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Rude“ of The Guardian who fol- ed up H. G. W011’! "Hflly T61‘. M," will now have formed an ap- iaticn-to use a general term-

oi that writer's later work. Mr. we“. won {me as an imaginative ‘river when he produced. in 1895. m arm-re MENUS", End 111B $11111‘ m‘ a. me Royal Oollege of Science wmtrlbiliod towards ‘The War of up worlds" and "When the Bleep- ... yvylgcs," which ap cared shortly silent/bros. At. that e 1 admired y; _Welis and read most of his Myles, which had not. yet leach- ,; ms "down with everything" of later years. ‘There were cations. however, that he xe- ed the Anglican Ch

.. friendly eye. as When h? 111' uotl-uced a patrltaiculafirdyx spw

wives of _ terbury." But such sallies were ere ill-timed pleesantries com. .. -. with what Mr. Wells found '. say in other and later novels. "ms Invisible Man." was another o; the earlier peuedo-scientific ,. cs that made good read

tliout being offensive to senti- mt. But "Kip ” and "reno- ungay" were entrance to a .. plane. which ' aNew Mao-h- vslli" (i010) comple ly attained; stories had the

o ‘Ilerror!’ Mr- srliament in the _ eral Ellcc- on in Nov. 1922 but was devfeatred.

. the University o . lread “when the Sleeper Wakes" en it first cams out. and although‘ at was along time ago. I think - can still recollect enough of it to scene

andlstold 0f

..».- smi I s; ~-- while

h the millionaire. ltm "stands

‘rhc Trustees have bprudrt all the i_ north of the equator. and the --v- (I forget his nameris Ruler ~ it! London. where the Sleeper inds himself. ls entirely roofed in, H Hi th of Britain ‘i Bothered

clng power for illuminavifil’ e streets below; while another

Ira vid 1 r not? .ft.l..;“‘“é‘.i..l’.‘:°‘ml.'

W"? cllme. (Them i211 are wlnmon today. but when th book Wis published they had no exist-

Hloe outside of Mr. Wells’ imagin- ltioh.) The 1g we” flitlon of serfdofn. with sorn Willrdav Roma's practices wn in for good measure; they m their meals at stated times communal dining-halls. where

mllulpeakingnnachlncs ve them m! nev/s" as they s .'('I'here G HQ"

isiftgfig.

f i3? ‘is?

mi i1 Am»: ic lll " “ supetxbum’ éntilllh realign like Lrium

tion and ac arc not of

These have not, been tfegurTdet {$4.31 inc wild in the Province. but. 1 saw a splendid clump of canadense grow- ing in a district south of the Hills- b°r° 314589. a couple of years ago: the s . were I imagine, about six feet high and each bow 1m tween 80 and 40 flowers. They had been planted there however, and for obvious reasons l refrain from Pivinl the locality.

Our native Lillaceac are mostly Dmttl’. but with one exception not showy. The list opens with m, - 4N1 an escape" which: will lkllemthc '

haves are n; -

bcranchlels. the scale-liaise b91118 gm their base. Ehe sprays 8f are pea us 3H florists in y y qucin, eta. and it is scarcely necu- sary to mention the plants as a choice vegetable. The Yellow Clin- tom's. C- MIQIIII. is a striking. l perennial with a few large oval leaves set in a rosette, and an of greenish-yellow flowers: by a cluster of deep-blue ovoid berries. The in- tense color of the letter would seem to indioate powerful qualities. but I fall to find any irwmtigaitio r into their properties. Then follow three

speciu of Smllaclna, the Solomon's Seal, easily known

their lcbular _

with msdder brown. and later of a dvull 1: these again seem to halve no tcular useful- ness. The Iblse y of the Valley (Maranthemum) is g d every- where in moist woods and thick- ets: it has one or two ovate leaves

5Q

med

giant once only. and so suppose it be scarce here.

