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One ofmliritsllps’: bull-lilac: in- ternal pro ems sen resu- lntion of her drinking customs. A

art of 1.3a people, 9051MB‘ tn

e pever diocese. an caused dis consumption of in- toxlcants, call upon the Govern- ment to abolish their sale nlto- gether. Others—and this include! many who never, or scarcely ever. drink intoxioants-sre dud I any interfercnca of the subioot to get dnlnk 11' so pleases him- and this. you will be assured, is the very llulmefllelw! oi.’ democracy! Then x1851". the" is the vast and wealthy array of "vested interests" —- the brewers. distilleN. and owners o! public- houses-which no Government cm afford to ignore when dsallns W141i the liquor question. Arid there are thousands who have no special in- terest in the matter one way or the other. It should be seen that no matter which way the Govern- mm “Maui “has” sliidffi. 5g trouble; yet oo years I can see some “P9149108 changes. '

In the iltue villas: near which 1 gpqflkliblllllyl child-hood,‘ than was w c-iouses, an o s - [L130 p " house. The “off-licansc"

muse sold beer only, and it was to |

be consumcd "off" the Premise!- Ths two wubs" or inns were lic- ensed to sell wines. beer. and 5P1?- its, and to provide meals las re- quired by luvv) to all who ‘de- manded film. The latter require‘ merit was more troublesome and less profitable. than the “"1841! 5e of liquor, and to any such

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dmmnd mine fgmofifffiiie§fimi°§j again restricted in 199i, when

vkind or general

, . VII. ning-at any old door would 09m and eant, followed by s cons bio

sole nd es

stunt #335 in.

th landlord (owner) in the d1: of the nls As the

. . l0 p. in. New

Tyne (which is s county in itself) they opened at 7 a. m. tmdolclosed at 1.1 p. in. 1h 001118 time was at midnight. and tbs streets were u crowded as they were at noon. The reason given in

Newcastle for nins was that the Wfilfillfll

h beige they went t4; lvgrlkl ovcninl. as v0 -

egg. wars fixed by Act of Par-

liament in 181'). The hours war;

giieetsgiflhbkiid. and lo this wavfi-Bllfi") "It ‘my W" "Mm “l”

satisfied the Act. The more aristo- cratic of the two epubinltowevor. did provide a "hot timer‘ for the School and for com- mercial travellers, when Ill/fill due notice-and probably charged w for the privilege extendedl er, in those daxys was looked upon as we look upon tea, and

‘children were given the jug and

the morieyflaiid sent to get it. It was not ilntll i908 that an Act was passed prohibiting the presence o! children under P4 in public bars; and because of some subterfuge or other. two 'sars later another M; “'45 page _ liialeing it an of- fence to sell liQuor to such. This of course caused a lot of grumbl- ing, for ln very many cases par- ents had to so themselves; though it probably brought more profit to ilie "landlord". since the oidsters tuuk the opportunity 0f “Weill their whistles"—-as they called l Dbefore taking the supper beer home. In i923 an Act raised the age to 18 in place of the previous l-l.

In the early days. say seventy i - ago. the taverns were con- . =d hy the-actual owners. who in most (uses had been 8911919‘ mans servants. butlers and_ the like, who, having saved sufficient

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combined to

rpllatly 1P1!

tarurls as they became

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in a

and Sllppilfli their

, ' im-

off in the quality

.lici some deleterious

u t‘ ‘ into

, ivhlle spirits were

u-cltsrcil i. then stepped up with rod popper!

This was too much. and Parlia- mczit had to do something about ll. You rozad tho uilitr day in The Gian-diam that a man had been fined (in England) for selling \\'il ky with an undue water con-

this is how the situa-

ti 1 (H1153, An. Act was passed forbidding the use of certain t; llll par q. ' "cocculus in- .1 narcotic and stimulant) wing or distilling; it also specified a standard strength for alcoholic spirit. The method of en- forcement was carried on in this A cu omor would g0 to the

.ncl for n pint of beer

‘u:- Wfilliti produce three

from his pocket and fill

them with the llouor. Then after putting distinguishing numbers on the phials ill‘ would cork and seal Pa ' one to the barman

l‘ would say:

am taking one to

‘tcrs, mid the third

A 1st.” If the

rably, nothing

but if the

tirurgs or was not

then the police

' and a fine was

“pub" with n

bl ‘ marks

of this,’

"were by using it as missiles.

three shorter sections during which drink might be sold.

