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l TIMELY NOTES DH TOPICS

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a Silver Fox and

A welcome visitor to this Prov- ince this week was A. H. Lecnard of the Ralston Purina Company. man- ufacturers of the celebrated Purina line of feeds. Mr. Leonard, now a resident of St. Louis. Mo, has not been here for cver twenty years bl" renienibers well the days -when this Province was the centre of for activity. He is a man in his earl)" fifties but locks younger. has 8 Vt"! charming manner and a Iuiid of in- formation that makes him a most interesting person to listen to. HP spoke of the (Id (IBIS "he" 313” Mililgaii was in the licyday of h.s fux fniiie nnii (icplui-rd the pre-lent sitiiiitlon of a once if”-'1 11101195 mrikiitg and lasvinatliig industry. If? inoii.-iii there would be ii L-rmebact within the next year or two as all signs pointed to more interest be- ing taken in long-haired W995 '3? I'ui.-. Air. Lt-oiiarii was 8t'COmD3llle3 hy his Canadian manager and Mr G. R. Henry, representing Purina In lhls Prcvince.

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Wcir.eii's Wear Daily l'8D0lTVlllE "1 UH. Hudson's Bay Company-s sale last week has the following --

" dinnireal. ott. 29 .. Silver fox was

..iit-iiansea in price contoured with the June sale. Hudsons Bay reported following its one-(lay sac of silver and mutation fox. blue gm mm unite fox, .tttencl:ince of denier... thcugh smaller than usual. irclurierl some from New You Great Britain and (European COW" tries. and. of course, local and CW" adian buyers. A sits?" imDl'0V9m9m was noticed in platinum and epeurl platinum. but. both blue fcx and white fox. which were in good dr- mnnd, were somewhat easier In gr-(en O O I

The Hudson's Bay Co.. reported as follows: The catalog ccnsisfzd nr a below average collection, Thus buying was selective, with demand concentrated mainly upon P681115-' and inferior standards and regu- lar platinum. low grades were nes- lected. Prices were generally uri- changed. with platinum and pearl platinum sf.l'CnREl' C'Jml35l'9d W 13” auction. Blue fox was 68 D97 09'” sold and was in good demand bU'-

A Fox's Lament

Of all the fallen Isords of time I am the last to write I rhyme I once was King in this fair Isle And ladies on me used to smile And loved to hold -me in their arms While I bedecked their sweetest

charms.

Man loved me then as you can bet

For I was fashions dearest pet

And I brought fame and gold galore

From many a far and distant shore

Crowds gazed upon me then with 3'WE

And Londs were proud to shake my paw.

so while I brought you fame and wealth

The doctors worried for my health

But now. alas. the sun has changed

My race is outlawed and estranged

Man has been doing things askcw

From Adam down to (you know whoi.

Of all man's blunders which this world has cursed

This Fox bounty rates among the worst

And now within my lonely den

I sadly lay aside my pen

But llll survive that you can bet

For Jonscy has to catch me yet.

-”Ra,viierd". some where on

Prince I:',:i-ward Island.

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Mink Farming

slightly easier. White fox was '14 per cent sold and was in strong (is mand at slightly easier prices. The price range. unofficially reported was . Silvery (selected). full silver 314 to 317: silvery 313.50 tc 519,50, (Regular: full sliver 81050 to 315: silvery sll to I16. (liiferioii full silver ssso to :11. Sill"! 39 to 813.

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One-half to tlirce-quarti-r silvers (selected) three quarters 315.50 to 521.. dark 81?. tlieizulari, three quarters 313.50 to 317.50. (Inferior-I three quarters S3 to S1350 cue-liii'.i 33.50 to 31151). dark 57.50 to 59.30 Pearl Plrilinuni iselea-tedl light sl4.5O to 519: dnrk 317 in Sl9..'il)( medium sI5.50 to 320.50. (Regular-I light 88.50 in 318.: medium 59.50 to 819.50: dark :11 to 514.50: (Infer- lcrsi light 5750 to :11. medium 87 to sl3.5-0. dark 87 to sl3.50. Plat- inum (sclectedi light 513 50 to 3:1). 50; ex light 312.50 to 519.50: meti- luni. 813 50 to 321.: dark 513.50 '-0 528.50. (Rcgularsl light 38.50 to ::i8.5o; ex. light. ssao to 313; med- ium. 30 to 519.50: dark 38.50 to 317., (Inferiorsi light. 35. to 312.50: es light 56 to s'i'.50: medium 5 tr

