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OHARDOTTETOWN

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F. J.‘ BRENNAN 8t COMPANY LTD.

s. M. BAGNALL-Manager i

143 Richmond St.

Charlottetown

Telephone 1410 I W?

gAdvcrtising Iiates-PIIWIIII Ill MWIIIW

Minimum Charge For Any AIIVGflIRIIII-‘Hl l5 CfllI-l Central Guardian Locals 5e per word; Western and Eastern Locale

For Sale _ZM_S_A rot: "slur: - coon DRIVING slulgll. Calvin Wood. Smlhhlwfi-

yuc-uuteus roiTsaLE-mndr. asawtmlst. 200 Prince. Phone GUI). _i;_

11);; SALE-LADYS run COAT. ucuzl UCIIGIIIOII. $15.00. 1245: Dorchcster.

kflnA-IQLEKOQVIONEW PORTABLE Gramophone. Also a_ numb“ 9f Records. Apply 34 Hillsboro St.

Hfif§ggl17rntrsrnLts "runes. Order now for immediate deliv- ery. Phone 247l-J.

F 1uvmo sumo-H and harness, kitchen 1111189- Austin Murphy. Ema id.

g" , t,’ .- c5005.

roiTsAu; _. Inside and outside. Untempered masonl-te. Phone 2367-14.

won‘ ssmi ’i.’aBY"s_s'ifvi-ii Fox Cape- 015° mam‘ muslin“: lined fur coat. Medium 8Z8- Phonc I100. 7 _

{on 3.11.1: _ oieirtmo smrcn about as good as new. Also R8089 Good condition. APPIY Wallace llood, Cornwall.

mi ‘Fm sans-our. nunuouc.

foal, seven months old. by Lacollla. dam- one 39x19!“ pm“ pose horse. elzht- Years °Id- AP’ ply Charles Morrison, Beatonls Mills. Pipette.

2c per word; Announcement: and C I Classified 3c per word; In Memorialn Notices 84c per inch; Llata K of Floral and SPIIICIIII Offerings, Cards, etc., 5c per name; Letterl r

‘ , Events 3c per word;

of Condolence 84c per inch; Wedding Engagements 40 words for $1.00 and 10 cents for every additional 3 words; Notices of Thanks and Appreciation, 84c pcr Inch or 5c per word; Lists. of Subscrip- tidns, 49 rents per inch: Address and Presentation $1.00. Other rates on application.

Lost Found Strayed WILL TIIE PARTY WIIO PICK- ed up the parcel containing men's clothing in Le-Page Shoe Store by zmstakc, plcase return to [APBZGI '

fosr UN IIIGIIIVAI’ Elton Charlottetotvn to

Summerside. Wednesday morning,’ Dec. 17, carton contuinzng soda fountain parts, Notify Cvntral Creamer- ies, Charlottetown, or Perfection Dairy, Summersid Reward.

Wanted WANTED —- WOOD TURNING lath in fair condition. Apply Milton Mills.

WANTED - BEER BOTTLES. Hides. Iron and Metals. llighost priccs. Past scrvlce Phone 2208. Maurrce Block 8: Co.

WANTED — ALE BOTTLE! Highest prices paid lust pick- up service Phone 2542 EVEIUIIK!

1107. Michael Bros. BAGS RENEE) -

highest prices for used iced bags. We pay frcl-ght on lots of 100 or more. P. L. Morris Fcrcl Service Mill, Kinkora.

For Service

RONSON LIGIITERS REPAIRED. Mail orders accepted. Work guar- anteed by G. A. Peterson, 100 Richmond Street.

4 ONDITIONED MOTORS FOR

RFC ~ ‘en, cnill owners. 081' Uwn‘ ,.rs_ Qr we will rebuild your P155‘ ent motor. Satisfaction 808F611‘ teed. Prices reasonable. BHYPTS Auto Salvaget m7 Raye“ Road’ l-lalifax.