Another great change took place in the cl years oi’ tury but I orget ths exact data. The British people had come to the conclusion that there altogether too

year. This was agreed to by the Gov-

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B a wet: sbsteincyrf-"Ita hthv. been

we . A Olnngo 0! N MOM! in Botany. mmeloiy, have fallen into t e hanging the scientific every few years" a repre- practlce which always 56611164. to mo. deserve the comminotlon in Deuteronomy 21.11. At Int. however. I am going to prfiffer such s. change myself.

I believe, who Brouped the peoples of the world under the title Homo Snplens. which must be translated t Wise Our-because he was

ernment. though it had little ef- fect on the amount of drinking. for topers only transferred their custom to the remaining taverns. with great benefit to their owners. But the Government had another card up its sleeve: it put a tax on the profits of the existing inns, in provide t- mpensaflon to the own- ers and shareholders of those that were closed. _ About this time another kind of establishment spran up, all over the country, calle “Workmesfs Clubs." In many towns, and es- pecially in London, there had been what may be termed gentleman's clubs, for time out of mind. With the wider spread of political pow- er, Jack felt that he was as good as his master. and why couldn't he have his club too? The brew- ers et al saw the point at once, and lent money to establish the clubs. This was a new thing: there were no Acts or regulations to deal with it. and so a good time lwas had by all. In the country, | about two miles from my residence. |there was one of these clubs and lit was a curse to the district. Since there was no legal time of closing it was sometimes 3 a. m. before the club members went home.

supposed to be wiser than other living creatures. Looking round at the ghastly mess that he has made of the world today. I propose that this title be changed to Home lflfllllliiens. And that's letting him off lightly.

Basic English

Basic English. as you may know, was invented by two college men. and endorsed by Winston Church- ill. Since its purpose was to en- able foreigners to quickly get a grounding in the language, y were rationed to 800 words and had to make the most of them. If a certain verb was omitted, they had to use its corresponding noun as best they could. Hence the jibe which appeared in the london Tribune.

"If it ever happens that a girl in Lovers’ Lane whispers to her lover. ‘Do you have love for me, George?’ and George replies. ‘Yes. Jane, you have knowledge that I have love for you.‘ the originators of ‘Basic English‘. together with all the great men who have allow- ed themselves to be taken in by it, w stand condemned before the noble spirit of the English language."

ihenrd stories of fisticuffs, etc., and the workmen destroyed the glass- , The ‘police had no power to interfere i unless called in —- which of course the manager declined to do for ,‘his own sake. By 1902 things had lbecome so bad that Parliament l compelled the clubs to register. and [to be amenable to the usual laws. -At the same time it increased the ipenaltles for ‘drunkenness, and lcolivlcted habitual drunkards. At this time too. the onus of determ- ‘lning the capacity of the would- be customer. was placed squarely on the barman. Consequently if anybody called for a drink the barman had to size him up and if the scouting was unfavorable. the man, (and sometimes the woman) was told: “You've had enough; go ‘home, you'll get no more here." Now, lost you, dear reader, get a wrong impression, let me say that the British, as a nation. in this respect have vastly improved. My earliest recollections, when on a brief holiday in big towns like sunderland, were of seeing well- drcssed men in "top-hats" making their way home by Z-lines. When I grew up and went to work in Newcastle I found a reet change: people still drank ut. (except among the very lowest class). a man lost caste _if he "mfide a fool of himself." Later, the price of intoxlcants rose 50 or 60 per cent. yand commercialized amusements came in; education taught the people that there were more rat- lonal ways of spending time and money. Besides. in a machine age the man who drinks runs terrible risks. To all these things the im- Iprovement above noted. is due. I Always stbstemious myself, I was horrified when I came here and found stuff was sold in a

By Ken "Reynolds

fiivmviscslvcz Dear chlldhood’s home, mid sun-

TIHELY NOT!‘ ON TOPICS CONNECTED WITH

Silver FOX Farming v

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ThePoa-rlfltin , a I innfonwhioh

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mn’ h. relative the

rovince: and so for p“, gum“ Wm

newcomer on eta of the world and islet-

foxcs WQN carriers of

have the mutation occur on the

530$: this tlliere’ were two olue ‘ll week. 1: p

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arts. Dirt one in this issue to be followed by pm two next week. We would sdvies everyone of our readers who are fox ranchers, to clip them out and put them carefully away because they are authoritative and will

breeding operations. Arid now, sincere thanks to Dr. Bowncss.