sl3.50: dark. 55.50 to 312 Whif-3 n: rked isclectetll. silvery 310 I-0 S17; full silver. 59.50 to 316: three- quarters S13: (regularsl SIiI'I:l':'

38.50 to S13 50: full slivvr 5850 to 514: thrcc- rters. 510. to sla. I:-- feriors, fsllteryl 58.50 to 311; full silvers 37 to 311: three-qutirters 59 standard Low Grades. full silvers 33.50 to 57.50; silver)". 51.50 to :7: half silvery. s4.5o to s'7.5o; dark. s2 to 56.50. Mutation Low Grader Platinum. se. to 35.50: pearl plat- inum S5.

Next week the 20th Live Fcx Show and Third Mink Show will be held under the auspices of the Prlnce Edward island mr Breeders Association in the fcx pavilion at the Provincial Exhibition grounds Foxes will be judged by George A. Callbeck. manager Fur Marketing Department. Canadian National Fox Breeders' Association, and the mink by L. W. 1-fanccck of summersid-2 Tuesday. November lith will be receiving day, Wednesday. judging foxes commences at 9.00 a.m. and continues throughout the day. In the evening there will be an edu- cational meeting of fur breeders. on Thursday. November 16th.. judging of foxes will be completed. and mink judging commenced on completion of the fox judging. A fur breeders banquet will be held that evening.

We have received the October is- sue of the Scandinavian Fur. pub- lished in Sweden. It is very attract- ively illustrated with pictures of ladies wearing various types of sil- ver and mutation fox furs, also mink furs. A lead article in It I; entitled. Swedish Fur Industry Has Made Rapid Progress. and goes on to show how they have not only es- tablished succcssfulxranches for the production of furs but also for manufacturlng and dressing plants where apprentices are trained thor- oughly over a four years course Here are some notes from the magazine . . . . one of the leadin; fur dressing works In Sweden. Wal- (emar Lindstrom. has made some attempts to improve the silver fox and make it more attractive. By adding a bluish tone to this type of fox he hopes to enhance its beauty. Results so far have been very satisfactory. In England. Swe- den and America the new midnight blue Persian lamb has been well re- ceived by the trade and it is ex-

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5eOo'?- We TIIE BLACK-TIIBOATED BLUE WARBLEB

Tnis Warbler was seen by Dwight, who included it in his list of "Birds of P. E. Island" pub- lished in I893. This entry was carried into the 1918 list publzshed in the Teacher's Bulletin. I have not found any later record here. though the bird is common in New Brunswick. and breeds there.

The male bird is attractively colored as will be seen from the descripilon; while the female who must sit on the nest. yet not give it awiiy. is c.-imoiiflaged in more sober liues.

Francis Barn says nothing about this Warblir. ii is certain then, that he n:vci' saw it. It is a bird of zli-s damp woods or swamps. ...i,rs fired. and most people avoid

such place.-'. its life history dif- fers iIllit' from that of other War-blers.

Black-ihriialed Blue Warbler.

AOU. 654. Summer resident only. Adult male: Upper parts slaty blur; turn.-ii. and sides of head and of body. black; wings and tail blue. .4 white pa-tch on the wing at the base of the primaries, and the outer I821 feathers with white

longitudinal stripes: breast and belly while. Adult female: Upper parts olive-greenish; white iv:ng-

palch smaller. white tail-stripes intlis:.ii.-1; .1 dusky gray ear-patch. undci arts dir yellowish. Length

of adult 5 to no inches. "'A"SCULPIN IDENTIFIED

One of these queer-looking little fish was brought in for naming on Oct. 28. .1950. and after consider- able research I made it out to be the "Little Sculpin". It is saddled with a long generic name. derived from the Greek. and having refer- ence to the spikes on its cheeks. Iis specific name ta secondary af- fair) is "acneus", meaning bronze and referring to its color.

