' om Noam-couirr v animus

’ V folkvlore. An amanne number

‘the sees. so many years will she

‘she will die A splnister, But ii’ she cents. she is in luck with “a hand-

; wee cned it for hewing the coal nvbiel

, ‘mo . in-isgiiningo"

.'-a\'.;.‘_.. ' em-- ~ _

-AND GUST M

. y, to some of the . mo“: cxlgwei-filllrltispeots of Northezén

iai occurrences were imagined gwbe signs of future good or ill luck, and from these the mic - may be selected as matters of _ lnerest to the genesal reader. It was iinliltky to (‘PM in “m"'“"’-"5 ~ln the house. to halzé’ 3 Dichlre over a door. to walk under a lad- der, 0; kill 9. splderl iPersomally I believe that many of these_ Pm‘ hibitiie superstitions had their or- igin in an attempt, to prevent ac- cidents: for example. opening in umbrella in the small room of a mlnei-‘s cottage. might be a danger to the children's eyes). Among the luck-brinigers were black cats. white heather. plebald horses, and horse- shoes. It was very lucky to find I horse shoe. but it must never be carried upside down or the luck spills out. It is a far cry to Arabic deserts, but I have read that the nomad Arabs hang a horse shoe over the tent door to ensure the fecundity of the inmates—thus connecting the shoe with the old phallic worship. A cut of any other color than black was rare in New- Tyne on account of the afore-mentioned belief: though a lingering superstition still connect- ed such a feline with witches and Satan.

Breaking a mirror or spilling salt were equally uniuckv—se'ven years bad luck doqzred the per- petrator: these articles werc scarce and costly once. and this belied’ trace in their defence. one could dispel the ill effects by throwing I cinch of the salt thrice over the left shoulder with this right hand. salt should never be borrowsd, but if slcrn necessity compelled, then it must on no account be rcioaid!

Many trifling actions might lead to the breaking of old friendships. The fire must never be “naked” (5Ul‘I‘-St‘ with a “p:ke=.r" to revive it) in a friend's house. unless the friendship is of at least seven years standing. No one wishing to keep the peace would wash in the same ‘ . as another person,‘ or cross I. knife and fork. or give a knife or other sham-edged object. as 'ruch unfortunate acts are always vfollow-.=d by a quarrel. The knife “cuts fr-ien,dship". but a small pay-

ment in return for the Rift will propitiate fate. Talking another direction: a.

mine maiden was instructed to at the first new moon of the ear through a new unwashed silk amlkerchief. As many moons as

remain unmarried. If she was foolish enough to help herself to the last piece of cake on the plate,

is offered the same piece and ac-

some husband and £10,000 a. A Jail upstairs is particularly for- tunate, and may ndicate a wed- ding in county Durham

year."

e

as ‘someone

NOTES -

corpse. The belief was cliorwordl gugndgd a. woman

no er dressed. and than to cer- tarvaniniala and birds. A vuure

Just as afraid 0 who 11

happens to one. wi

to sea. But these old beliefs dvins out before the progress education, and when this atlcn passes ‘hey will only known from record: like these.

ma mama uunm

Everyone has heard of the Blue- bells of Scotland, (which by the confined to

as well. It is h botsnlcallv Scilla nutons. flourishes throughout the British

les.,n.nd the Channel Islands. it Hyucinrthus nonscriptus. for a reason presently in be related. I am writing of it becauseitisnowinbloominmy

l-den and it is a long half-cam ury since I saw it last!

As a general rule the Bluebell or Wild Hyacinth prefers the shade of the hardwood glaciers, where it multiplies to such an extent that the ground is covered with its blue flowers as with a carpet. Tennyson, with his keen eye for

such natural effects. says in the "Idylls oi! the K.ln.g"—-— ‘They rode under groves that

look'd a paradise Of blossom. over sheets of

hyacinth That seem'd the heavens up- breaicing mm’ the earth—"

A description in no way over- stated: The poet. however, omits to mention the fragrance of the flower, which is as delightful so its color.

The bulb from whence the nod- ding spikes of blue fl is very deeply roots of the trees: Derha/pa or ten inches below the surface. This is probably because the off- sets grow at the bane of the par-

ent lmlb. no that it work: down- ward in I but it renders it difficult to collect the bulbs for

the gar-d n. I therefore procured cane see s from a Wiltsihlre friend 1011!‘ Years I80. and now have the satisfaction of first efforts in bloomi 1-Lyacirithiua, in the c . was the comrade of Apollo an zeiphiy-rus. but the latter, sus- Decting that he favored Aipollo more ham himself. killed the youth. Apollo. to comztorthimselrf for the

to

spilled. produced A beautiful flow er which he named the th

. A uwniin never gives his young lady a pair of gloves. for “you never get the hand you glove."

