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,5 ova roaarsruaas saw 11-

m; year 1060 there was a we“ ugchquake on the Transla- mn oi St. Martin. and King Henry m” in France." This introduces other system of chronolofly nkish historians cm-

“ . Martin f calendar. King m?" France.

p, worse o "then W“ °

Lin, in the ecclesiastical on the 4th of July. 'l“ne tioned. was Henry I oi

men appeared in i066: ver all 51181:? 51:11}: u no man e sa - 31151181502: men said that it was the comet star. which others call the long-hfllfd star. It appeared first on t)“ evg “lied Utflillb. major. that u on the lfibth before the cfllencls of May; and so shone all the week." This would be spru 28rd. loss. This appearance was. among the common pwple, freely interpreted to mean a LEQSLG!‘ to England: and was dulv noted by Matilda, wife of Wil- liam the Conqueror. Who 9m‘ broidered the history of the Con‘ quest into what is called the Blyglux ‘Tapestry. Above a group of ungainly Anglo-Saxons. pointing m, m g, meet odd-looking star. are 4.5: ISTI MIRANT STEL- LAM; which may be translated T "Tl-lose marvel at the Star This celestial visitor dismayed the m; and encouraged the Nor- m“; w we know that it was Halley‘! comet. the most famous of ell lt returns at intervals of about “\‘Qnty'f1vQ years, and its last nu- pearance was in 1910. Shakespeare. in “Julius Caesar." makes Calpumia~ say

“when be“!!! die. there are no

cornntl aecrl. The fleavena themselves blue forth the death of Princes."

And it will perhaps be remembered that our beloved Sovereign. King George V. died as the oomet was ro- cecing into space.

Returning to the ancient Chron- icle. we find that twenty-one years iiwo sunspotcyclesl later. in 1087. ‘such a sickness came on men. that full nigh every other man was in the worst d diarrhoea: and that many men died in the disord- er. After-wards came. through the bedriess of the weciler. so great a famine over all England. that many hundreds of men died a mis- erable death. through hunger." 1 tabs it that the epidemi was cholera. which for some obscure rea~ eon. used to be more virulent in sunspot years. In a. table of "maxi- mum solar maculae" which I have compiled from many sources. and which goes back f0 A. D. 1706) I rind that outbreaks o! influenza and dtlolera, were common accompani- periodl. ‘The weather

"Such things happen for folks‘ sins. that they will not love God an righteousness." Who shall gay that he is mistaken?

In 1M9 "there was also over all Imgland much earth-stirring on the third day before the ides of August 1111f. 11- was a very later year in corn. and in every kind of fruits. so that many men reaped their corn about Marlinmas and yet later." was still in the maximum sunspot period. The bad weather threw the grain harvest back to November 11th and lateri

The year 1095 was remarkable ior 1W0 llllhss: first. a meteoric show- er. and afterwards a bar.‘ harvest. “Upon Easter on the night of the feast of St. Ambrose. that is. the second before the nories of April. 1193111’ over all this land. and al< most all the night. numerous and manifold slBfS were seen to fall from heaven; not by one or two. but so thick in session. that no man could tell it." . . " is same year also the weather was very Imseasonable: in consequence of which throughout all fhls land were all the fruits of the earth reduv/ed '1 a moderate crop " Modern science has determined that such meteor llmwfrb (popularly called "shooting 111111 1 are merely particles from a ilhrunfed comet. which ignite lifter mlmhfl the earth's atmosphere.

Nature Notes

On ADrll 10th appeared the first iisrden flower of the year. It w-as ll" Cloth of Golr. Crocus. and hv 13> 24th the little patch was iii full ‘Q0111 _ The botanical name of the 118111.); Crocus slisianus: taking its lbeclilc name from Susa. the anci- ent capital of Persia ifranl it is 's%["l’°5¢<'l' in be the "Saffron" of

iomons song. 4. 14. As this has U911 the earliest flower of Spring

for many years it may not be out of place to give a short description. The petals are of a deep golden yel- low within. but with a dark brown feather -lihe mark on the outside. The flower is rather smaller than the common garden Crocuses, 11nd appears ten days or a. fortnight earlier. As. unlike some other bul bous plants. it tends to increase ra- ther than die out. it is a good in- vestment ior the amateur gardener. I note that "tame" bees an strongly attracted by the flowers, whence they gather the pollen.

iThe bees also collected much pol lcn from the catkins of the Speckl» ed Alder. Allaus lnoana, which is the commonest alder in our district),