We have five species of Sculpins

round our shores. and one deep- sea species. but none are of econ- omic value. They are the Hook- earcd. the Mailed, the Deep-Sea, tho Long-horned. the Little, and the Common Scul-pin. The body and fins of the Little Sculpin. are mottled and streaked with a rich bronzy black-brown. Its mouth is large and reminds one of a frogs; there are two very short blurs:-spines (spikes). un- equal in size, one each cheek. The pectoral fins r- which may be re- garded as the wings of the fish - are large and heavily mottled bronze. The long dorsal (or back) fin is divided into itwo sections. The first is spiny-rayed: but the posterior section has 13 or 14 sort rays. The ventral fins are long and narrow. The anal fin - be- low and towards the tail - has II or 12 rays. It is important to count the rays and spines, to make sure of the species. The Little 5CU1Din grows to I maximum of 8 inches.

A Hake was brought in at the same time, and will be described shortly.

SEOUL

The capital

name of South Koreais Cll.V. was a "rock of of- fence". when it first came over the air. Scarcely two announcers said it alike. but at last it soul;-d down as "Sole." It seems to have been overlooked that for I long period French was the language of diplomacy. and that place- names were written with the French sound of the letters. Seoul was therefore correctly pronouoe. 9d 53)"-OOL. There is a list of place-names in the old Canadian Geography. which gives the pro. nuncia-lion as Sch-ool. pronounced GXICUY as above. The method adopted In these Notes is to cap-

pected that silver foxes-in the new blue shade too will attract the at- tention of tho general. public.

I. Aluminum means a lot 2. promoted to preserve itI delicate flavour. Farmer-I using Iluniinum pdila mid this "food-friendly" maul preserves colour, and flavour per-i'ectly.i

to your brukfaatl Your

griddle-cakes taste better

with good maple syrup. And the beat ayrupiamade from up that is collected in aluminum pails.

3. Aluminum is used for tI ping-page, oonta acre and ovIporIton,ioo.'I'Iia incrnling use of Ilunslniun In the In- diietrymaIashlglier- qualltyayrupfotyou.

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Natural Iainarala In lbod and um ooeulannlly dlacolour Ilunlaun utauile. Natural add: in (coda remove thn depadu. For Inrnpla, the iron in spinal: lIIv-I I dopoalt on aluminum: the acid from tomuooa or rhu- barb dbolven the dnpodt.

1600501 Maura noun hdonl Ind hevhdei all in mutant; Iiimhvn My safari to al pun-feed Iowa.

ALIIMINIIM eosauuv or eauau. ms.

ltallze the accented syllable: this helps the memory. by means 0f the eye.

Maple up must be well-

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Dill. Medal

THE GUARDIAN. CHARL()TTET()WN

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- NEWSY NOTES -

Iv Agricola

SOME IUINAMEI

In August I010, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. there came from Ireland thirty-six ships to the Welsh coast to help Kin! Grim" against the Anglo-Sii . This is the first though not the lut-men- tion of the surname Griffin. which is contidered to be I form of Grif- fith.

In 1949 a new Zealand "social psychologist" called Ernest Beagle- Iiole. published a book on "Islands of Danger". A beagle is a dog trained U hunt hares. and Beagle- hole is plainly a placename in- dicative of some incident. when surnames "came into fashion" a great many families took the name of their town or locality. and here is where the Beaglehole folk come in. Possibly the family liv- ed in Devon. where they would call themselves Balgle'ole; this would account for other variations found here and there in English- speaking lands.

