The Clinton News Record, 1920-3-25, Page 3THE SILVER -FOX FARMS'
OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
'ixite deseriptien r"(silver.fox" is,.
'aomewhat misleading, because it tends
ifs fester the bellet, except in initiated
eieclee, that the fur is either wbite or
eilvor grey In Dolor. As a matter of
tact it is the trade name for the filth).
`•m' ot the black lox, the term fattier being
derived from the preemies of glisten -
$ng white and grey hairs anioirgst the
let blame. Moreover, in the case of a
first-class pelt the long silky brush has
a tip of pure white,
ele-
yua>tohtower sufficiently high to cottl-
mend a vleve of the whole farm, not
eine to frustrate the nefarious Inten-
tions of 1lght,fingered gentry, but 4cleo
to enable the animals to be observed
Deem a safe dhetanee during the mat'
leg season.
The inter space is sub -divided into
pens. The wire nutting enclosing the
pen must be at least ton feet in
halght, aupeorted by vortical poste.
Within the pen is a emelt yard or run
and a specially designed hotese or ken-
nel, Itis oommoclioue, measuring tell
by
eight rectae
ular in plan and ,
tt
provided 'sd{ith a ridge roof., As
Dullart
aspect is desirable with the front open'
to the top of the side or angle poets..
The rancltes for the moat part are
electrically lighted throughout, and
are equipped with a complete electric
burglar alarm system. In the case of
the large farms the personnel com-
prises a resident manager, a veterin-
ary stn•geon, two watchmen for day
and night respectively, and last but
not least, a formidable pack of watch
dogs,
While, the fox, like the dog, is not
fastidious in regard to its food, the
observance of certain dietetic prin-
ciples has proved eminently desirable
and suecessftil, Meat is .supplement-
ed with biscuits, rough bread, vege-
tables, oatmeal, herries, apples, milk
and eggs, as well as grass. The gen-
eral practise is to fend twine a clay-
some farmers prefer .the one -meal -a.
dem system -•-sand at regular hours.
To keep the animals In the pink of
condition care must be observed to
use only clean dishes. Previous to
bofng killed a special diet comprising
boiled barley, oats, honey or a firc-
prietary stock food is given because
these foods give that sheen and gloss
to the fur which is so eminently de-
sirable. The annual feeding charges
vary from $40 to $60 a pair, though
large scale farming may enable this
charge to be reduced. Still, under the
conditions prevailing, the food -costs,
do not occasion close attention.
It has been found that foxes can be
safely mated when about six months
old. Certainly young foxes will fre-
quently breed at nine months. Inves-
tigation has revealed that a single 06.
male will raise from. eight to ten
families during her life, each litter
ranging from two to seven pups.
While in certain cases eight and nine
may constitute a family, the average
is nearer three or four.
To -day there aro over 3,000 silvers•
foxes on the Prince Edward Island
farms. The enterprise has flourished
so amazingly, as to become regarded
as the foremost live stock industry in
Prince Edward Island. The total sil-
ver fox population Outnumbers that of
all other live stook combined, while -
the estimated value and this asset,
bearing in mind the high prices which
are paid for stock, is incalculable.
Certainly it must represent several
million dollars. Front the economic
point of view it represents potential
wealth, and accordingly is now re-
ceiving ever, assistance from the
Provincial Government.
Prince Edward Island fox furs are
now as famous throughout the world
and an accepted trade mark through-
out the furriers' industry as Califor-
nian peaches, Fraser River Salmon or
Tasmanian apples.
Buyers from every part of the globe
flocked to Montreal to the big auction
sale of furs which began on March
22nd. Practically the entire Prince
Edward Island output was marketed
there.
It is the lustre, silkiness, and gener-
al richness of this fur which render
it such a prime feyorite. in the tem!.
nine world. For centuries it has
fauna royal favor, and, unlike many
other furs, it is not susceptible to the
whimsical caprice et Madame Fashion.
The silver -lox is always fashionable.
• Thirty years 'ago it seemed as if
'ihIe fur would become so scarce as to
be beyond acquisition by all but the
privileged few, The animal is ex-
tremely timid and in its wild state
. eeeks to get as tar away from the
haunts of men as it can. Its home lies
within the belt which is subjected to
a prolonged -winter such as that of
Canada and Siberia, but the choicest
pelts have always been those derived
from the North Aneriean continent.