By the 30th of April. the Siberian squills. Scilh alherlca and the late Crocuaea were in bloom. The latter are larger than c susianus. and may l!‘- Wllltfi. yB1l0W. lilac. and.‘ all shades of blue. The Dutch bulb lists (last issued in 10301 call these C. ahrysarithua, C. biflorus. etc, and further complicate the matter by in-

troducing named varieties. like "Snowstorm" and “King of the Whites’: Nigger Bay." one of ihl-

darkest. glossy blackish-purple. and so on. ‘There is so little specific difference. that I should be tempt- od to label all these large-flowered. late Crocuses simply C. grandlflnrus. and allow the varietymames to stand as they are

The Glory of the Show, Chlnq- doxa Luciiiao. was lust showing c01- or. (bright blue. white centre) 0n May 1st. All the bulbs or corms named above are inexpensive _ and ‘taping to incrmse under the simplest

Owls are very scarce in this vic~ inity; almost extinct I lake. It 5s a

1011: time since I have hoard iii-i‘

weird mournful cry of the "bird of ill omen"; perhaps tive years. But there was a little Acadian Owl in the woods to the N. E of the house. about the middle oi’ April this year and I listened with a great deal

of pleasure to his "saw-whet" hole.

With the exception of the Great Horned Owl and the Arctic Owl, the Owls generally are good friends of the farmer. since theyJecd on rats and mice. It is a real misfortune to an agricultural Province when its Owls are shot off.

I read with great interest. and "m! Nlfet. that an Otter had been shot at Lowel- Becequs on Friday. April 3ft. 194s. I had not heard any- thing of otters since coming here in V1910. and supposed them extinct 13am, in 1890. wrote: "The Qiiqr lives much in ponds and streams. 5111151811118 on fish which it takes. When fish fail. it will attack lambs and poultry. The fur of the Otter is fine. thick. 11nd much valued " The expression "lives much" does not rc» fer to any abundance of the animal. but olllv in its preference f~- 1~'~~ and livers —whel'e its principal food .

ODD! AND ETD!

End of the War. Experts are now:

fixing the end of the War in 1944. That is not awarding to the Brit-

d ish-Israei people: their information.

derived from measurements in the Gmt Pymmid. Egypt. mini in March 4th. 1946. as the cafe when the troublous times will be over. Social Security. There is also. lust 110W. nuiie an outburst of world planning which is to take care of us from i.he car-die to the grave"

L; At first Slilht these plans appear

t0 be a welcome change from ilic chaotic state into which we have lauded ourselves: but after all. would such a comfortable. secure lifc ho of real bcllcfit to the race? S1l01lld we not prefer. like the Lotoseaicrs. to recline on beds of anmranth and moly. rather "than to labor in ihe deco micsocean aizaixist wind and vrzive and our " On the other hand. llas not every advance that. marl has made in his upward progress. been prompted by his discontent with things as he found them? How- ever. being of a somewhat Dessimls~ tic nature. I believe that these grandiose iilans need not he taken too seriouslv. since hczw plcnlv of our staiosnvcil who ill ilic last if" sort flunk thui whatever" is, is richt!

Social Justice is nuite another matter "The fate of homo sapicns." says an Enrrlish wrilerfwlth creat- er insight than the generality of the nlannrrs." the falc- of mall de- pends exclusively on his imswcv in ihc inicrrngaliniis- Will he have mercy and mndcralimi. will he culii vale nletas. simnllcitas. unitas. will 1w cherish the interror and the famr 11v viriuca as well as the public. will he keep faith lviill himsolf and man and wniirnn; and will he walk humblv with his Pod nrir. feel his responsibility to his higher nature and the Creator of if?"

Th.- remedy for our ills is spiritual the material

rather than material: has failed us. "Seek ye first the Klmrdom o! God: ail other things shall be added

Canadian Garden Service

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Gordon Lindsay Smith

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011°11'10": beginners often make Q mlitalle of asking for varieties

th “"1 Delhi-Do were popular many 11°11" m With realizing that there m" been vast improvement, and when better kinda are now avail- msa Plant breeders have been b. ‘ “Y ‘llmlhi out better varieties. mgfltr. earlier and more tender than col’ o! us knew in the old days. 8w 1'11! have been developed that “lfkllfker cobs. thicker and Juic- “mernela. There are beets and mug-i! that grow more quickly; mum" lhlt are fit to use in a Md P p1 days from the time of uedlh-gl-dsoinach that will not go to - u‘ me coarse so quickly;

5 It will be ready to put in

“main from 50 to co days.