us of our lilisoeous um. We have three

Trini white three-petalled the crest, trees put on their leaves" saysBaimaridtellus spring is beret ‘Ihe Nbddring Wake Robin (T. Oarlnllm) has lg white or flowers. c prop- : the root is used. T. ercctum the Fetld Wake B/obin. has brown- tslrpurple, whitish or even greenish . but ls "ill- ted.‘ The

undulatum)

logues. a sl of the esteem in rllich they are held as ornament-

‘Hie Chinese Navy

It will be news to my renders that China once decided to have a navy modelled on that of Britain. About the year i880 the Chinese

one ordered a war vessel the Armstrong shipbuilding yard sit Newcastle on Tyne and in i801 some hundreds of sailors came to Newcastle as her crew. They stayed several months

for traini . and became familiar figures on e of the “Aad 1pm." It wcul have been well

today for that unhappy country if it had gone ahead with its arma- ments, bui: the Chinese were always a peaceful race and did not fore- see the danger that underlay the rapid westornlzing of their small dstorvnined neighbor. Hence (as far as I could gather) this was the only battlmrlp the government acquired. and it must 1on8 88°

have become obsolete- Chinese sall-

I often saw these mscrrthermlnmeetsofthetovm. They slowly slcnradlig groups a oaen or so. wa

two and two on the sidewalk. and holdinv hands used to do. Indeed there

u. . . 1 nu i kindofbair- mcmlagidmlavd of a dull.

readily maintain {mu if given -s-cha1noe What we take to a

15 "than any under

I ‘scrim w roman-m wrote Phgrvfi. gzmmlndlm!

33.15 UflEi-QHELFQWN Gufllilllfih

NATURAL IISOUBCIB IUIILD

I CONSERVATION I

A WEEKLY COLUMN OI PIAOIIOAIfOPINIONB OI’ THE VITAL ISSUES AFFECTING TIE UBIS AND ABUSE! 0F

BY MI. LUDIDW JENKINS.

‘(By Rachel C. Bigus in Forest and Outdoors)

I was walking in the woods with a friend one day this summer. She had come from a distant southern town and although a great lover of the out-of-doors. she a" ’ unhappy among our Phririe trees. flowers. birds and insects. This day a large swallow-tall happened by and upon seeing it she suddenly exclaimed. “Oh. at last. a butter fy from hornet" It was a cry I delight and relief. it was as though hehsd beenlonglostlnastrange crowd and had cried. “ h, at last- s face from home!" She explain- ed to me later how utterly apart. she felt; from the living things of our country-slde-how much a

gar them.

It seems only ri ht that wherever one goes nature ou once be the lovely, inviting friend we find her to be among our nat-ive woods and lls: it seems that any tree. bird or insect should be equally es- teerned by us whether it be strange or- familiar. But this is not so. To the average person. the barriers to be overcome in getting to know a strange countryside are just as large and take quits as long to banish, as do those untered by a bride or e. stranger in breaking into a new social set.

The first day in a strange wood- land is a hlppy time. The trees are new in sha , colour. slac- trhey are ‘interes ing and one looks upon them in admiration. The but- terflles are strange to us too. they catch our attention and fancy be- cause they are strange; the birds are different and delght us with new sights, new new habits.

this please-n state slips away quickly. We find ourselves wonder- ing what is lacking in these lovely things: they are certainly exquis- ite. but so unfriendly. so aloof. We find we don't know their names let alone their eharsc‘ . and how alien they make us feel! They are so completely uninterested in us. I care little if a crowd of foreign

people stare at me ccldl , as strangers usually do, but w on a crowd of trees whom I have never seen before and whose names I don't know. stare down u n me. their proud heads high. the voices strange their charactor quite un- owslb . how wretchedly alone I feel and how pitifully smalli You can quic ly ‘- acqusin.t ed with a man. You do not have to beintroducedtohimtogettoknow himandtolikshlrraliewill re- turn your interest and liking and it may not tabs long to friend him. Not so with a tree! Someone may tell you its name, you may have a heart full cf ud- miration for its splendid beauty. but of its

Bore is new gillltakc adlong gunshot.“ m ve u ow e nslcfifn

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c each great limb-many hours must you spend in its cool shade listening to the wind whis- pering above you. feel the vibrant ife pulsing through its led trunk. but then. and not tl then will you know it. It will be one of the most interesting characters of ur ualntance, ist ‘eardfast

e and s irit will be a great 10y to you.

ou may travel far. you may be long away from it. but so long as ithsslifcitwillbcthemio wel- come you. ever familiar. ever a friend.