TIE PllAgL XPLATINUM by Dr. E. ltendle newness

(Dr. newness has done a worthy

piece of hard work in the prepara- i0n of this article, which records

the history and nature of the vari- ous strains of Pearl Platinum foxes. Without this research, the origins of this type might easily have been lost-Editor.)

While the Pearl Platinum fox is a comparative newcomer to the ranks of new type foxes insofar as publicity is concerned. it has been around for some little time. Editor, Harry J. LaDue, of the American Mir Breeder recalls seeing Pearl Platinum foxes on ranches in Minnesota as early as i924. No doubt Pearl Platinum foxes crop- Ped out from time to time on ranches both in the United States and Canada, but due to the rigor- ous enforcement of fox registration in those days, such foxes had to be pelted out, and quickly.

Thus, was not until some years later when many ranches ceased to carry registration that it was possible for the curious breed- er to keep some of the odd types of foxes to see if they would repro- duce themselves- This is not l_n- s; a condemnation of me

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i kissed meadows set.

Neath willow shade, beside the murmuring sea,

Fair are thy scenes treasured yet,

The falre . gladdest spot on earth to me

in memory

I seer if; dreams the twilight shadows a

And hearts turn homewsrd, for the i‘ day is done; The hill, the stream, the woodland still may call But home is sweetest at the set of sun.

Voices. long hushed. from out the silence come Thy walls resound again with mirth $0118!

and

And happy hearts respond to love and borne

yo: hours are golden when the

| heart is young.

Dear childhoodb home. how kind thy sheltering wall

Without. the cold world's scorn, its pride and care:

Within. oh hallowed spot, thy light still fal

Across the years, Life's purest lays were there. —P‘. M. T.

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n orderly keeping of livestock records under a registration plan, but it must he admitted that the too zeal- ous prosecution of their duties by most of the inspectors did delay considerably the development of new type foxes.

The Pearl Platinum fox is now admitted to registration under the name of Standard Pearl Platinum

liver Blue. In appearance the only variation between this new type fox and the Standard Silver Black fox is in its background color. Where the Standard Silver Black fox is generally black in regard w the appearance of the unsllvered

Both

grey color in these areas. 27W-

foxes carry the same silver

tip on the tall

It is unfortunate that s. more dis- tinctive name had not been selected for them. In Canada our National Livestock Records Committee sag‘- gested the name Silver Blue, whic , scrlption of them as the Standard silver Blacks. How- ever, as Platinum foxes had gained a great deal of publicity from zhe efforts of the Norwegian breeders and subscuuently from the breed- ers of similar type platlnums here in North America. most ranchers wanted to capitalise on the word "platinum" and proceeded to name

Actually. the standard dictionary describes the word platinum as meaning "a metal or’ a white color. very much like silver but of inferi- or lustre." Very fe Pearl Platinum foxes would agree that that was an accurate descrip- tion of the color of their fox. So for the remainder of this article, may we be ardoned for using the word Pearl a one and reserving the name Platinum for those other breeds which it more nearly describes.

It would have been more sim

' to‘ describe t'he origin and the o- '" o

the Pearls had they occurred on one ranch and gradual- ly been spread from that locality- Unfortiinately for the investigator. but probably very fortunate for the 1. Pearls seemed to develop almost simultaneously time . cross Canada. and in at least

ans area in United States. As cer- tain families of Standard Sliver

“Mm save you many headaches iii your

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t d 1 m d_ _-,Pea.rl_ Platlnums. i3.’ ".’l'.‘.“l‘»..§l “tiihifl” a“.“‘tl-§§_ an silver p u. so ' This mutat on did not breed true” geneticlstsjnd so W9 will

portion of the coat and the white exist

this breed the Pearl Platinum fox. l7

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the fhwt that section were produced in i932

H Maritime Casualties

Th‘ followinl Maritime ossusl- been fficlall lured tblrthsnbepartmgnt of , National

“ha”; Defence:

x star, it “as p, .:,.'_t§a;,_7 s. “w munm mu havelgcnlulus-ca 1.3;’ in each

Arthur John. Pte. POX Rose I. lurette (moth- r...» nearest-tas- m‘ . o . .. . mother), Arch- ibald Ava, Wendel

amass u or New Il-Iawlak lqhont omu gag: Jmkfilimi (mother), sell Grove. it's. sunny II loyal Gnnaslnn Al‘; "I. . libs. n. a. no. s. i

3CD and lietcd to several

m1: ‘lay in Golden. Colorado. _

lrl pup in

0r 19st. I used the dog that came

to Fwderiflton and several pups sired by him _were sold for breed- ing purposes.