‘m ‘ "B Points are most import- " h‘ 11d especially to the beginner ° Ii-"lmer in parts of Canada Went 1,3211 frosts are all too fie. -.....,,;_ Be varieties are much too “"9 10 be mentioned in detail

"Ti, n‘ 3x17111130! mTilt-il ' "ll .. a j. “nlwf

ogue or up-to dais goverrnennt bull- etin which lists varieties suitable for the various areas of Canada. Incidentally, all varieties listed in Canadian seed catalogues are spec- ially selected to thrive under Can- adian conditions.

Transplanting

There is a lot of transplanting connected with gardening. In vege- tables a great many thins-B 511th I5 cabbage, celery. tomatoes and pepp- ers are usually bought as started plants from seodsmen or green- houses and set out in permanent quarters. while almost any flower- perennial as well as annual-can be purchased in this way. The same. of course. applies to all nursery stock. fruit and ornamental trees, shrubbery, roses. vines, etc.

The secret of suocesiul transplant- ing is to purchase in the first place good. healthystoilt slock. and then in doing the Job expose the r0011 M little as slble in the air. Set out on a d da or in the eveninl Firm down e earth well around

"" '1' Ital. lain,

HAMILTON. 0nt., Ma lt-"Byp- hills and gonorrea. are i ectious dis- eases as far as the health depart lueilt are concerned. the same as‘ tuberculosis and scarlet icier." Dr I L A Clarke. assistant medical of I, ilccr oi hcallll. salt. in a urcss 111' terview “I feel that until they re treated in the press and by ariic es in magazines and discussed the same as other diseases are discussed. we are not going to get very for."

“Tumrculosis began to sliow a drop in its incidence lust as 50011 a; it began w be freely discussed and methods of its GPQLlCIJI-IQH Dill)- llshed the same as other infectious

HEALTH LEAGUE OI CANADA

1TH’. (‘HARLOTTETOWN

GUARDIAN

TIMELY NOTES ON TOPICS CONNECTED WITH

Silver Fox Farming '

FOX PUPPING TIME

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l The twenty-third Annual Gen» became the worlds greateslathletlc

firearms»... all»: om in“: .,~

lllral Meeeting o! tile Canadian coach. r 79 National Silver Fox Breeders As i _ 66 t soclatioil wiilbe llelcl at Head Of It i; fortunate that prune.

“W- sllnllllclfldli. Cillllmflltlll! 11L .1->ilr.c ulll hq\(\ [hp lyni-{IQHQ n] . - * "ii

l0 um. Tuesday‘. Julie lo. Aliiilsicl- of Agi-lculiurp, because iir. , “Sh,” T", PM Bwadm...‘ “PM mung“, 31ml. \lll‘\l'. (‘iii-girl

one realizes more than he cioes. tilc grat benefit that Fur farming can be w our Island, and with his broad education. his standing with ‘ e Dominion Denarlnlrni of Act:

c. Alangailese Sulphate. Iron Oxide. .\la2ur<1u1u eillllll-illv Potassium. Iodide. Bone Meal. Wheat, Alfalfa. salt. Yeast and Haul when Flour)‘ Th“ Fn; flrl-admeat is toasted and will keep indefinitely If kept In suitable storage. it is parked In 50 lh. Jul»

diseases. i "It has been considered bv people Smph“ acquainted with the problem of ven-

ereal diseases that more general

Mr. and Mrs. Wallare W. Leon- ard cf Puyallup. ulaslilngtciil. U 1S. A. have been experimenting in

the rnlslilg of musaiuvz in iiviiz.

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knowledge of the subicrt is not,- . _ _ , , _ _ , ~ ... public appreC-lauul, fit “Us Inenau, Dorm“ Sultan“ m ‘IUHLWV.Uliuwhl ‘l‘_ii.._\\<= n» suic m.“ our nail‘ Rags. until-t lords \I1IY1|'i\ ri. 18 t0 be obtained. this n“. landing préléctl‘ was ‘w l’ l}: 1mm“ ‘lmlim “Hh . 11' inrs permit fir». 1i Iri-iiliii 11H‘- "111-1 Beflerlll-v believes by down determine tile diet required L!) $2.11? °“' hm“ “Wm” "m paid 5001115. and m... 1101151115 Mmr Humlfwl WORRY 1'01 "

and public health authorlues that it is desirable to treat the veneral dis- eases in the same way as regards

groduce large muskrats at tile ighest possible re-production level. First they started by feeding an

l t db And now we must sound a note Damn“ ‘m! ‘v WHY 511011.11 1'1

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the plant, tree, or whatever is being transplanted. and water well. Withl big trees - six or seven icel high -', Lllis may mean a pail of wzltcr ouch‘, slid every few days if possible. WiLli‘. small things like tomatoes or cosmos a pint or so around each plant will be sufficient. Earth around the roots should be fine and of good lfifillltfy]. and it should be kept well culliv-l. ated while the plant is getting cs- tablislied. with frees this means‘ cultivating for at least L110 llYSt‘ year and for about three feet B111 around the trunk. Staking