N ATUBE NOTES

'I'lie conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter is an interesting sight. but there seems to be more to it than that - if one may use slang. The ancient Romans talked of Jupiter Plurius. meaning "Rainy Jupiter". and in an effort to dis- cover if they Intended this as I reference to the terrestrial wea- ther. the writer tabulated the con- junctions since January 1949. There were 13 in I949, and (so far) II in 1950. making a total of 24. On 4 of these no rain fell: on 9 rain fell on the day of the con- junction: on 3 rain fell the day before, and on 7 rain fell the day after. The Moon is the nearest celestial body and Jupiter by far the heaviest: perhaps the force they cxcrt affects the Earth's atmos- phere. It is" only fair to say that an astronomical friend disputes my theory!

On looking at the eastern heavens on I fine starlight night, one no- tices. at this time of the year. a greIt pentagonal figure marked out by five stars; one. of the first magnitude. and four of lesser de- gree. This figure is slightly north of east and its apex is inclined downward. The brightest star is uppermost and is the famous star Capella. The whole group is part of the constellation Auriga. which is supposed to represent a char- iotcer.

Capella is a spectroscopic bin- ary: that is to say, the instru- ment shows it to be two stars. not one! Together they shine with a beautifully clear yellow light. The larger of the two resembles the Sun in its composition but it is I80 times as bright as the Sun. and it is just as well its a long way off.

Capella means ”Little She-goal". an odd name for a star? Well, it had to be called something. so the ancients honored it by giving it the name of a valuable animal. Sheep and goats were the nomad”: wealth.

Now observe Cpella again closely: there is a faint little star just under it. and other two. side by side. just under that. These are conceded to be ”the Kids."

Capella and the Kids head onc-

quadrani. of the heavens. The other quadrants are headed respec- llvcly by the Dipper. Vega. and Cassiopeia: Chair. As I further guide Capella end the star-cluster Pleiades are about the ame dis- tance ebove the horizon just now, the cluster lying I little to the right. A well-illustrated botanical work has lately been published in the United States. It rightly comm- era the Trailing Arbutus (Dpinea) the "Mayflower" of America: but when the author comes to write about I one-leaved, rather ill- smelling, little plant called the Mllanihemum. he refers to it as the "Canadian Mayflower". Nobody in the Mariiimes will believe that: we favor the Epigaea tool And I "link my Vancouver correspondent will agree!

Some time ago I mentioned that the Lotus corniculatus or Bird's- fool. Trcfoll was being tested as a fodder-plant in the U.S.A. There is a good account of this trefoil in the Family Herald of November 2nd. It has leaves of I very deep green. I color which seems to show extra vitamins or the like. and neat yellow flowers. with a touch of red on the wings. I have the plum trowlnz among rocks, r WI-llfh dry place. but the trefoil shows up every spring.

SOUIIS OONVENT

Honor Roll for October.

Glide NI.-1. Genevieve Camp- bell, Bernice Macrhee. Anne all. Ila; 2. Basil Campbell. Fablola Power. Mae Grimes; 3. Dorothy Kenya, nigone MIcAuIIy. Mary Gillie,

Grade X.-I. Bernadette Gillie; 2. Camllfia McAulIy; 3. Mary Mc- Phee.

Grade IX.-I. lleanor cllnton: 2. Patricia Maenanald; 3. Anne MacDonald.

Grade VIII. - 1. liltldred Mal- lard: 2. Susan lilaooorrnack. Helen Mtcbon-Id: 3. aiiiiy Webster. Myra cheverle. Velma Paquei.

Grade VII.--I, Yvonne Chevarle. Peggy Mullally: 2. Mary Mclaean. Joan Mclntyre. Jeanette Peters; 3. Barbara MePhee. Margaret Praught, Catherine . McPhee,

Grade VI.-1. JJJoyoe Chcverle, Audrey Mullallyg 2. Ina: Macbet- mack. Minnie Mullally; 3. Margar- et MacLai-en. Florence Buahcy. Elaine Gallant.

Grade V.--I. Helen Malone. 2. Betty MIoIntolh: I. Madeline Pnught.