The spider is often a subject of superstition. It must not be killed. as ‘has Just been stated, and if it cra/wis on E0111‘ clothes they will noonberep cedbynewones.But in that case you will be pinched and your assailant will repeat. "A nip for new. a. bite for blue!” Or you may be greeted with the words. “trwish you health to wear it. vtrengith to tear it. and money to buy another!" The former slogan was very popular with the school- children. and the present writer revmcrnibera well the blue marks left on his epidermis when he wore anything new.

If one's foot itched. a. journey was prognostlcazted: if one’: nose. than some arinrzycxwe was e offing. shive ng un meant that "someone is walking W91‘ WU?‘ grave." somebody is talking about you if your ear burns: "Raiihrt your mother. left your lover." The right hand itohes when money.

Purina ou. Weak eyes are cured by placing the ears for earrings, The miners bellived that washim_ the back

so it was washed as little as pos-

mlnars had a host of "vain developed ly by

the dangers of their caning. On leaving his humble abode for work t the mine the miner would turn

' luck if the first person he met was wearing a white apron. Perhaps this arose because at one time

wihito aprons were only woim while attending the aid: or laying out I

‘..Rcliance, Scandia and Pen. fect Choppers. Knives and

lmcln . its petals ho marked with the let. ten A1’ to exloress his grief. our Bluobell has plain petals. with no ma lines. whence it is non-scrip- ‘“%. 'i'.“".iiif”""""" ' . t , .. mark that“ ‘ N S. mar-iiiima is useful as well as

Eredient in those rat poisons ad. vertised as harmless. Really it is poisonous to many animals in large doses. and is very generally ,3. Jficied the stomach below my

done. Rots cannot reg-

ve V93'Yu§m£l§1g§{e3l~t andmsoon 21:- non, to gcgidhecvifiycfgfilttwfat give till their suspleiorls :2: run: This species as aw}; W“ as medicine in the rural. 04' my van iii an ‘mghnd

it . asthma and

rmuuoai centre "Queen's WaJk". cum

G

Jolid

oi! wi.'r‘-E3 v ll 1‘ 1 the 2 Sun

"Plates and parts.

I LIME PIIP GIIOP

lusts a'IolII‘c'IIp orihliuy,

‘?;1(0I"O.C’IIIIIlah!Q/lvlqlhu

;i‘oliii ftirrttn

ma suffering, and lewder

witnessing their ‘ad

loss. out or the blood that was 10°”

I wish to announce that I will be in a position to take care of thecanning of your urplus garden vegetables

and fruits at reasonable rates.

cum GARDEN CANNEltIES EDWIN II. cooii Proprietor-

Cnnnerc of Cook’: Pork it Beau ca Boston Brown and

:77‘-o"T"E'-1 _ -19- -'_;'2_e-21"" '

oi-ease 'Gvveirnmeiu.t sliowcncu. mane formers more important. . . farmer is 1. local

,,c

TIMELYT NOTE: on roibics A _CON‘NECTED wnjii _ p % Silver: Fox -Farming f *

*° **'°.‘*.-.°..*““......'v*°*°.“.::.‘; during

often

mlmonymmgmcnm ..I doubt themuiemany human‘ here to be fou.nd~mcro

dead to 90

uty, more

nlm in ti mtih‘an th tive, u as c ve was’ 0 average country lout.” A tnrrtble indictment! He credits 0. B. Show with be- llefthatmorwyisaod. sndas evil is onw cured by money. so it behoves every man to steal or murder or work until he has got at least £335-a-year. Clear across thds ‘belief Prof. Jcad fiings his thought that the cause of evil is not poverty. Dictators make 800‘! tyrants even when they are mil- lionaires. Rich Nazis use steel whips as efficiently as poor Nazis. Cruelty, he deduccs. has little to do with environment: Children torture each other evari when they

filled with

he. I have Just space nine to give his summazy of Br in's place in this ghastly world. "It is better to be governed by the Enz- lish than by any other people. be- cause the English are. on the whole, kindlier and more humane than other people. It is no doubt a great pity that they are stupid."

