. -99». n. .-.. >e'<"".' 1!! ONLY SH 0R'l‘ TIME LEFT T0 Wm VALUABLE cAsII PRIZES In the Guardians Great Subscription Contest The Extra Prizes This Week The Contestants turning in the most cash for subscriptions dating from / September 21st and up to Saturday night, September 30th will win the following Extra Cash Prizes: The First -- —- " "' The Second -- - -' The Third -— '-' '- The Fourth — -— -- The Fifth The Six - - - - I The Seventh i— — — - p; The Eighth — — - --. The Ninth -- -- — - The Tenth —- — - LAND to Saturday night, September 30th. ‘~"r1...:- - -: ' ‘ z ‘day's work in the factories Ind stores. That lifted the gloom, and that, be it noted, is in itself s strong reason for the study. It was for this end that David harped be- fore Saul: and in fiction, which was however derived from facts. Charles Reade, in his “Never too I Newsy Notes (Continued From Page 11) in a rosy hue, the common tint of the winter evenings there. In the south oi’ England, I was told, the winter was so mild that only about once f in fen years was there sufficient Fold 5mm by the strains of the vim frost no injure the geraniums ‘ climbing on the walls outside. Many of_our pioneers came from that mild region, and must have felt the change profoundly. now passing "depression" ’ the state of mind: but the Our friend notes that the "ha-l tives" and old residents wear fur| caps and gloves. but the English-' man, when he first goes out, feels no near-sly for any change in his apparel. This is due to the fact that one never feels in Canada, the raw chilling cold“ associated with the easterly winds from Scandina- via and Russia, which pierces through the whole frame in Eng- land. In a few years, however, the stranger is glad to adopt: the cus- toms of the country: and this I have heard explained as "because the blood turns thinner after pro- longed residence in Canada." This traveller afterwards explor- ed the westem United States which were Just being settled atlthe deficiency. that time: and had many strange ldventurees which, however, are outside the scope of these notes. ODDS AND ENDS gloo derably over half cal music radiated, to the by that number of years are vs Scotia, according to a. pars- graph in The Guardian last win- able and "Our duties and privileges," he sn-l ticipated criticism even when his’ ‘ ideas were beneficial. The averagel znic Iwuurd of Music: ‘That was person is we apt w resent any s fine editorial which appeared m-quesiicnins of his principles or his The Guardian, on this subject. It, actions. He regards iii B8 I P615011‘ would indeed make n. lengthy al attack rather than an effort to "note" if one enumerated all the b11118 ilrbolli Ii 595i" 6m“ 0i ben {its which follow on the study ihines. He forests that we mlv of music, either vocal or instru- "love the sinner thollsil We 111w month]; but one great function the sin." This impatience of crit- mux not be overlooked. Carry your icisrn is a great foe t0 PrOQTWI T°1 memory back to the dark days of no advance is possible till we learn em War, and you find that it was to looi: squarely on our fault-s, M thought necessary to have a pcr- matter W110 P°Jli$ them °iii~ for! or vocal music m open the Ilmnrr It SWM- 11w Bail"- Late to Mend,” makes s. clergyman M011 1W9 recall the soul of poor, brutalized garden beans (Phaseolus) but liked Part-and some say half-of the bar-relied" in section. was injwho sampled this bean pronounced lessons it very sweet to the taste and one of the War were forgotten and no enthusiast was of the opinion that national “sing-scng" alleviated the it could be eaten re.wl The flowers m. the rural schools of England were "d u i‘ miidlum “my be“ centres from which the love of vo- iixund‘ °V°T 9' 1°“? ‘cum? u “i m” well suited for the home and mar-I m“ deplored u“ ‘wt m” “me Ifiiifstailliizexie is the immense had been done to imbue the rural mnueme the’), are bringing w be" schools with an appreciation o1 the on the study of nature m m; Wm m’ and" I prwumii’ w” “m” m ious manifestations I write with inaugurate a movement to remedy ' Qayiflowsy Notes intimated til?» ithe DVPI-Yirment Of "l9 1755101” contemplated making l. motion Pic- lture of the heronry "neur,80ll1'¢°$"- This should have read “n68! Sourts." Garden Beans. This summer we different varieties of the Pencil Pod Wax best oi’ all. The pod is very "meaty" and tender, m4 quite round, "almost double- Everybody ere pink, and the p045, which aver- Wmn 1 w” a school boy, comb age six inches, are a clear yellow, ' a century no’ which is very attractive. It is clas- but bmefit of you“ md 01d; md junwket garden. As the seeds are of a W5 shiny black color this bean is