything pcssble must be done for speedy conversion of war industry_ for the iecmployment of ivar industry. and, above all. for the smooth and rajrld rc/rstabiish- mrrr; of our fighting fllSTi."

The initiative in implementing that “musLbc-donc" utterance of the Prime Minister rests with Gov- ernment and Pariiament. And not only at. Ottawa. but with govern. mental Puthorities. provncial and municipal, everywhere tfiiroughcut the Dominion. TIIOYC is urgency- 211d it must be met. Met. tjo. with speed. LYJFpOSE and nudes. v and devotion to the common rzorrcl in the row setting of this already

PUBIJFi-I STATEM T ON GAMBLING

By 1'. n. RE. A vcry thorough-statement. has

icp-pcarccl iii the Daily Press re. garciing gambiiimg. It hm becn publlshcd under the auspices of

the Saint John Ministerial As- sociation and sets clearly before all people the laws regarding gambling. mcntons the dangers which (go with this means of rais- ing money. and challenges all members oi all Protestant. Churches to refrain from the nefarious practice which is becoming a menace in these days- The A5- socia-tiqn has alto petitioned the Fedora. Gavcriimciit to deict: Sec. tion 6, paragraph b. from the Criminal Code. This section reads: That. the Criminal Code, section Z36. does not apply to raffles for prizes of small value at. any bu" zaar held for charitable or reiigl. misuibject. under certain condi-

tions.

The practice of holding lot. teries, bingo games, etc, is indulg- ed 1n by sci-Lain iieiigioim and pa. tiriotic groups, and in many cases such practices are against the laws of the land. The Ministerial As- sociation concludes its statement with the following: "We raaffirm the stand of the Christian Church as being opposed to gambling ‘in all its forms. We, therefore. urge all Christians to refrain from any form or gambling no matter how worthy may be t-iie objective for which the moncy is being raised. We further urge Chrstiims for the sake of our citizens as a Wlwir. to encourage groups or oiubs t0 whidh they belong. such as service clubs and fraternal organizations, to raise other means of raisin! the necessary funds to carry 0n their work. Above nil we ask them to orr-pcse any scheme in our vari- ous churches that savours of gambling.“

MISS cum oblivi- . m MANITOBA

I-Ier work included 24 towns veiled; also villages, country places and citlzr. S-iia spflke '75 times to 0.220 pec .e, of whom, 4,. 600 were children. -

Fifty Ysomen numbers were re- ceived. Arden, Shoal Lake and Alexander organized as Yeomen

Two Indian schools were

ponpone a - In m; beginning of I814 the

myths- vls-iad, Ind c Y.'I‘.C. was organized at Amen. Bhc attended I Ukrain-

1‘rvlvE___CHARLO:l‘_'l‘_i~jf]‘_()w_l1 jUARDLqN

TIMELYXNOTES ON TOPICS

sosisiecreo, WITH

l Silver Fox Farming i

We are reliably informed that a young merchant from St. Pierre has purchased 100 foxes for breed- ing purposes (platinum-r. Pearl Pill- friums and slivers) from a ranch near Charlottetown which it is re- ported will be disposed of this fail. and will take them back with him in the near future. This young man has been breeding foxes for several years and has always had a good production, usually around three to the pair, and has no dif- ficulty in selling his pelts. The currency of the country is francs as 1t is a dependency of old France and the rate of exchange is 45 francs to the dollar. The inhabi-

‘ tents of St. Pierre are very proud

of their connection and quite happy to be able to trade freely with the mother country. He plans on sending his pelts to Paris this fail where he will have no difficulty in securing entry, un- like Canadian or American fur farmers. Asked if fur farming is profitable in his remote situation he said it certainly is. At pres- ent he is in Montreal making ar- rangements for a supply of wire to build new fox pens.

In the larger cities of the Uni- ted States the fur merchants arid those connected with the whole- sale and retail dilspcsiii of furs and fur garments as iveil as the manufacturers. have been ex- pending considerable thought on the trend of things to come, that is whether prices will continue in the same groove now chat the war with Germany and Japan is over or whether with the great produc- ticn of consumer goods and auto- mobiles which is about to take place ml‘luidy's thoughts will shift

‘ian Victory Loan Rally. andIiras

Judge at a poetry contest, where sho was 3m... speaker. the frs: time 7-1155 Grant

For h." mestigns in the northern part ‘zpnitoba, gettinrgufinc co-opcra.

tion.

A DEGRADING CUSTOM

Flor many years our (‘.311

against the saioc-zi. Today i against so-called respectable drink.

ing.

We are laced v/ith a fght against social custom. cocktail drinking, indulged in vary fncely by women and young people. "i-'I u; see this portrayal I'll. only in our moving pictures and magazine stories, but Iii real life.

Canada is a young country and we must not sanction a social cus. tom that leavers the moral stan- peoplc. — A. E. H.

dards of our Gliicsplc.

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Hm“ SHIDI-B

for 1093M“ Provide! vl'“""_ ' fllfl s“. "Pair lfiilfifitfirc ulc l’ v C"

from articles of apparel u; those,

of utility. Retailers in New York have been interviewed by Wo- men's Wear Daily are m; in agreement on the point, some feel that the furs and fur cont; have become a fashion necessity and once a woman has decided on a fur coat she won't put its pur. chase off indefinitely. "When u woman wants a fur coat" is the trite comment. “she can't put on a refrigerator."

Yet. there are others who see a diminished volume in the fur~de- partment. One of the biggest voi- ume operators in New York sees keenest competition over the durc able goods. He thinks the con. sumer is so starved for the various appliances that she will prefer them to the fur coat. This he says will affect the lower priced and medium product. fur coats es- pecially because it is the middle class consumer who must make a 0111039- Many newly married folks will see their first oppor- tunity in buyinz liorne fumlsh. inigr. Another dealer says that. Bifilollilh the fur industry is in Rood condition nevertheless all its factors should be prepared i0.- substantlal losses of volume.

The above isWnr-zrthe only thing that is disturbing the fur indus. try at present. In most American Cilififi Dfiilular fur departments are suffering most acutely from n barrage of consumer questioning on reduction of the Federal tax on furs. Some stores claim busi- ncss has fallen off sharply with many sales lost as a result. while others report. that most of the in- quiries are made by non-buying customers who have already \\':iit- ed the length 0f the war to pur- ciiate furs. High styled specialty stores have been besieged by i... nuiries but some furricrs explain that ihfv met the situation by Siimlihfl a customer newspaper

clippings which said the tax would not be reduced until six months surrender.

"flit Japan's formal We ‘icld th izh: nc“ ' cr ticrez- mc. ns. Other stcr~= gi-e offering to refund the tax if it is removed prior to the custom- ers taking over the fur garment for wear later in the fall. Canada we rrilme the Hon t". Il_=lr_y' ' makii. iin hi ' ivhich will be pr mczit acme time . . . icr to the writer . me time from lVIr. Iisley stated that wss glv ' his