Big bushy or tall plants like dnIl- llas, tomatoes. pconies, flfilDllllllflml as well as fruit and orillimciltlil Lrces, will benefit from stalking. Stakes will liold them firmly lll no»; ition, preventing the wind moving, them around and breakingeoff tiny, feeding roots. Stakes are st driv-, en in at trans/planting time so as not to disturb the roots. ‘

The stakes should be fairly stout. at least all iiiuli square. Tile plzlllie- should be tied to the stakes with‘ soft twine or rafiia. All side shoots.

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ST. ANN‘! C. H’. L. BIEETING

The annual meeting of the Catir olic Women's League of St. Anns Lot. 65. was hold on Sunday, May 91h. 'l‘lilri_\-lilrcc nlcmbcrs uwjrc prcscut. Tho president presided lvu ll the Rev. Chaplain who opened the meeting with ilrayer. The financial statement was read by Mrs Vincent McCloskcyn treasurer. The president gave the yearly report. which was satisfactory and encouraging. Cor- " ‘\'1.'\1l'.'!‘llf"“ m2‘: rend and illc iilllluics of the prcillius iilcsild, wcrc rend and approved.

The secretary also gave a brief report of the year's work. The Rev. Chaplain then addressed the mect< lug. He spoke of the wonderful work done by the League in ‘the past, for the benefit of the parish, mid urged us to keep it up and in- sisted upon certain work to be done

og- tho ilicnmiw: vror. Ho nlsn s1 gc-olcli l 1;‘ 1.. t "K " ll‘ of the parish sliliuld b: members

of the C. W. L. although our 1110111‘ bersiup has uicrnnscd during the

“m 1mm‘ Pa“ o! "mow “11175- MYS-l gave good rcproductiuii “as urldc ' Peter Co el , m val ; '1. ,1 1 ‘ , _ l fruit cakg,‘ Rlgv. £1:“l'.yKE8el€,6L3k:lPP¥h(-l!1 311951;! ggerlegulyzlbllklitlckifiitlnisdcx3:21:13: Mn? 901d slo if l \ l president then treated all preseriti 1n RL-idmon ‘lawn C1lp‘)l“rrs dmf ‘°°F“bje~ u)? m “fl. I‘ I ‘ ' to (lflllClnlls home made candy and! GCHOIL clover and 0mm". ‘Marl, ,°‘1gm°°‘l;3‘fab‘ E . me 1110911“? 713$ lldlfilllnpd- follmv‘ 1 stuii‘ “were lt-(i (lnllv, (7;iri-.ii,<’\\-.\1~¢-‘ o‘ L ’ l ' _._-_... .. .. g1,..‘3,‘.,."£l,‘;.‘;.‘,‘,°,§‘:3,“, “I l” M°s"= ""1 m‘ 1111111“! 11"‘ ~“'~‘""‘~‘:‘1'- 1"‘ a “mm: cotmm or riiaorirsi 0Pl.\ll1.\$ fir 1'11] . " ' 1 ‘ f;'_. __ <f‘,lf’l’l§§l “l’,',.‘j;‘_,,l“",,l,“{i' VITAL ISSUES humorist; Till‘. rslts arm sprsics 0i r VOICE FROM rur: SPRING Jibla, carrots Collstlllilfid‘ lhclbllllki 5...,‘."°.1j,.5a,.en,y m. E NATURAL Ligasourlcrzs n! am triimw liffiRlNti

0a‘; ifgi°is“’.l?,j§°ifi,fin"bfil“°nol 0g! I fill men's hearts with new-born gillgtezlQzlilfzfislilfigy ab’: kfséjagggglfljltof 123 Whiic-nmq. court” “l? bloomg ‘vhlch come atlTllf‘ hours with pleasure‘ Me and one mm” bl“! l“ splrrallglgtllllultll’ Sill???“ i-lle iuuclloh v1 Side 511m“ and u“ Aiirl uive lilllllllrtlfillv to each ' 1‘"1"."l°$~ b1" m“ l“ 11°‘ ""““““°“°‘llcr . iorow main stern. . 1A Wm (f all n“, mas“... ' desirable. MA‘ ‘N? Us t L, _ Those who read tlic above 1111115‘ hm ‘clenfihl: 1° ‘tlll'e1il___1i lilo 1