here behind "those slow English." “mm-mesa, listed "5 "Biiwk Pencil A prominent Iducationalist in No- P°d wax- The School Fill!» Besides the aspect of our knowledge for within the last cou- pie of weeks I have seen several (mtg-gm 1n captain Qflebgf’; good collections intended for the interesting 16am; onl School Fairs: both oi’ insects and plants. The children concerned are laying up for themselves an inter- est which will never depart from them. May it be with them as Longfellow sings of Agassiz: "And Nature, the old nurse, took The child upon her knee, Saying: "Here is a story-book Thy Father has written for thee." "Come, wander with me," she said, "Into regions yet untrod: I And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God.“ $20.00 Cash $10.00 Cash $10.00 Cash $10.00 Cash $ 5.00 Cash $ 5.00 Cash $ 5.00 Cash $ 5.00 Cash $ 5.00 Cash _ $ 5.00 Cash 70,000 EXTRA Votes for each $10.00 worth of subscriptions turned in up No extra Club Votes will be given during the last ten days of the contest-J Most Votes are given NOW and most Votes will win the Grand Prizes. Qtestants. Jack Miner and the Birds j (Continued From Page 11) THE GRAND PRIZES The Contestants having the highest total of Votes at the close of the Con- est will win the following- Grand Cash Prizes:- FIRST GRAND PRIZE - - $600 Cash SECOND GRAND PRIZE - - $300 Cash THIRD GRAND PRIZE - - $200 Cash FOURTH GRAND P RIZE - - $100 Cash FIFTH GRAND PRIZ E - — $100 Cash SIXTH GRAND PRIZE -- - $ s0 Cash SEVENH GRAND PRIZE Contestants who fail to win one of the Grand Cash Prizes get 8i; 1688i 20% Cash Commission on the total 61110111111 0f @8811 tile-Y 6011911, P1118 ti"! extra prizes they win during the 81160181 138811039‘!- $ h» came m. The um crisp in nu run. Always throw 1m ma kind- lueunxul way replied: "on, rwthinl!‘ Again Pat took his D190 from b0- But these birds down in the woods tween m“ teeth’ u he ‘am’ uwen’ ‘ll find that in the jug behind remained quite wild. 5o I got several yo“ . ,, Wm’ ‘h’ m‘ m“ ‘M M‘ mm quiet bantam hone and kept them "i" d°°" "hm ‘h’ wh"kgm:“l't Mu" sud will so wk 111w the iefiuthebillineverywaynoin- dh ihbof_scwecaneaythenme l a yesr or so I decided to try s-n- gggyélgtirbzd c: 53511238”, g ha; is where the little quail were. other scheme. I loaded up all the} lace: th egs.InthLsw I old junk lumber 1 could find and {gaze hatfzmufwgjoyuble expefl::c_ hauie it t0 the woods, anddn one‘ day another man and I completed ten little bun-galows-in-the-mugh. They are about one foot high in the rear, and four to rive feet high When they are about to hatch, shut the door of the box so as to keep the ti!!!’ 96h in. When they I first set the hen in a small box s; y; ‘inflating *$Ji";:yhgg, rm m“ i, w“, no; m, 51,4,‘ Viola Baliem were appointed to see on the ground, on a. nice cushion of ' iBirds are wild because they have that school be thoroughly cielllltli soft grass, pet her lots and let her He“ t“ ‘amen’ or m the bwklto be, and we are wild because we during the Fall vacation and regular eat from my hand; I push her fea- yard m“ shrubbery‘ Tm °°°p ‘ neu It them, and watch results. In about a week, let the hen out a few minutes before sundown, so she hasn't time to stray fer from "roost. In about another week the hen can run all the time with her family. Feed at the beck door, or iany place you went the quail to ioome, and your pets will be there. {Remember that it is the human \_;_: 50 Cash Hpproximateiy fifty contestants have already drawn W661!!!’ 00111111593911 cheques and thirty-five extra cash Prizes have been 81'"!!! t0 active 0°11" iWhich Contestants will win the Ex tra Cash Prizes Saturday night's September 30th and the Grand Cash Prizes at the close of the big‘ Ctlllteflt? MT. MELLIOK W. L ‘The regular monthly meeting at the Mount Melliek Women's Instit- ute was held at the home of Mrs. W. H. Wood on Thursday evenilisl Sept. 10th. Twelve members ans- wered roll call and there were sir ~ visitors present. Meeti"! 