So it ls with all nature. sne is skeptical of strange mortals in her presence. You must love her dearly and be constantly with her before she admits you into the great out- The time, “the tierLce,

ove you spend ng er soul is in every way worth the ef- fort: for tho reward she bestows upon you when she has once rec- ln you a true and worthy happiness can t . Iv brings you ever-increasing _oys. a deeper appreciation of beau y and it places you as near immortality as an earthly being may come.

Ottawa. February l6.

SUMMARY Meagre supplies of cattle. 2e5- pecially in th eearl." part of the week. contributed to a. very o B boosted oes

tirade. pri

in their efforts to s.

of the abbreviated swings, How-

ever. later in the wee. a down- most of

ward reaction set in and

the early gains were erased. It was the light su offered rather g strength in the market which caused the increase in prices in the fore part of the week. ves. as a rule. sold strong and at most. markets gains up to 50c were reported. Light runs also served to boost hog prices from 25c to 40c above last week's closing rates. The lamb market was feature- less except at ‘Iorpntc. where estornlambawcreupldctollic.

W , Olttle Prices

With an extremely light run of cattle on hand. the Toronto market opened higher. Heavier follow- ing receipts. however. principally otf grail? cancelled the early‘ M5. r tops on steegs were a. . with best butchers at, 8'1. weighty steers closed at t6 to $7.50. with a few heavies at gas, and gold but-

therelsonlyspace for a single verse:-

"Then trail along, John Chins- man. ' Amang the crood o’ balms

. John. and beer, ye tvek an extra glass. John, twill cost ye dear!"

John kept in the strait and nar- row oath. well out of the law's clutches geherally: I heard, of but» one Illli-EQUVVQHY/Lrw and it wasn't John's fault. A pretty lively. not to d, used to invade on the Saturday night. and one of the Ohiriesc got atwist in some manner with a miner. These miners were touirh fellows, for the coal was s extremely hard varietv: end the poor Ohinaman was badlv knocked about. ‘Both were arrested. and held over till Monday's Court. A hitch occurred when John came to tell his version of the fray: the magistrate knew no nhlr-ese and the prisoner had no English Obi.- nese residents of Newcastle mist have been scarce no interpre- ter could be found and the case was hung up till an officer was brought from the, battleship, (Too bad for the p0°r fellow who would get a wiglinfl afterwards.) They cuoldrrt take his i311 cn the Bible either. and ask the officer who. to do in fire matter. On the

I! faded blue. Their only equipment officer's imiruc onsh a messen- waea d Jeck-kniafgcumd by gar was sent out for a "guest. which a white lanyard. and ed in the the prisoner broke i MIMI“, - breast pocket. Ii sailor p-wiih the making espvooh- tho 0mm W"! name of the.- Gl _ hein- that he would invite a like fran- edtomala. was. unleesiletoldttieiruth. uio rum- , "i" they still ~ hair inthe; -

They ,

t

early Sh!!!

fwenefikfly Léivestock lllarket Report

cher cattle finished of! at $65 t0 $6.60. Oattle prices held about only because choice steers madeuptoiilandthpbulkofixhe good kinds $750 or buttery‘. Advex up u

ccun loadings in the west and therawwas a virtual scramble to ob- tain supplies at Winnipeg. This re- sulted in putting values at a some- what artificial level as present costs of live cattle appear to be out of line with the dressed beef tirade. With kghehmther agimtinlg and coun H88 . . Wm“ ions. the market is expect-

ed to show corresponding riots: n; and

.87-

ordin s 5°31 at ‘wag: woo

up to $825. and heifers up to $6- Prinoe bert. was strons t0 50¢ er with choice steers top at

25c stronger on the batter butcher classes. O_nc load cf good to choice‘ steers topped at 8606- Rosina did not have sufficient offerings to real est

tween $4.50 and 8625- VITIWBWY found a ready sale for; a small cf- fering at steady prices with medium to good steers making $5.50 to $6.26.