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from her produced the first Pearl Platinum in this area in i934. In the year i935 the female bought from me produced three Platinum female pups. The

year Asa Currie, a farmer near here, produced one male pup from foxes me. York Fur Farms pup from Currie. The following year Currie produced two Pearl Platinum male pups from the same mating. One of these was very pals more character than any I had seen, so I bought it. I used this dog and got an unusual high percentage- 'l5 per cent—of Pearl Platinum pups in the second cross.

Practically all the daughters and granddaughters from the female York Farms bought from me produced around 50 per cent Peal-l Platinum pups iri the first cross with Pearl Platinum dogs, which shows that the blood was positively in that family of foxes. Also, C. H. Grant in Carleton County pur- chased from York Filr Farms silver foxes which happened to be from this family and in 1936 produced a. Pearl Platinum female pup. Mr. Grant arranged u mating with York Fur Farms and so another group was started. Colpitts bought from Grant, Currie and at Murray Corner.

Some of the Pearl Platinum blood at Murray Corner was out through cross foxes and in that area a few Pearl Platinum cross foxes and reds with Pearl Platinum legs, ears. etc, wwre produced. With the exception of these the breed is true and can be controlled with accuracy. Pearls mated to- gether produce 100 per cent Pearls. Also Pearls mated to half Pearls grodilioe on an average 50 per cent

ear s.

bought this

A similar mutation, but darker in character, occurred in a ranch at Sussex, NJB. I bought one of these and crossed it with one of my The result wa I killed the lot. ceased to A similar mutation. but darker in color. occurred near Charlotte- town. This type crossed with NB. Pearl Platinum produced all silver pups. I understand this type was ruled out of P.E.I. shows as not being Pearl Platinum."

when inbred. and has

actually’ l‘ the mmcgjfiffiiiffwffg The breeder; referred to by Mr.

Murray, as those located at Mur- ray Comer who purchased their stock either directly from the Mur- ray ranch or indirectly through one another. were Willis Pauley. who is credited with having the first Pearl Platinum to occur on the New Brunswick ranches and Gor- don Strlght, whose addrem actual- is Little Sliemogue, who pro- ouc 1i some excellent specimens c‘ """ Perri. an. solo‘ a number of them herein Ontario and to ranch- ers on Prince Edward Island.

In Western Canadm. several

ns in Manitoba, have independently produced Pearls around the same general time. the main, the _ breeding stock, which gave rise to this mutation. seems to have come, like the New Brunswick Pearls, from one strain. However, nur m. immlteatcz‘ to" t o ac a we o investigate the Maniaiba Peerll’: i3 a much further extent. The Mansfield Pearls occurred in i998 and the writer was most fortunate to visit the ranch when n" “"18 "W! only above five or Ill Wells old. The carrier of the Pearldfsgtor in this osse was a reg- rc tsndard Silver l . u” m mse our

¢h m 1.. n. Pollock of Kes-

Pearl Platinum‘ 7" bought from*§6l1y ranch at

AN IMPOSSIBLE FEAT!

one other large l lied States a Kelmoor. Ohio, She

d not know whether or not this herd originated from the same strain of foxes or whether 1g was an entirely different group

We know that in the several dif- ferent groups of Pearls there are at least two distinct strains. Mansfield strain Brunswick strain

can strains w either of these two.

It might be well to Pause here and Doint out that not all Pearl foxes that tive. Pearl _ 10W grade Silvers had all the faults of poor silvering. p00!‘ furring and D00r color that was in the parent Swflk- Some Pearls show only a slight variation from the black of the Standard Black fox to a dark metallic blue that was hardly dis- tinguishable from the standard 31W! and they. of course, had little to offer that was different.

Pearls came out of Sliver Black and Red Fox crosses nd had little to offe 9f bfiluty- In the main. these poor grade Pearls and the darker Pearls

their original bF-‘Gd- crs- In some cases the original mu- tation. While not too attractive, was bred to ton grade silvers and has evolved into a beautiful fox. ' This is about as far as we can go in this article without giving some consideration u; the wgy in which this cclor factor is inherited. There are exact scientific ways of placing this inheritance on paper. but fcw °f “a Wvlud thoroushlv understand

Robert John. Opt, Annie Griffiths (wi e) Gonna, N. B. i

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