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Fc-nir ‘trails of the English

t- pi-oper study or mankind is says mic o the cass.cal . Pope, I llllilkf-Rllfl lllifiénl- iiicrc is instruction, c-iitcriain- i, and sonic! mrs a liillc uis-

to Liv ga/iicrcd from noting the ii.i .ls ziiiri cus oms of our fellow be- iii.s. Iii the present nctc I DLOITSP w apply this study to some national traits of the Englfsh people.

1 have scmetlm-Is tnouzh. as an gngii-liiiizin, that. our greatest na- ticiial aasct. is cur ability to take a joke against ourselves: and fur. (hgymirl? th s good humor pzeyemg us resenting foreign banter so long as it is poLtey uttered. A good mile ago, towards the end of last “nfuly a witty Frenchman, one Max O‘R:ll. wicte an account of "Jrhn Bull and his Is‘and," in wli i all our lzttle falling; m4 foiiilrs wcre touched ulion with a (left and sure hand. This hock had iizi enormous sale. and was read. lilfilfd over. and quoted 1°;- mgnfii‘ In these days it. is anoth. er P: icliman. cailed Andre Mau. {u}, of urealci" literary fame, who has dcvctcd lis time to a more sericus study of the English charac- fer; and he is not liked the less for the jocular comments and banter with which he seasons his work. on the oiher hand. a nation or race that "flies off the handle" when one polars fuu at it, is reacting arzilix-t an inferiority complex, as ti‘; pfiyfllOlOillitS call it

Oi course we love criticising each other and denouncing our own na- tional faults, too; "John Bull is n‘. vixiys grumbling", say his candid fr’ iids. But this confirmed habit, waicii analysed. is seen as a prelim- iniiry to nll our reforms. WIIRISOGVQX‘ mils forth that grumbling had better look to itself, for behind all the‘r sentiment the English are an eminently practical nation. with a genius for ighting the wrong.

Ii} rzie o his books the learned s;< fish geologist. Hush Mifcr, tells us some of his impres- sicris of English character. He says that when an Englishman strayed into Scotland. he ac- quainted everybody with his business and told where h» crime from and ii-hcrc he was going to. Perhaps this iiiav lizive been true in Mills-Vs dar. but no Englishman that I knew, would have trusted a stranger with a know-ledge of his bus'ness. The English ifoofncss, in fact, could scarcely bc exaggerated: and one might travel a couple of hundred milcs iii a compartment of a rail- way carriage, along with a doren fellow‘ passengers, without hearing any conversation beyond the col- lector's "Tickets, please!" One

lnxritcr considers this reluctance to

I

"liai'-fellciv-ivcll-mct,“ as ricial and complete lack of . To me it seemed an cm- natural protective trait.

iiicn.l_\. for one could not be sure of the moral worth or reputation of onc's frIlriv-travcllers. strangers as they

aiicl so thcv were ‘acct kbiit. icc! I have heard that . War brought about wrrat changes iii this respect, with more "softitility".

Another dominant trait is the dislike of variety. novelty, or flllllsc. The English prefer same- iicssmmiotony and repetition. This. fire. sure, 1S due to the "best bad cumate in the world." (as I have heard it described). There is no seasonal rush, followed by half a rear when one could almost hib- eriiatc: nor has it. an atmosphere Sllfifffllfirlled with electricity as ours is. The seasons as a rule blend into (‘Jill other by infinitesimal praduiitions; and the English peo- llllfl have been subject to this oene- fcirnt influence for more than a IllTliFIlnd years. 1n France-wvhere lie (iiif Strctim has no swan-the

cliniutc is dlffcrcnt and different‘

is l e character of tlic people. The ivlilical atiou: cvcry six months. sometimes ‘lllfllffi as we have seen. it takes ‘"1’ grave crisis to induce the If‘ (‘ll to change the head of his . and thcn it is in the Trill] of a compromise.