INSULATION F 0 R. S A L?’ ctieap. We have 5000 or more n42" cartons whlsh measure 1B x i flat. Those would be stumble m" lnsulatin? building-S °f ,_ “hi? rnadr: 11D IQ make bu} 7A x r_ x l0" which would suit Emmy llg-‘ile Doses. $250 P91‘ hundred w 1 they last. Call 101B. The ROVE-

Packing C0-

Enhivamnu Bl-IDSPREADS $33] Manufacturers clearange. tom; quality. 1n all beaumli‘ ‘a: o, or solid colours. For double ‘he ‘Ingm be“ worm (IN: House- Brice. Also Ladies Che? “med m coats $5.39. very close Y1 Ems blue. rose, Wine‘ mmuo Se. t n40. Sent c. 0. D. plus P“ “Kg Money refunded If 11°‘ Siflgfir‘ Handicraft Distributors‘: 251 Que broom Se, West. M0" 195'

__.A - Cars Mrgqlts 19"- “IL flit: shut _ 194a PLYMOUTH De Luxe Sedan. Heater and de- froster. Phone 2353-1». rongslim _ HUDSON 9-4 TON Truck, 1946 model, Excellent con- dition. Gordrm MacMlllan. C0"!- wall.

w Salesman Wanted

COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS OR Side-line Men wanted to sell our lines of Calendars and Advertis- ing Novelties in P, E. I. Sellln! season now beeinnlntl. 271590 commission. You can make $1000 this winter. State territory 00v- cred. Messenger Ccmpany. 213 SI- Jacques St.. Granby. Q119-

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BE A IIAIRDRESSER — MANY women wanted. Learn Hairdress- ing, Splendid opportunity, Bet»

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ter paying positions. Pleasant work. Catalogue free. Canada's greatest system. Write: Marvel

Hairdressing Schools, 35B Blou- Street West. Toronto.

Permanent Representatives & Dealers Wanted

For CONVERTO range of PORTABLE Dump Body Units. Farm Wagons. Body Hoists and Allied lines. , e Ollliflrtunlty for Live-wire men ex- perienced In selling Flu-m 0| A1110 Equipment. ceiling low-priced equipment la available In Canada for the first tlme.

CDNVEIITO (CANADA) (:0.

1890 Sherbrooke W., Montreal Excluaivu Canadian Distributors.

Personal

FOR Nrzurtaafrtdrn. LUMBAGO. Rheumatic Pains. Chest Colds,

apply Heat Penetrating Glory Oil. At your Druggist.

5 m1- _ or without board. Boys preferred. Phone 1727-14.

FOR RENT-TWO-ROOIII AI’- artment, private bath, modern. heated and fireplace. Residen- tial. Phone 2216, or call at 182 Queen Street.

Busmess Ilpportunitles

PROVIDING YOU ARE AN ENER- KeI-IC young mun willing to work hard to build a successful busi- ness and futurv for Yourself. we have an opening for you, Now, in this district. as direct distributor of our products. Previous cxpcr- ience unnecessary Apply r0 flame Office Blue Brand Products Cn., Ltd., 7227 Alexandra Street, Montreal.

AIICTION SALE

Standing ‘wood and lumber ct North Rustico

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26th. Lois to suit purchaser. SuIe starts I o'clock. Est. PHILLIP McCLURE

We é SHOWERPROOF k Phone Z448 NEW METNDD CLEANERS

_Thls profitable fact-

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sales swck 01°“ 0w smallelt Flowering Plant ginning with murderers and end- 10000 Alger u tug with throwers of vitriol. What 35 Size - greatest or smallest. - provokes Mr. Shaw In I-hfi IMI I-hli there is a movement 1n Britain to

21000 Am Larder

.1-” 3.15.9 Cdn .. 250 Aug Hur 3500 Ang Rcu

this explains my interest

seems to claim our attention most when applied to living things, arid in e

101100 Gods hm“

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FOR

SAL

I have been instructed to offer for sole the desirvble residence 0F Mr. Stanton Jenkins at Vernon for immediate :11" and posses- lion. Residence contains eight rooms, lights, hot and cold water, bathroom, pipelm furnace, and in a very desirable location.

Anlr

M. A. FARMER, Solicitor.

4500 Apex Duckweeds. 1000 Aquarius 23 Somewhere about $0 Years I80 3000 Armstlce 35 1 walked from Mount Herbert to 9000 Ashley 14 the City- 0n the left aide of the 1000 Astoria 10 road, a little before the turn lead- 2500 Athona 05 mg to the Hlllsborough Bridge. 000 Aunol. 390 was a pond just Inside the fanm 350 Bk of Mont 23 fence. The season was well ad- 20 Bk o; NS 35 vanced and that accounted for 30300 Bear 39 the green scum that completely 93400 Begum“ 0 _ 18 covered the pond. On examina- 7100 Bevwun 0 _ 43 tion the su/pposed scum was found 16700 Bidgood 20 to be made up of thousands of 5400 B0000 17 subcircular green fronds (about 3 2500 BoycmL 05 millimetres across) which might 100 Bralom, 10 easily be taken for little leaves. 1 3500 Brcwis knew then that I was looking at 00003101 Dom our smallest flowerl; plant, the

Bum“; Lesser Duckweed, Lemna minor.