011w"! b? singing Ode, followed W ffilleltilli the creed in unison. The minute! of lest meeting were read and adob- ted. Mrs. Wilfred Wood and Mien in the front, with from five to six' prefer to be Any creature that», I; m. School Committee is to have locks hteen to twenty-j ' there forward and pepper her just smmd b° from d‘ feet ground space. Then. to complete my experiment! full of Prussian insect powder, and four inches square inside, built with Ibegged ten bags of weed-seed fromlawlnkle a little m the nest, also “ “h” m‘ m‘ ‘° ‘Wm’ “m” a neighbor who was hulling clover. I threw a bagiul in each house, and then throw in, on top of the weed-seed, corn, wheat and buck- wheat. m less than s week the 1' 1°“ w“ '3" "m" i‘ m" m" bird, mum every home’ and on ‘ is not disturbed, never, never take cold, zero day I believe I have seen “w” ‘mm m“ bird h“ finished as high as rut,- quail buzz out erilwi" “"1 h“ slim“ i° “i- i“ one of these little, unpstented u 37°“ "u m’ “gm °" m‘ ‘he shack‘. And but of w, they mlmh will built another nest and finish ed fight down thmugh the mm laying. then put in her valuable and an, the medfleeds first I time with only half a brood. where- soon found I had made a h". u ll if e116 118-5 started b0 Rt she will m, “my” furnished the bu,“ only lay of! a few days, then will Shem, u “n u ‘Md in mo time build a new nest and raise a full o; nee‘; m4 ‘ "mm amount o, brood. A quail will lay from fifteen protect!” from ma“. Datum to twenty-two, and sometimes anemia high as twenty-five eggs. to phone that they have disturbed a quai1's nest. Now I em all ready for some omen“ gh in the rear and eighteen to twenty inchs high in the front, with a. board floor so that the old! hen cannot scratch end be on damp ground. Now take three I boards about one foot wide and two twill-gent enough to fly or run from you for self-preservation, will come to you for food and protection from all other enemies. As to the value of quail, I know this, that they are the farmer's friends; that they cannot live in the dense wilderness and that they feet long, tack them in front of the] do follow llP the PIOMH“: m where old heirs coop for a playground for the quail. Leave the hen in the coop and she will put her heed out and talk to her family, who fcannot get over two feet away from her. Feed them l. little custard (one egg to half s cup of milk; no sugar.) Feed tiny bite five times s day. always tapping the tin with as the spoon as you go near them. In three or four days they will accept ‘ Quill 6888 8-11 115N311, End hatch the hen u their step-mama.‘ and OLD FRUIT FOR NUDIST! URGED Nudists should be covered-with’ well-aimed pieces of turf and over- ripe fruit, according to the Rev. Harold D. Muellet, vicar of 8t. Mat- hews Church in Ponders End, Eng- land. He has been filling e. pulpit in the Brcadlands‘ district. "In my many visits to the Canary Is- lands, south African ports and wa- tering places I never saw so many’ bare bodies as I saw in one hour on the Broads," he declared H11 t t. [very suddenly. One year I looked you u er a ep-plun NW dnw at p, nest at ten o'clock and there m, W0 mm (whim an only put- driv n i ) d ll th three lwas nothing dolyis’. and when I guards eqllletlly Bgxsvaypuleavlnog m, i came by. at twelve o'clock the clai ' hen in th n nt , but hen scolded, 8o 1 took another swing m, 2,123“ $6; “big? peep; all hands had apparently opened the door at once. and the Now don't run after them if they cluster of pure-white eggs had run away; just tap the tin s little. changed so that they resembled a as you drop a little custard in front oi’ their moher so she can call them. Let me say right here: Never try fowl; to drive any bird. They can hide door where you can't, and experience has proven to my entire boy whet that they can fly faster live bumble-heels nest. Quail have no trouble hatching, like some of our domestic they Just simply open the and jump out. Pet Once asked a little satisfaction than I can climate will allow; and that seventy-five per cent of their consist of weed seed and insects that are lnjllrioul to the fully provided for school doors. Two dol- lars and fifty cents was then voted for School Fair prizes. Letters 0i thanks from Mrs. Harold smith and Mr. John Cannon were read. Col- lection amounted to 85 cent-l. Mrs. w. J. Mutch kindly invited next meeting, roll call to be answer- ed by a verse of poetry. A delicious lunch was served by the hostess and , the remainder of the eveninl W" diet gpent in music and social chat. production Afghanistan has barred all i0" of food stuffs for the human rsce. talkies. The small amount of wheat they eat is ‘meet all gathered from the stubble field, on during the winter: end we all know that s farmer who makes a Luxemburg now has work for all and es for the few its people and 0.000 aliens in Midi‘ kemels of corn, this is mostly tak- tion. ' ,g - Japan is increasing its exwfii i‘ practice cf leaving his corn out, is 3mm- en undesirable heavy weight and Polflbly has no appreciation of Bob Vvhltc’! beautiful note ringing in the country, and the sooner he moves to town and joins the "no; tired Failures‘ Association" tlw better forthe country. 5 i._____.—-i Many farmers in Victoria, Aus- tralia, are storing tractors and us- ing horses. Motor trucks of Genoa, Italy, an giving wram competition to rall- roads