"lhcrc are two kinds of pleas- “lfY 581s another writer: "The Fivisure of surprise. adored by fil‘lf'i"{‘f1, and the pleasure oi re’:- ozniiion. cherished by the awed." N'i\\' that tvnusand or more years of n1 ional existence has made the Blul ‘ll an olrl rvrve. more ma'ure flld loss childish than any other

Pa» on PflrIIL-‘(XCPDI the Chinese. I

.l'.\' ovc old favorites, both songs Ifillfl hymns: and they extend that rui- to the singers tori. "They “_-11 so in thousands to bear an old IIIr-llllfli] with a cracked voice. "(rig fadful \' the sorgs she rang beau- llilltii‘ fifty \'-‘w."= {Pry and (in... l" Plllry it." I thought of this gllfltniion on the last night of sea- mascl before wc reached the Isl- m- luff recognized its truth. As w‘- cusiomarv in those days. there no n concert on shin-board. to

uch all contributed. To my sur- ‘lvlrr appeared on i'.~e olat- .“ ,n"h°°lllurcr whom I remember- “M W". sejn at ‘east. thirty yriirs ‘-Hh;'.‘H.s_ tricks iere old and m - mp est character. but didn't

~ (‘road enjoy them! And when

“I! WWI‘

‘WY Chicks I'll

new-M's what did for them. "l biione. or drop m.

Arthur]. Bryenton, ltenllngtolu J- "- umlibtll. Allinton;

6 "Brrv Green. Central Bedbqlfl v-wrkc Milli-laud. at. lilennurh: Jlncln B. Tralnol. Vernon River; 7- Tlrylflr. flprlngfleld;

‘ff (Ylmrleii B. Worth. 22G Great ‘ "'7' blmfl. Ckarlottelnwn.

rulers of Fiance change,

...s iv...’ carne on and sun.

- ' id son s~ ~ .. , = 0 1 3 _ "10_ m uui iialvll-b time- Me was cheered to the echo, a1.

l. - i .

nilfcufihvagr "fl-f?! has the worse for

,5 S run? n‘ is ‘i? II-"Eiish ineniorl‘

o, mum - or them the souice l 0f their sentiment.

Flies Dislike Blue?

Here is a matter f In a book on South Allrfrapelrmfgiriid‘

hi3!- flies are a nuisance there, asl

"lily are in ail other hot muwm, H ,, . "as. at? $521M noes on ‘to stale that p‘. Pdlllt their doczs blue, and the flies keep away “cm them , fiielftlfigltdisllike that c0.or_. I uoirtl co or for doors either, but i‘ might be well to test the state. glfjfééthfalbfllntlrls l! board or other | _ 11¢. and placing it where m“ m?“ do congregate. 1t is not stated whether the tint is light q- dblk- but both might be tried m] be ma m pub ish the result. '

The Shore Orlh

When rambling on the shore one SOIIIcCLIIIBS runs across the “sh-ell" of , fiveslwif-gab. Least up by the i ' 5- _ no as large as that. f” the ED811511 species, never exceed- |ll18 the dimensions of one‘s palm, labhgilél‘ llllllemyégygihobserglatioriil goes; cra eas y at. tains the size of a large saucer Qi- :15 Sglnflglwglfltlgfil‘ plate. Our éhore-crab sc ence . e i - ‘Igghirglllfi. ggnleiatltler tetrcfi filllrIlifr ob‘- 0 I18 e cruvacean with dew 01‘ moisture. It 1a,"! am told, exceeding-v abundant along lt/rie rocky shores of the Gulf cl’ ,St. Lawrence but may be fcund from the Labrador coast down to ,the shores of the Caroliniis. Crabs. ~13 may be mentioned. do not thrive ‘in cold water. and those of the Labrador are fewer and smaller 27131031350! 2f the southern seas. i; ave never ieard of fiioée-crziibzbetinfgl used for food here. sa 1a .iey are taken in 18186 numbers for the_ Canadian market: but in the United States they are reckoned as second in value to the "Blue Orab" (Callin- lgéf: 5117511119- iffilé ahore-crab (or c -crii . as s d b- Americaii cousins-i notnixfiefreqileiljflly finds its way to the restaurant table under the name of fits more valu- abgm congener. e shore-crab fi-e ts h1- lgvviirmwptteg and beingjriinnablcrs flto - . verysecrc ve. snppiniz from one sheltering rock or bunch of seaweed lo another iii mcst fur- ltive fashion. Or it may lie for hours ‘gglgiledqlép to watlaiful ayes iii the : . ere awa suc . by an are to its liking, and rbiisle-lrfh the swiftness of a cat it pcuriccs ggnlfs PgQV-L Neverthglleas it will cat. icn us as rea iv . 't "ll fiéhailvh lklijfibtiicss rillghlfi Itjscllf: iriild 8 e out: s not an ap- petizing one. it cannot be denied that the shore-crab performs an lmDoi-tant rofe (as scavenger) in iheqecolnctixrsnyl of nature. ieoerisal. it‘ l‘ the crab. and hasctqhsg ‘prfifezgiices. It is a misnomer to ca ese animas "h ll-fsh." . some do: the outer gkeietoat: iréllafyube termed [ah entrance. The l“ ‘s’ prepare e o or s - 1. tlowins’: so that these CfllslflCxilzlllS "are said "to chew their food with their fingers!"