To tee trapper the capture of a sil-
ver -fox •has always been regarded as
the prize among prizes. No gold -
seeker ever becomes more excited
over a "strike" than does the venture-
some nomad of the ice and snow -
:locked vastnesses upon finding one of
these anneals in his trap. No wonder,
when the pelts are •worth about $2,0001
After several years of experiment-
ing by skilled trappers, it was found
that the silver -fox could be bred in
captivity and, what was more to. the
Point, that tee furs raised under such
conditions were equal in every respect
to those taken from animals caught in
the wilds. Prince Edward Island was
Mend to be specielly suited to fox.
farming. This is not 'surprising. In
earllee days the island was tbe anf-
anal's home; the land in which it
flourished amazingly. The air and
• soil are peculiarly adapted to the ani -
mel and the development of a first --
mines pelt, The sir is congenial both
In temperature and humidity, while
the soil is almost completely free
from alkali or lime, which has a ten-
dency to burn the fur and render tbe
pelt hard and dry as a result of the
animal's burrowinge. Thiyi the geo-
logical formation of the island has also
played a vital part in evolving the
blackest fox in the world.
The ranch•should range in area
from one to live acres, andertee should
be taken to reproduce as ,...:;ely as
possible the natural ltsb:tat. The
ideai'Iocatton is a (stretch of thinned
bush of mixed hard and soft woods
providing sufficient shade for protec-
tion from the heat in summer and yet
ouffeiently open to allow the early
thaw of the snow and ice. It should
be seam slightly raised ground to en-
eure good air and effective drainage.
Above all the farm should be well re-
moved from highways and buildings
since the animal is readily suscept-
ible to dieturbauce by noise.
The ranch, as a rule, is enclosed
within a' double wall of board and
wire -netting, with the inner wall set
time distance from the outer boon
darm;
As a rule the outer fence encloses
the whole farm, the quarters for the
animals and accommodation for the
caretaker and manager as well as
watchmen. The facilities include a
U.F.O U.F.W.O.
A jest cause. This 'was dealt with
in our last letter -not fully, for there
are so many sides to this question -
but sufficiently to vindicate our claim.
We shall coniine the discussion this
week to the emitter of organization.
Why organize? Let us clearly under
stand that the only just reason that
any industrial factor of national life
40111 give for organization is that its
workers may thus do. more effectual
work as national factors.
It is very desirable, of course, that
the industry flourishes for the person-
al benefit of those interested in. it.
But that is not enough. No class, in
a democracy, has the right to a pros-
perity out of proportion to its national
value, and attained at the expenee of
ether necessary national industries.
That farming, as hn industry, has
eo national status, needs no proof. We
have at the present time Provincial
Mates, but examine t]te personnel of
achy national Board, even the "Wheat
Board,' and notice, the very limited
representation that agriculture is
given. A town woman represents the
farm women on an existing national
uomntittee to -day. She is president of
Me W. L, and a very fine, capable wo-
man, but, utterly unacquainted, with
rural conditions. She could represent
et'ban women thoroughly.
How many farmers were on Food
'Boards, etc„ during those years of
stress. Upon what products were
prices set absolutely? Just oue-
wbeat. All other set prices provided
for a stated profit, and the rate of
profit on many manufactured articles
of absolute necessity, both of food and
elothing; was and is a standing dis-
grace to Canada. These profits were
shown by appointed Commissions to
4teseeee ao high as 80% on some food
erode' is, a71 from: 70% to 31.2% on
material for clothing,
• it Is interesting to note that the
`iieefits of a eo-operative Company are
, litated to 7%, while those of a private
ed1Yidual or corporate firm are Iftaity Milted at all, for the watered
stook which all each carry hakes
'evasion of the law a matter Of ne great
diifice'rya
,As int ts, the terming elelnd1t of tale
Icentret has entirely failed to estabi
l r, for iteolt any statue, or to exert
a�,ny lnliltenoe either Lot= selleaggran.-
rllsereetit et self-protdotion, Much less
li(15 it been any sategttard for other
ladustried, even though the ebeolete
lieeessitite foe food and clothing are
prat/timed by it, Through organization
It has bowel to make itealf felt,'
The drain. Growere of the' Wteei,
baudjed lee wheat for th.e Alike der.
leg the war, Their btleiness Scat year
amounted to about $800,000,000. Our
Ontario company transacted about $3,-
000,000 last year.