300 Bu“ 011k The word frond (as above) is 1000 Buff can used only B5 3 sLOp-Zflp until W0 15935 c,“ Ed,“ examine the plant. From the 7300Ca1mmn pnder side of the little green disc

40o Bk or Com I ' .. i620 Cdn Brew . ..

there Imugs a short glassy root which extracts plant-food from the water, If there is time to

100 Caribou 1309 gem pm spare (and a lot of ltl) we may 5m gem p0;- fmd the flower, which Is redIlc- snco Claeskirk .. . ed to a single minute stamen or u 000 chesten-me single flask-shaped pistei. These 7500 01mm“, elementary organs are. l3 a rule. 2510 cochenour found on the edge of the disc. Thu 5000 0010mm Duckweed, in gardenefls parlance,

Z1000 Coniartxm . 13750 Con Beattie 15100 Con Homest .. .

405 Con Smelt .. .. .

T240 Conn-est From a slit in the edge of the disc 4500 Crointwr’ there issues a smaller plant in all 25500 Dnragon IGSpECIS resembling its parent. It 600Delmte remains attached for some time, 200.7 Denison _ then breaks loose and assumes a 3200 Dctta separate existence. 2000 Dcxtcr So we have this evidence. The 6300 Dlclt-enson disc sends out a root, -lt flowers, 13500 Discov and buds; hence it must be re- 9150 Div Int garded as a flattened stem. Brit- 460 Dome ton calls It a thallus, which Is 70 Dom Bank near enough! 3500 Donalda. As it attains size, the disc de-

1070C) Dulama . 3000 Duquesne ..

is “a shy bloomer," having given up sexual in favor of vegetative reproduction. The latter ls carried out by gemmatlon

velops a red or purplish tinge on the underside. This ls clue to the

19700 Duvay presence of a pigment, anthocy- 4600 East Amph anin, in the epidermal cells. Bot- 4200 E Mal . .. anists consider that this is a kind 5260 E Sull .. of “sun-trap," preventing the rays

8350 Elder . _ from passing through into the 11580 Eldona. water where their energizing pow- 5700 E1 Sol . er would be lost. 21000 East Le O11 In the fall special “resting- 1758 Eureka buds" are developed, which sink to 600 Falcon .. the bottom of the pond and re- 1300 Frobisher main there till the April sun in- 1975 Giant duces them to rise and perpetuate 16000 Gillies the strain. As for their dispersal. 21200 Globe the chief agents must be water-

3500 Gold Crest .

fowl, which are said to be fond of the duckweeds.

100 Gold Man

i600 Goldvue Abolish Capital Punishment? 1500 Harricana

5750 Hevn Gm I see, by The Guardian. that G.

1625 I-Iollingcr . 4900 Home Oil 23500 H0500 ..

100 Hud Bay 4500 Hugh Mal . 17500 Indian Lake .._ 1210 Int Nickel .. 15600 Int Uran _

B. S. has "got a little list" of peo- ple he would gladly hang; be-

Markets At A Glance

3000 Jason . (Canadian Press) 3750 Joburkc .... .. Toronto-Stocks lower; Indus. 4000 Jollet _ trials lead retreat; western 011.,- 6500 Kelwren firm.

625 Kerr Add Montreal-Stocks mixed; narrow

33500 Kirk Gold 7000 Kirk Luke 3000 Kirk Town S00 Labrad

64,31, (if/em _

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price range in dull trading. New York-Stocks higher; fav- ored stocks recover.