Odd Historical Notes

Cleopatra's Needle. On the Vic- toria Embankment. near the op. ;proach to Waterloo Bridgc. Lon-; don. stands an obe isk. which is known as Cleopatra's Needle. That [Queen was. however, in no way connected with the raising of this land another similar column. [Heliopolis or On. about fourteen centuries before the Christian crii. (1470 B.C.?l. On it are recorded the conquests of Thothnies III. an able King and warrior, who won ‘We Vlfiivry 0f Megiddo subdued Syria find part of Mesopotamia, and rendered the tributary Phoenicia.

a c»

Icieties to abolish the gin trap-a

Babylon and Assylria. e "ncccilc" lis of red granite. and stands 69 fcct high. Julius Caesar removed the ‘two obelisks to Alexandria and re- erected them before the temple which he built there and which ‘I593 l

calcd the Caesarien. In the ‘course of time the temple‘

‘was pulled down. and one of that columns feil prone on the desert sands.

There our needle lay till the ycar 1820, when interest was once more ‘directed to it by the ruler of Eiypt. ‘ {Mohammad Ali. who presented it Ito the British Government. As it

weighed 1B0 tons considerations of,

'expense pretlentcd its removal till the year i878. Then it was enclosed

in a huge me.:.l cylinder, made air- I _ tight. and towed toward England. I

A storm in the Bay of Biscay. sank the tug. and the cylinder went adrift; another boat recovered it and took it to the ‘Thames. Some ,years after the column was erected ‘on its present site. l went to have a look at it and found that our damp northern air. laden. too, with acid, was obliterating the iii- scriptlons in a way that. the pass- age of thirty-three centuries could nos equal. The authorities aircr- wards painted the column with some waterproofing solution. ‘n the last war the N-eedle did not escape, for it was gashei by a bomb. Its companion obciisk.--if 111V memory serves-was afterwards taken to Paris and re-erectcd on the banks of the Seine.

It. was in the Temnle of the Sun It l-leliopolis that Moses was edu- cated "fn all the wisdom of the Efyotians": and the future leader of the Israelites must have oftsi

|"N~ede."

Almvlck Clllle. ‘This. the seat of ;the Dukes of Northumberland. has ibeen notlv termed "the Windsor of the North." ‘The original Nci-man fortress was built by Ivo do V0561’. Baron of Alnwick. fl““l|I, 1095, mid after suffering’ frhm he “em-m M the 8w?!- lnd the storms of two hundred years. iv. w“ 51mm, m. UNI)’ Hbuilf by th- first two Psr- Nes (1310-1850. (The v"'l'“I' fan"- 'ly l“! descended from lh-i no d, Vescy who helped Wilfam f to con. cuer l‘ gland). Extensive aiterntlsiis by Duk s ffurh ivl Alvemrn P"‘cv WV‘ ibe Ca>“- its "He": .09.... aor-arrnca ‘I'll-e I-."yr !"")Ipvw~“ modernized the Castle in 1854. at a 000C 0| “MAIN. HG Wll Q ‘[951,

lvazedunon the inscriptions on our v

NATURAL MARSHFIELD.

I CONSERVATION I

A WEEKLY COLUMN 0F PRACTICAL OPINIONS 0P THE. VITAL ISSUES AFFECTING TIIE USES AND ABUSES OF RESOURCES BY MIL LUDLOW JENKINS

“l'l*i\\\"' Yiclitvy In Ifugliiiifl

Since its iiisctiiiiui "UI-‘A\V" llilS iakcii a cri-at inicrcrl iii tlic wiirk of the various animal welfare sn-

crucl toothed trap gopuarly used to exterminate rab its, especially in llicxc centres of the commer-

cial rabbit-trapping iiiriiis‘ Devon, Cornwall and So. Wa Since i033 this work has ‘o. u; amongst its foremost endeavours}

and in July of last year the eleventh attempt since 1918 met with success in the passage through Parliament of the Prevention oft Damage by Rabbits Act.

This Act requires tlic occupier of land either to destroy his rab- bits or fence tiicin iii so that his neighbour's property will be pro- tected. The penalty for non-com- pliance is steep. Farmers will therefore be encouraged to cle- stroy their rabbts iii tlic spring. rather than sell them to trappors‘, in winter.