The Unflod State! Market

There were no Canadian cattle offered at Buffalo. light domestic steers and heifers under 800 lbs sold strung and in spots 26c high- er but we glitter kinds were sow and in many cases 25c lower. One load of steers weighing around i300 lbs. was bid for at 811,35 and other kinds sold from $11 doom. A few sales of Canadian cal from $12 down. Inte Paul wound up finn $9 to

were made ade at St.

you exports to th U. S. of 4,788 beef uttl; 1.058 dairy. and 0,446 m. U. K. Market Unchanged

on mglish markets re- nalined stationary this al- ications at.

chareicnter. o! its soul you Mom”.

n’ lure and MaeKinnon Silver

e strength of its mighty_

TIMELY NOTES ON TOPICS CONNECTED WITH,

Silver Fox Farming 7

l

pelts

a-

eprese oithe L

Thlslstheflrettimethatldo-

H)! Farms. Ltd. have ever disposed oi’ their collection in Canada. 1n the past; they have almost invariably forwarded their pelts to the Ion- don auctions although several bun.- drcd of the iii-isms- varieties have

been marketed in . mAlnW

in the city of Montreal. ‘rhere

the slcins have (treated a name

themselves and their absence was WW" ‘ -' upon Holt Rcniilrew

I _ ha’ ‘y, mlngs. Com. ., Lil-L. ve been very Jccnpajysoquire this collection. Wt the price asked was considerably in ‘advance of the average auction ces.

However, when Mr. Oflriyan saw each individual skin and priced them he became aware that hewas looking at a very fine line of glott-

ted

so hung in wmolmome terday 1cm

boxu for MlozntrreaL

ries. He advised his brother- OBryan. who formerly ropresen. Ellington d: Shields here butt in now Manager of the wholesale dc- partment of Holt Renfrew s» Oom- pany, Ltd. that the acquit-reoriented

I that Canada oflers a twflty

and Mncklnnon. Ma Manure and Farms, Ltd

business with Holt

to a top of $6.25 at Vancouver. Hog Market Advances on Light Runs

Elizabekl. While

erbufioka cmhegstorcs in W P98.

'1‘. Arthur Dawson. succemhil silver fox

M mm. Blaughtor noes at Vmowvfl "p° s

from $9 to $9.35- Larnb Supplies Scarce

l. 114mb prices moved up to 15c to 26c at ‘lbronto wiui westerns some at; $8.90 and s. few Ontario feedlot lambs at a top of so. Sales reused from $0.50 to t8 at Montreal. with quality lacking. Onlv a few aood killing lbs were sold at Wlnnri-

wlepi oredterresdy e c . When-lawful“-

valued

sh heft‘; limbs sold up to Vancouver.

Lamb Supplies Scarce

Lamb prices movedup ‘ 15¢ 9° 35c at ‘lion-onto with westerns goindgt at; .90 and a few Ontario feedl

1 at a top of $0. Sales ranged

in- lambs offered. Some goof:

$1.25 a takes l"

Vancouver. CATTLE MIRKETS

TORONTO sold 51W’! cattle. Th0 opening run was only 9B0 hold and prices were up 25c on all kill- ers with t» steers at $7.15 and beet butchers s. 'I‘i1e _ in. hoWWr» was lost under heavier deliveries dosing trade was dr-agilv. Weights’

eem closed at SB to $7.50. a few heavles 87.75. and steers and heifers and others down to cows so attmfi if;

however. prices are too freely. Steers

W619

high to move supplies

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Fox Farm Choppers

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‘Iluirsda “ ‘ “ fits rsoiryr-iisnetaiwof the pelt-r