7000 Laguerre . . 37500 Mads n -- ~ 395 600 Lake Shore 359° Magnet - . 25 2300 L Wasa 4700 Mal Gf . 185 2500 1,000 cad 4700 Marcus .. _ g3 10690 1,3005“ 12334 McKenzie 53 9000 1,0,00,- U 8500 McMarmac . 3500 Lnebe} . . 10500 Mid Cont l-I woo Leitch 300 Min Corr 4909 15x10 _ 1000 Moneta .... .. 11900 Lingman - 820° Mvlnmaque . 1500 Little 1.1. 1000 Nexus 6700 Icuvlcour . 2000 New Cal 1450 M50055; 335 Noranda 4909 MacDonald ,_ 1000 Norbenlte 6000 Macfie , 6740 Normetal ,_ 4700 MacLeod 14o 8700 Norseman ii—————— 2500 North Inca 32750 Nor-zone Bank Loans to» can-n 3500 Ogoma. 4500 Qkalta 6500 OLteary 2500 _OmOB6. .... .. 4500 Omnltrana 13100 Qslsko 7500 Osulake 4000 Pacalta .. 0° 7°" '°""I" ' 5100 Parhour . . PERSONAL LOAN ‘°°° ”""‘““" < 13600 Pen Rey for any reasonable purpose? 450° Hcmdull’ - _ 1745 Pickle Crow Alflyhnecralbrenchof 7800 Pore Reef ‘INE CAIAIIAI DIRK ‘5°° PM" m“ " 2010 Preston 0F COMMERCE °°°° Q“ M" 4235 Queenston llwmhondn wad-mum,“ 1935 Quemont ,_ h“ “M” _ 13000 Regcourt 3500 Ripchette . life Insurance arranged and paid 3500 Roxana 0 h! by the lunk cover: eII Ioona 10700 Rupununl In coed nfcndivtg. 30 San Ant 2000 Sannorm 7600 Senator 500 Sheep 0r 6334 Sharrltt .. 18100 Silv Mill 100 Springer 12400 Bllanco I000 Stadacona 2300 Btarratt .. N i750 Steep R0 . - s- 2000 Sturgeon 175 Sullivan 0900 Bylvanlte . 3525 Teck Hu . 3300 Thom Lund 44 u 4600 Thurbol: -... It ' 2500 Tomblll . 13 A SIIIDII/ coII-VIIIIIIII moo UPDer can . 11M Wat .... ..

or budding.

.. 4 | soon wtm hlilrturlutttttllll-~-"*“'I"'"I“ 4ooo Wlngalt ._ . , I _ "mo Wright rm , - ' 0- purl l’ u» ¢-v¢";,',,,'fiflb,,h was null! I I‘ w,» . nan Qniftoflttothllh - " soot sel .... .. mnmvffl"! 800 Fond gee m; __ _____..nul|ue|1,asa,ooe.

abolish the death penalty, which, aa we know, is only called for mw in cases of murder.

Hanging, in the’ time of our great-grandfathers, was the com- mon penalty for many trivial of- fences. and bred a callousness that defeated its own ends. When the crowd assembled to see a pick- pocket hanged, his friends rifled the pockets of the assembly. That Ia an argument against using the punishment except in extreme cases.

The swing is in the other dir- ection today, and there ls a mis- placed sympathy for the murderer. while his victim is forgotten. The alternative punishment sought by the sympathizcrs. is Imprison- ment for life. It ls little protec- tion to society and no wonder Mr. Shaw is dissatisfied. I recall a front page Incident in The Guard- ian that gives point to his com- plalnt. A man and a woman were arrested somewhere In Western Canada, for robbery with violence. Under police scrutiny it. was re- vealed that the man had been sentenced, some years before, to life-imprisonment. for homicide. When the excitement died down, his friends got his sentence cut down to twenty years. This was again cut, by "good conduct”, to ten years, and at the end of that time he was released. Now he was almost back to where he started. One might fill this column with such stories but one more must suffice. In the U. S. A. a man was convicted of murder, on the testimony of two hospital attend- ants who witnessed the crime. He was given the States extreme penalty-imprisonment for life H: became a sort of "trusty" in tht prison and had more liberty than the other prisoners. The officials

and careless, for he got possession of a police revolver, walked out of the front door, and over to the hos- pital. When the two attendants knocked off work and appeared in the street, they were, shot dead! And as there was no “capital punishment" the murderer was re- turned to prison. Somebody oncc said to Mr. Dooley, the Philosopher of Arlrchey Road, Chicago, “Cap- ital Punishment never stops mur- derers!" And the Sage answered: "It stops wan, annywayl"

As for the vitriol-throwers, and workers of violence, the lash rather than the rope, meets their case. Miscreants who maltreat the weak or helpless, are always afraid for their own skins.

The Sora Rail

The Sora Rail ls a smaller bird than the Virginia Rail; its blll is markedly different, and its plum- age, especially in the xnale, has not the brilliance of that of its congener. The Sore. (or Carolina Rail) ls an esteemed game-bird In those regions where It ls abundant. In New Brunswick it. is listed as a rare summer visitor, while the Nova Bcotla list merely mentions It without comment. The only notice of this bird In P. E. L. was given in 1936, by (the latel Mr. Ludlow Jenkins, who referred to it as a not uncommon migrant. It- Is "up to" our ornlthologlsts to bring our knowledge of the Rails up to date.