The Act imposes a severe fine for using or permitting the use of spring traps for rabbits elsewhere than in rabbit holes. As the law stands at present, ovrncts of Lind,

—~nnt tenants-may place gin 3 traps in the o _ii to tlic grrai.‘ danger of dome ic animals. l

The Act legzilizes the cyanide fumigation for struction of rabbits. “UFAW" after long and hard work. has i ' ed that

the faublit: this ni

dealing with the rabbit its not l. only llillllllllf‘ but also cfficirnt Jllll tcativeiv olicap. The next step

towards the complete abolition ofi the gin trap in Britain will be ihel introduction of a "Mutilated Rab-

If will l s -

lopiiizii iii. a i-titlici" inauspicious ‘Lin? mi iiie cve of the outbreak ‘ill \\4III"IIII(I have since had a linrzi struggle for existence. they

iiccd all the help and encourage- mciii. possible. We would therefore urge all members and friends of the Association who know of any

pi “ctive members for these iii schrs in the West. to send us- their names and addresses, so that we may communicate with

them.

We wish these branches the best of luck and would like to express our warmest thanks to Mrs. Green- berg for her nobie work.

Plan to Give Territory to Trapper! And Their Heirs Forever- According to a recent editorial. this is what may actually take place in Northern Ontario after a two-year survey, involving thous- ands of square miles. has been matte. Every free township north oi the French and Mattawa rivers to the distant transcontinental railway line will be allocated on a. nominal rental ‘oasis to trappers upon appication. North of the Trans-Continental Line as much of the tcrritmjv as possible’ will» be rrsrrvcd for Indian trappers. South se l‘iic the applications of In- diiiiis and white men will be given equal consideration. this plan goes into effect it be the cud-savour of the As to induce these "poten-

Lniioii

l fur farmers" to adopt more iiuiiiaiic and economical methods (ll trapping than the wasteful

Across The Miles Anti now a word to you who re- ’

steel tron. l

bits Bill“ which will tiroiiihit. the 51.1,; a; 53m.- distance from head- sale nf rabbits which liavc fFrlli .-~-,-=, w;- m Toronto are mutilatccl by gin traps or smircs '5, m; in Qvery “~35, pusqbie ,0 ,a(l'.'ziiicc the cause to winch we Two Links In The (‘linln nf have dadimwd Burgh...‘ Bra-ochre We Ilccr T" E-“fllllkh ‘tar from easy but, little by little,’ Afrflii (‘fill-WK {we are breaking through the hard l“? Allfill“ a lllmlbfl" "I r-xnccicri ridicule is surpris- Pxfflllllt‘. MIN W; fill”? iiaii-rxistciit, clue partly jouriicycri far fiilflfkill tlic CL ma, actual Woof of M. cs‘s of the Awvciritloli. Si“ - i suffering iiriplicatnz the mum time dllrmll h" " ~~°“‘iii:\j: 1y cf citizens cannot be

for the purpose of orzanirng. lni

the very stronghold of m» Fur, Industijv. two Il"fli‘l(‘l‘|"< oi’ H10‘ A.P.F‘.A. at Port Arthur and W 11-’ niccg. -

Mrs. J0ll"l K'liv_ of tlic 'l“iiii".:‘.."l' ' Bay lrlunir-iic Sodrtv. the on‘; \_\_n- man in Ontario holding a poicc. iiispcctcrs badizc. was clcctcd Prc- sidctit cf tlic Port Aislliitr hl‘fl'1."il., Iii \vllll'll'1f“_' Miss H"lcii A_._.'S'ur-j rock of tlic (‘ii-vi Wzst l.!~ Iii-i suranzjc Co- a clvirtcr n1cni‘:ei' of; tlic Associa \\'.‘S clccfcil Sc."-| rotary‘, and K. iVl. Reeve: Priesldcnt. i

As tlicse new braiirlics iverc

travcllcr. ion. ])l'.i1'.‘lll§ill_\‘ iii Flay t; and lirniiglii lioiiic iiumcroils rc ‘s coiinccttd with tlic land til tlic Pharaohs. All tlic Dukes ivid hib-

bics o_f_0:\o sort or titlicr. and tlic, Ciil‘i(‘$ll‘ " they crleclctl \v.rc kcnt iii mi iii-rooms all nvcr incl