NOTES ON ISLAND PLANTS The Portulncwcln

The range of this. me PilrIl1)ne 1"amil:y. is mostly southward. at Mawwaizrs list of P. E. 1. plants says that the spring Beauty Clay- tunis can-oliniana. has been found at Wheatley River. The list is dat- l907, and I should be glad to learn if this plan is still "extfiigit

flowers." The Nympluecocu

We have two Waterlailles. one truly i native. and another introduced. The natllve is the Yellow Pond Lily, sipatterdook. or Cow Lil Nylnphncn advent. common

or stagnazit water. on exam- ination the plant growin in Mar- maid Lake was found to N. ad- vena, variety Varleguta, which has flowers partly purple. and leaves with shorter rounder lobes and a closed sinus (slot). The flower in structure with A

Josselyn. land's Rarii-la" (published in Lon- don 1672). recorded that he found the native Indians eating yellow water-lilyroots.a.fwi-bolngthtxri l : "they tasted like sheep liver." t Brown. another travaliu‘. an s the seeds formed a staple

icle of diet among the Klemath Indians of Southern Oregon. In the Pacific Railroad Report of 1866. Newberry states that he saw many hundred bushels of the need col- lected for winter use anion Indians of the west m. an that the seeds taste like broom- corn and are apparently very nu- tritious. -

The Water Lily. Pond mm. or swcet-scemed Water Lil.y—-to vs its full twme--la. socgrdlna to - botanists. utcllc odor- sea. I have not been chic to any distinction between this and the English .-ymphaea o Lininuus. No flower :1 ’ the trarwliiorlo.-l f to stamens. From the rather mirltuous smell of

children

i'=iu2".‘§‘

thcthhmx

feud N

He doesn't. expect any increase in glib! or any firmer tendency but confident of the demand.

back a decade the number seerx amazing, as then an auction in London with eight or nine thous- and skins was a rarity. The jum in world production has exceed . or ahnost exceeded. the Jumfh in world demand. Of course in ose years all we thought of silver fox- es was for nedrpieoes. I-‘fad not the trimming trade realized its possibilities for g-arrnents. capes and other adjuncts of ladles'wear- ing apparel it would be a blue day indeed for us. Now. however. we are faced with competition from a new souroe—not red fox. silver fox. cross fox. blue fox or plati- num fox-—hu_t fox pelts dyed a variety of shades to match the to es of the gar-rnent ml-lady is

. are being turned out by the thousands. cheap gr; allies of white fox, blue fox. four and red fox being used for these purposes.

We understand that the Scar» dinovicn coilrilmiasmare now ready

evolving c. more ulnted ‘ f mecchnndislt sllwer fox $35. 37» that what he in January

March. 1039. will not be re- tcd again next year. It is noth-

moroizhan to out down the nuxber of to be 1 on View to A that cumin- nutn tho 9 dunand for that particular sale. The polls in reserve will have the dvcnta of freshmen, not having) n own or ln|u.lo'd Around w pour on A more athntion from the

or course the real solution of the problem that is confrontin us is the cutting doom of produc on. We noticed the other d

or any other that such over-produc- reiwardog. it large‘; or but PM"

5

below 1.11

e cost of rod - World production D uc its co be

strain

him. or 5oo_ooo ibx uld ‘ with- OM treat I and would result in I healthy indus

former a reasocnb urn for his toil and effort; but one

with h s-u~;"$‘§i'.ii 1 betel’; °.’v'a

55 35? 5; :35 . 83 59 rag é:

ii i

. nits: lg:

friit-via,

and ¥:‘ed u1h;rV1G! in DYUPIYS tcl chow and thelfiflrzre but their fox-

of may invlricbnlyreaulfa in lawpriocs “'3

cs on-color. only troublo :- bout the later date is the uncer- tainty of the weathgr. weather favor! tho show oxen

We number who fair new blood 9 year.

oongi-atulationa to President-W E. flown of miniatu-

oiati sh la" ”£2"“' llent

on on 121 exec pro- gress under his leudorchip.

Jim Donald or the Hudson's Ba Company, believes that there wil be a marked increase mink ranching this year in Canada. He would not be surprised if"produc- tion was doubled in 1940. Mink farming pays even_ at fairly low averages he says, been the equipment is small and 1 does not present too much overhead and feed is reasonable per felt. so that if the present prices o fall 26% there is still money in mink f ng.

The following interesting com- munication haa been received from our good friend P. J. Williams, Summerside:

VV'H.A',t‘ NE'X'I‘ "When reading of Parthencgene- S15 0n Page 29 of the June ‘Cana- dian Bllver Fox and Fur‘ we were prompted again to resort to Web-

ster. who is still regarded as authority on wo1rds—tl~i at

083’ l etc.—iA>seo tithe word had

arm-

aplnoo in his vocabulary, Yes, i is in tho dictionary. and its men is giv-

I18 enas‘the act orprocesaot - duction without the mwwrifcltigu

of seminal matter from a male.’

"lit is relaxed to by o.K. Thom- assen (ht: conitiriibutor as being re

20th century miracle of 1039.