Grade IV.-i. Doreen Ohtverie, Pony Campbell: 2. Joyce Jarvis. Anne Inofnrtil: 8. Carole lllis. Noelle Petal, Alena Pierce.

ands In.-1., Belle .MIeIntyre. Jean Mooney. Sandra sum; 2. Joan Stewart. Alice clln i 8. Anita dheverie. rraneel Olin it.

dude II.-I. Margaret Mennon- ald; 2. Tlmlie Ohevu-la; Anne Marie Madmen. Margaret ollnwn. lleanor Cheverio

Grade 1!. B.-'1. Joanne Dou- cotle 3. none Ilalone: 8. Glynno Innis. van-

Hanoi Uneasy As Red Acilviiy Shows Increase I

llv Kenneth Llkea

HANOI. North Vietnam. Nov. 13 -(AP)-This city of quiet lIkea and ancient pagoda: stirs with I new uneasinais. , For the French. before. It was somewhat exciting but never too worrisome to be an the fringe of hostile Vletmlnh country and in the shadow of Communist China. Danger to isolated Hanoi gave an air of adventure to I slow-moving. provincial citv.

Recent staggering ireversea for the French armv in the frontier region 100 miles to the north have transformed the tone of sidewalk conversation. Talk has taken on I lwer pitch-hushed work of high casualties and whispered rumors of plans for retreat. Sometimes talk is loud and a little hysterical. The French army has ordered wives and children of servicemen out of North Vietnam. A few our ers are packing. The rest are sit- ting it out.

They hang on in a colonial city that appears to be a small French suburban transplanted to the Or- ient. '

The old Iietropole Hotel and several small ones are crowded. mostly with French military

people. Five theatres do I big business with French and Amer- ican films. A half-dozen cafes with chairs spread onto the sidewalks have become social centres, clust- ered with bridge-playing French business men and Foreign Lel- lonnalres.

Boulevards extend from the centre of the city toward the "cit- adel." a suburban district of arlny barracks, hospitals and govern- ment buildings. Across a small lake from the French quarter. the Vietnamese and Chinese section of about 200.000 persons is Jumble of tightly-cramped shops and houses.

The 1.500 French civilians in town and the 20-odd Western for- eigners. donft wander too far from the briightly-lighted French quart- er at night. presidents have come to accept their confined life and the unsureness that tomes from knowing the city is honeycombed with a vielminli underground that can count thousands of sympath- lzers.

Scottish Weavers Proud of Efforts In Ilollar Drive

The writer of the following -was one of a party of Canadian news- paper women who toured British industrial areas as guests of Brit- ain's dollar exports board and Car.- ada's dollar-sterling trade board.

By KAY REX (Canadian Press Staff Writer)

I-IAWIGK, Scotland. Nov. 13 - (GP) - The Royal Stewart tartan which you bought in Canada may have ccme from the yards of Royal Stewart, You may see it woven here any misty day.

should it be I cashmere sweat- er. there's a chance some of the no it probably cost you may hive lound its way back for more wool for more cashmere sweaters. It's all part of this endless circle which makes British trade wheels go 'round.

A good deal of Britain's woollen industry is located around I-lawick in county,Roxburgh and Walker- burn in Peebles.

Ha'lck - as the Scots call it - is it sleepy little town just aboie the Erigltsh-Sccttlsli border and 50 miles south of Edinburgh. sleepy that is until one discov- crs there are 20 llrins turning out- knitted goods for world consump- tion. They range frcm underwear to the finest of woollen garments. In the last year each of the 3.000 knitwear employees has con- tributed 2700 01.100) of effort toward Britain's dollar drive. They'll tell you with some pride that exports at July stood at E2.- 093,'I.'i8 ((6,281,209), an increase of 44 per cent 'over the corres- ponding ltM9 figure of il.463.888. The figures probably would be even higher if more labor were available.

Old Industry

For years knitting has predom- inated in this town whose inhab- itants still celebrate annually "the common riding" - -when the youth of the town defeated Ing- llsh marauders in loll.

In fact. it isn't unusual to find father. mother, sons and daugh- ters all working in the same in- duatry.

such specialization has enabled craftsmanship to survive.

But it's the three-year apprent- iceahip which makes it difficult fo get the right kind of help. ' "It isn't possible to import just anyone." said I director of the 45-year-old firm of Barrie and Kersel. "Experienced help is ne- cesaary."