Company Ltd. is that

all dlVldUnmWit-h a large store on

3h , Montreal. and

Detroit, Michigan. and Quebec.

trip full andccme

the McLure and Maclsrrmon B11-

wouldenr- as

largely of

Oleve more“

Oqmdlcln tional Express nun-sling for “their destination. One reason why Messrs. mdlmc

pagers of the MacKlrmon Silver Fox were anxious to

do Renfrow 6r they feel

8°04 017901‘ silver fox year be-

_ K1 G VI and Queen tie 118 00185 the umber of hm would not

well brown rlrncher 01

some holidays

back in for anyt-hlne

Hancock of ltnrtcmationa Foods 1.141.. Sum-

im yard.

ent from

t a ewsy letter yea- us n "n we reprint with

beck to the scarce

from coco to so at" Montreal, with Now what rem

‘umm 1mm‘ only ‘ f" zrwslmisigrsr-Lgt killinc lambs were so?! It WW1!‘ "Id "d “ms b Mm m.‘ 5m... l»! from $7.50“? 8:‘. galgaéy m gum m the Ywoods on their dusts": ‘$5.. steers’. 13cc in? fem m" 3mm?“ "' “Hm w‘ Algasksltoo had Jar?!‘ “These were repairing a sheep or lambs offered. some good fence nd beinl It m9 1

mediums from $650 to gupply of heifers ranfmd to $.50. Se

voral baby

1mm; verse y reflected in

PAGE Epavmv

FARMERS, lsrocx BREEDERS and GARDENERS

WITH THE

YOUR BREEDERS

m" "r "m .5." "twine end mowing period and right ‘fr: to ‘$.15: must be given careful con-

the mating season, own

N eotorrove

of the pelt. The poor duality the Eusrd hairs and the under fur

0n] th lnlmflg one health?! oi’ the time win at. shows or top the

. e . fibre. in‘ is goodpjudgrneen

InBlatchf d dent °"“<}"°

sbmi supp! fled cod liver olyl. ting brewers’

‘this

-o

In abundant quantifies.

males. helps rnllk flow through to the "WWI". larger 1nd healthier.

snd la

rrliilnr for-d rntion.

°°11°°¢1°I1 01’ ports of old carcasses

of horses, cattle, young!

Reese. hens. rabbi . musk- rate. dse and offals. Tho mbblts and mush-ate

were the fresh

the Ifllxgeedpuw %t, om m?” m ‘we um their met loathe log. m o

to the 1°! Ind seeing what is 6E5‘ cribed above, also bu (mo ct the tarps for seventy-five cents- all money I hash-and taking it home. putt/in a strap around its neck. I a ed this to about fen feet of chain seemed toastake driven into the ground alongside a barrel laced on its side (in this ere 9011118 369118.! coll take shelter and hide and getplen- ty of exercise when he desired ft.

grew and bones. trout, loaf bread and milk and plenty of cold water. One Alldlwt some chlckenscame reach and one was devour- ed by the cimining fox that was hid in the barrel. Next morning “he MINI. chain 1nd strap were all there intact. but no fox. Strange. but true. hens today are mfllidlfld by some as more valu- able than foxes ‘lgineedyard refer- red to above was o by 11.11‘. I was’ QT m "mtg?" 8 my appren p. It 18 WW tho property or m. Jar-

“Abouit the some year (i800) I sunmflfllflbwthalt Beeifigw a silver fox as M-

drew Bownesn by were camped in the woods near Indian River Bridge. That skin was what we could call a pale sil- ver. good black markings, good 511- veir, black brush and white ND. d not have the least sign of red or rusty fur on it. The peltwas placed on show at Hugh MacLeodk tailor shop, the building than own- ed by Andrew Bowness, now y Percy Bowness. and occupl ' by Walker and Sample, Druggists. I