"Dr. Gregory c. Pincus. whohas done much research work ininaln- malian reproduction is credited WW1 having taken ova from 0. female rabbit which ova he trans- ferred to the womb of a v'rgln that after a mm-mal - nancy save birth to a litter of three. All the progeny or pgrhh. emogenetic birth has so far been females. This is such an inno- vation that it is with diflictfltywe °°mm0n People can persuade our- selves to consider it seriously.

“should this system of breeding wholly from females become prac- tical and general in the dine,-gm species of animals a male’: sphere of usefulness would consequently be Very much restricted, and 9. good polygamous _r:;a1e fox would ‘hgmrgl-iced at not more than pelt

nursu. At ‘“"“".muon for

'lot us be

Whllt sci {or us field."

3 er- '3 9 9 ‘U Q "3

G. be 11:10!-I!» hflvlllf.

mmtli

9 ?

n for the’

Poor.Hay Fields

Guernsey mm. Aw should in nude to the secretary. uni any of mm!- . ’ eh ::tl:’.“.‘i°‘*»‘-*‘ui‘i.°...°“r:.'l.'3.".t..t°”»x.~? London. it was -me in

i‘r’3§‘m"";

ddruso oral ‘lag:

the to aim a a in-. a. awn... Qgggggga 5 :3. .

0!

wumtn h the coil. mines the slow growth ofvatcmc and leaves or the veaetctivo, ovum‘ of the limb- Root growth is. however. I place. and with warmer weather plant wth will be quite mpld. But $1.1: fields haveonly a few weeks be re they will be bloomlnl and ready to out. A hundred pounds of Nitrate of Bode Per more may brmixod with fine soil or road duct to live bulk: and if applied now whnn the wins 1! dry. or just. before rain which washes the fertilizer off the plants and down into the soil. it should cause notonl nwroraipidand“ " growth but also a higher percent- of lain in the hay. The igumw mzigl bcnofiit mfrornmtll? n zugen ue. In 0 C 0 Nitrate application should thus

. repay the farmer who would other- wise

rider min fields.

ure fields which growth require a too-dresaing_g; barnyard manl_n_'o

heights. Nawyonnnownuop

Pontiac "Arrow" .. .‘ orlu "" Emma" o u 1

n tho ymand amazing

' thrift . I’. and III only 0 fccnmc you at in so prln uitoaio llu. may be‘ arranged . on the

‘Macon Igimlmcnt Plan.

Ft

' s. W.‘ lanvef mature equivalent Hi/eragg 0;

. ..;‘.:.““.':;§';i’.:.°a*-;”°l.‘l°.l..;l.f*g~;,~,-= :; _ "9" W11. Quebec. '

toncutrclize acldi _ W _are doubt! and

or , 'm ' had to buy ha and m§;°.° $2 llilrilig ma dec de that the money or credit. vested in fertilizers mi nmefiolle. W111 produce more arid ‘NW0!’ feed on their own without paying tribute to men and Railways.

out

I-Ia and pasture fields with yaheep sorrel and go (yellow weed) are deficient andthesorlliastronglycc. weeds tolerate hixh aoldlw. alfalfa. red and aisikc clwera

z .

mm soil. Wmle a sent 0. - plicatlon of manure or ertilner X en ur-age the grasses and wild

llutod en rod lime. use but and or

farms middle- _____

snow THINKER

Father: "It's a good 1 , dear, to think before 3'oup.E;;1eakn-I-Y

whi clover now Krowinz in We ‘Daughter: "But. dad. when I do meadogés and oil: 05 two girls have changed the

tons into the sod after early BGDWIWW

rairiisbevzitll encour.\~e the claim! dhlfmdutadyz “My poor man, how r . yo ever come h . “Tit. l“ '95‘ ‘:...:*:; 3.. ‘M “T sre arorpo . :‘a'am.'m '. lea taken to plowing d , from tim o? over-educaftion. wi?enm1 different parts of the field ma be was is ad I read so much um: mixed together and a pan or b '3 of poverty that 1 to Dominion

the two sent Chemist Jen’ natchially could not work."

SINCE the Pontiac "Arrow" swe into the LOWEST-PRICE Pl _, . . . sales are zooming t‘o'1-ecord flu‘ bl ur . . . enjoy the distinction o a Pontiac...“ 3 cost to much the lowest! Sobeforcyoubuyuyartryouttho

t oom-

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other townie l Convanic crucial ener

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QUEEN, Morolgsi Charlottetown

ental Farm. ottaiwa. an-' ._———..%.. close name and ddress N- Mh1lfd'l relieves aches.

Ind quest rate of app icu.tlon'of flung

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v lIl‘l‘l'lll

"“‘°‘.’i-“'5 |§_i.Q'l‘pR snues. Souris

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