Castle. iixid wcrc d1." l.iy'cii to tlic public freely". Tlic upper" slot-av of| the Sailyport 'T'0\\'(‘i' coiitaiiicd ai collection of ancient. Bl'll .1. Roman. and Saron antiquities. which I c0ii- fcss gave me more nicasurc to 0x-

aniLuc. linii all Duke Algcrnans Ezypliau ri-l . Tiicrc "cs an afar from Hiibitiiiiicum (lcd rd to iii:-

tlircc Goddcss Mothers (Deac- l\iii_'.- _ ycgt, whose lizstory has Riven iii

U115 column some tiiiic ago; 10d another altar from the same place. in rather unintelligible Laliu, which sccms to say "In a dr am forc- warucrl. a soldici" (‘lll'l‘L‘l(‘(1 tlic w fe of l-‘abius to crcct llils altar in tlif: iivniphs ivlxo are wcrtliyl of woi

The nymphs Vi'f'l‘0 local tllviiiitics. somct-hing like tlic fairies of later times, who prcsidcdovcr groves and meadows, aiid especially ovcr foiiiii- ains. Tlici-o was a bciiu uly_ car- ved Saxon scpiilt-liiii'.il_ c ~. ‘illllllfl in tlic ruins of Wodris t.) Ctiurch at Aiiimoutli. iii 11119.‘

But Aliiwick Castle is clcscd now, and its noble owncr has just been killed in action. I doubt whether it will cvcr a'_. i be the family lioiiio of tlic brave rare n-lro have licltl it for ovci" six liuiicircti years. Tlic tux- aiioii is so liigli in tlic Old Country‘ that. the owiicrs of tlirse historic placrs cannot afford to maintain thcni. and the succession duties ccmpcte the ruin.

NO'I'I'IS ON ISLAND PLANTS

The Thymclacaccae

This is a small family represent.- ed in Canada by two genera of one spccics cncli. On ihc island we have

but one sticrics. the M0l'.f‘l"‘i1l1, nnphm- Mczcreiim. This plant 79S abundant iiriir mic nf ill." ionls

leading down iiitn Iluiilcr Rivcv, and it 1s si.d to grow at points mi l]... 5|, Poiflfg Rand, It. is a iirilive of Europe and is uscd as a garcvn shrub in Britain: probably \\c owe its tircscucc hcrc to tlic sriitlirrnt of some British scttlcr. Iii England

siiccrcd away. but also because so- cictics and groups high in public cstwm have alicd themselves with us. Tit“ primary duty of your ex- crutlic lll"ll is to slain nrrstice for tlic A.P.ll“./\.. but we lcok to you

llrr action ui those sections which

we cannot psisonally contact.

1f you can interest a group and l

matter

cl.

2i capable officers-mo

h v tire beginning-you \i'll iie yct another branch of lllf‘ cciaiion. A branch iii

."\‘."l‘_\' town and city lhrsurzhout the Dcmiiiicn would be none tco nirinv for the tivmendous task toi which we li. c sot ourselves. Every I . aiice would be giv-en to. ', issue- cciiitnn a '

nf tlic Built-tin t of what books borrow smail librarv-Aiiforma- lion and falls vou should have. vfictrci- working in a group orl alone. Rcgfii filling a scrap-bask! X1311‘ wi*li f‘\‘(‘l‘_\‘ll‘iil'lg that comes’ vnui‘ wiiy relative to our work.‘ Sirririaly nrgaiiizcd we must even-| iually succeed.

will v s and l‘ilIl'!i\'/.ll1(‘5 you may

Il'-"»ll1 Olll‘

Iieiicr Late Than Never I If _v(iu have not vet srnt iii your 'ilicii f-ri- this season. theI '\

l. glad t not _vct a member, you are invited‘ to join. We need all the members

TI IF (‘l I A V" I {ITTETOWN

jenioyment of tirs type of during all seasons of the year.

l successfully.

This is l plants

to ‘ plants at 20c per dcz.

I .

CIIARIVAW

WINNIPEG, Man. June ‘f-Ex-

‘cent in isolated districts weather

has been showery throughout thc three Western Provinces duriric the past week. Crop conditions con- tinue to improve particularly in Central and Northern Saskatche- wan where heaviest rains were re- ceived. With seeding completed in Manitoba and Saskatchewan only a small percentage of coarse grains to finish in some sections of Alberta. appraisal of western crop conditions at this time clarified. Insect pest. damage re- rted from several districts ust. in the initial stages and is being closey watched by farmers and provincial departments ac- cording to the weekly crop l"‘l)Of‘l. of the Department of Agriculture, Canadian National Railways.

SUN ROOM FORMS A WINTER RETREAT

A sun room-incicsed in glass- is not really appreciated until win- ter comes along. When weather conditions maike it unsafe to let the children play outdoors. a sun ro:m provides a place for recreational activttzes and at the some tme promotes health.