Sore Rail, Carolina Rail. AOU. 214. Male: head with the face and the middle line of the throat black; blll short, conical, yellow: bruit date-gray. Back and wings olive-brown streaked black; flanks barred black and olive-brown. Fe- cnale with less slate-color and more of duller brown, while the young‘ have no black on the face or throat. Length, adult, 8.5 in- ehes.

The American Coot

This is our last member of the Family lullldae. but as there was a rather long “Note" on this bird last year. only the description Is In order:-

Amerfcan Coot. IOCBIIY "Mud Hen." A.O.U. 221. Summer resi- dent. rare. Adult plumage, in gen- eral, dark slate, buck tInBcd OIIVE- Head and neck almost black. Bill white, base continued up the fore- head as I. "FPOIIIAI plate": n soot of deep reddish brown near the tip. Eves red. Under tall-coverts. edge of wings. ondardles. white. Undermn-ts Baler slate. Legs and feet olive-green.- toes 4, with aeparate acalloped webz. Length of adult.,l3 to l0 inches.

‘There is. a tradition In England that a man named Henry Jenkins of Bolton-on-Bwale, Yorkshire, ate coota all his life. and WI! l0 healthy that he lived tn be 160!

Scottish Life and Character

I have managed to obtain s

copy of Dean flu-man's "Reminis- cence: of Scottish Life and Char- abter," published In 1800. The last time»! read this interesting work was as a schoolboy. but I never forgot Its murallzlng, and at the same time Jocoae. attitude: and have occasionally Introduced some of Ila comic anecdotes Into there Notes. Now I am In a position, to enlarge upon both attitudes and anecdotes. Scotland. at the time Dean Ramsay complied his book, had just ended an era. and the worthv Dean had set himself the task of presenting the Scotland that was, with all Ila odd manners and 011l- torns, rather than the Scotland that he new arcnmd him. Ono regrets that he dealt least with the west coast from whose shores arose that wave of migration which. peopled the New World.

(Continued on Pare i)

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NO. 1 CNAIILOTTETOVIN BIIANCN , CANADIAN LEGION, B. E. S. L.

Christmas 05rd»

must have been incredibly stupld\

and tips of secq

stun A ctn m a Hospitalized War Ilet A They Gave, Will You‘?

The City Brunch of the Canadian Legion, assisted by the Contact Club and Overseas Nursing Sisters Association‘, is sponsoring an appeal Ioprovide ‘CHRIST- MAS GIFTS Ior uII War Veteran Hospitalized Patients from P. E. I. AII you need to do is PURCHASE OR MAKE the crticle. Purchases may be made in ANY , STORE ANYWHERE, but MUST BE PLACED UNDER THE CANADIAN LEGION ’ CHRISTMAS TREE located at MOORE 8. MacLEOD LTD.

200 Gifts Are Needed

. _ HERE ARE SOME SUGGESTIONS

These Are Articles Suitable For and Desired by These Hospitalized Veteran:

CIGARETTES HANDKERCHIEFS‘

TOILET ARTICLES PLAYING CARDS

SOCKS CANDY AND FRUIT SWEATERS PHOTO FRAMES

PENS SLIPPERS

PENCILS MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTIONS SHAVING KITS WRITING PAPER

RAZOR BLADES ZIPPER BILLFOLDS CRIBBAGE BOARDS

ADULT GAMES PIPES AND TOBACCO POCKET NOVELS.

PLEASE REMEMBER I

MAKE IT YOURSELF! BUY IT'ANYWHEREI But. Place II Under Christmas Tree at Moore & McLeod’:

NOTE-Please do not put more than UNI; Gift In each parcel. You will be provided with a Card at Moore b MaoLeocPa on which you should fill In the oontenta of parcel. aile If any, and your name and address.

Wholesale: (export price current Montreal Produce m» .0... .0... u... Quebec witalgensz: ‘11-16-26. No other prices __ es e . Mon-IRE“, Dem m__ (OP)__ 2 Qlieqno itufi ‘lbs 2.10- -_- Prod ce n ted h we - i 11° 5 90-4-00.‘ Abitibi m 1-4 wei-eurepgnfi B?;I°Che 33111111121’; P!!! M 1 115-185: M I 1J5- Asbestos . 25 Department of Agriculture as fol- B A Oil 22 8-4 laws: Bldg P - ' E88: Free cases, A l 47, Buck SIII: . med 23-4.‘! 1-2; A puIIetsaI-IEIEAI; Bell ‘Iktl .. B 40-41; C 29-30. Packed for ex-