Charlottetown: . . . _, lamp. Airs. Tobias ltlurrzrv. Tyrone; dandehom "ml ‘m l‘ Shawl

infornlationalid public.i_\- that oill- bund d. t d u ,, , . . _ , H er colllmunlcable dlsemci “ilch a5 gown 21111113131 tile)’gllztrullariglegllffilgtl (il<(‘rlle$c‘ltire?ingfl1rti' i: ltnrllac 41111378111111. . s.‘ r 5111'" '11P 51PM 01' (‘lid 0 l 51351191 19W? and 11111919111955 41'“ oil illc correct aliiouiiis of food fzi rOilliPrililll wlh lllc Dow lulu" l p lynx ills-iris. l "$114111" stuffs and also changes that re~ of Agrlcuilurc. ‘our good‘ 11191111‘ i 1".‘ I ," T‘? 1' w" duced the cost. Hon. w. u. puma. Mr. Dennis: co Eff,” 7 “f”; 1f“ "“ - - ' -—— - i ~ o‘. - U s '.1:i )1‘ l‘! a-rrilglil and corresporling secretor Mrs. F. A d... .1 1 . 1°01" m" l" 1936- PM h“ All-l“ '1 ' 1 _ l, _ . _ McQuaml re exacted by acclamauon; y ceraca mxlu.a consisting denoted hiiilsclf “"1lOA€'1lE3.”(‘('.1V in 1 biwi fr.» Brcailmeal van hr trcasurcr. Mrs. Amos Call-dgllnn. £13,933!‘ lriugar ‘ffilllctv 931C112‘ ‘x"£n“‘l1]1‘l1l¢ ‘tlilllfxe. He was alwa lflahlp xloycTox N‘ H. vnflxPll uuh llllk. 17cm rI-d Tllc (lralving of illc prlzcs 1'01» flu‘ 0d “.1111 Mm“; 5,0,1‘! u.“ mo,“ .3333“ l); Smlldm Jllivpl” Ground ‘fcgr-tiiilr: 0i‘ .\lv~.il 10119131 111*" “wk PM“. Fmmwllm dry skull illllk polviicrl 1141119 lilcdl ll‘ 1H1 n“ an ' l i ‘ we YUUI’ Ferd l'n"5l1l‘l’ or wrlic are the names oi the \viiiiiers:-—1s'. and 1.3 p“ gem, salt sevilicd suit l 1 l direct prize. 1-2 doz. cups and saucers, able‘ From one m 6m‘ and W1 f] d ' . won by Mrs. Pope Costello, Green h u , ‘, 1,9.“ 5-" ‘l ' Ba , ,, b1_ a ounces of this dry mixturt 55.07:: in belts i l y- md lmze- m 930ml Mrs- was fed dallv to each zulult mus- Tw- \.-»~i¢=- 0-». Laura lviiii~i~ay,Tvronr1 31d W1"- krat in fiddlllrlll l0 iilr- rir six ll ~31 " n " ~ ' blmlkm- Mrs- M' J McMmlus- nulriccs of cwrrots nllri w-ilrcs livlicu lllrlll-‘mllaprl a‘ Kiwi’ ~ ' 7 Ti " ‘T’ ( 4th lirisc, kitchens a\.ni1a‘b1a_ l " " ‘ mm‘ mm “o ‘(RH ' j

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clover were led. Alllilllifi‘ fllCt

. 1 of vegetables in the diet}. The nlus- , a w“, modem green.“ krats are fond of a limited amount‘ ‘am scan Dal‘. n5 -

10f tender willow shoots. {fame h me Manage‘

By 1". HTMacArthur I siiryghe dreaming streams

. E, And illlkc ilic sleeping flowers; I clozlie tile earth with robes of

of

l" .. ‘Hill .\ll. l

Tllln l ‘rlljil \"i()(ii)l.()'I' LXI) SHILLLLK IFLLLT

At ilio Cflllllfllllil ,Cuinl1‘.ili\1~. Sale lil lwcek, Vilcillalrs Wu. ‘York States: ‘

; Ezlch pail‘ of llluskrn’ brcrtirrs is! -kcpt lll n scpuiulte iii“). All kits which are produced lClllliLXl with the parents until the following

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green. And send the healing showers.

ilots. but praclicalll i went to Amencan dca. iYoirk element neuter’. ‘their pen its in grou (lcnfclillw: li-lnru" of

of easier-n Cal ‘.lZ\‘-€l‘:l{‘1,'.' _