If, and when, the farmer becomes
so organized that, like the workers of
other industries, he can control .his
business, farming will become finan-
cially sound. That it is not on a pay-
ing basis to -day is proven by four out-
standing facts: le The decrease of
rural population; 2. No farm can be
rented for interest an investment;
3. No farm can -be sold for value of
land and buildings if 'the latter he in
any _ degree modern; 4. Organized
capital is not investing in agriculture.
These must be overcome and can only
be done through organization. Rais-
ing strawberries, tobacco, sugar beets,
pure-bred cattle, is not going to de-
crease the cost of staple nedessities of
food. These lines of farming, and
these alone, pay.
Through organization we must coinn-
pel our legislatures to give to agricul-
ture, the basic industry of our coun-
try, the consideration its worth de-
mands. Sir John A. Macdonald used
to say that the. farmer never asked
anything and therefore never got any-
thing, and as a class we actually took
that remark as a compliment, though
probably the great statesman intend-
ed it to be a reproof to us, for if we
"got nothing" we could not prosper as
a class and if the basic industry failed
to prosper, what of thoee based upon
11? -Margery Mills.
"King" of Syria
Not Recognized
A. despatch from Loudon says: -The
British and French Governments have
no tfla n
t Pri ce Feisa.l
d_, ,son of the King
of the Hedjaz, thee they cannot recog-
nize the validity of the decision of
the Damascus Congress which pre,
claimed hint Ring of Syria.
The Prince has s boon invited t ted [a come
to Europe io state his case.
Willie Had 1 -land
xn Kapp Conspiracy
A desisaieb from London says: -The
British Government has received
strong evidetico that the former
brown Prides is implicated in the Dom
spiraoy which broeght about the mita
tate ooltp in 73erlia, Thie explains
why the Dutch have d0iibled the
nerds and sent destroyers to Veto))
Wieringen Island, The British are
satisfied the foembr Kaiser was not
conntectect with the coup.
011t tea. becotno bad without bad
Y
n•t '.. tiobut he 81) never became
i out ns, ea
good without geed mtanti
,
HOLDING HIM UP.
CANADIAN CREDIT
FOR SERBIA
$20,000,000 to Purchase Ag-
ricultural and Other
Machinery.
.A. despatch train London says: --A
credit or $20,000,000 has been request-
ed of Canada by the Serbian Gfvern-
ment. The purpose of the credit will
be tee finance the purchase of Cana-
dian goods which Serbia requires for
the development of its potentialities,
Which are said to be greater than
those of any other Balkan nation.
D. hi. Stewart, formerly member of
the Canadian Bankers' Association
and now representing Canadian in-
terests it Serbia, has approached the
Dominion authorities in London to en-
dorse the request. In a memorandum
which he has presented he states that
the Serbians are progressive and in-
dustrious, but have been represented
otherwise by German propagandists,
that the natural resources of the coun-
try, including all the territories award-
ed to it in the dismemberment of the
Austrian Empire, are very great, and
that its Government is staple and cap-
able. The goods it requires are chief-
ly mining machinery, rolling stock of
all kinds, structural material and agri-
oultural machinery, all of which Cana-
da can supply.
It will be remembered that Serbia
was 0116 of the countries originally re-
commended for accommodation by'
Lloyd Harris, but it was refueed.
Allies Warn Turks
Regarding Massacres
OUP Bac I "Snapped Up
A" 'Why den't you ship mo}'o Cana•
dish bacon?' 'Phis lea question asked
ane from one end of bingland•and Scot,
land to the other, ,It was a source of
great regret that l had to reply that
Canadian packers were not able to
ship more bacon because more hogs
wore not being produced In the wun-
try'." In these words, Brig- Gen, J, A.
Gunn, President 0t Ganes Limited,
Termite, wlio bas just returned from
Great Britain, where he epelit three
Months investigating oondltions,
stated the position ot the Canadian
bacon industry,
"Conclusive evidence of the value
of Canadian bacon on the English mat''
liet and a fast which the country will,
I am sure, be interested in," he went
on, "ie that while shipments of bacon
Mem otherMountries may be put into
storage from time to time because oY
tach; of demand, yet not one pound of
Canadian bacon goes into atarage in
England. it is snapped up for int,
mediate consumption as fast as it ar-
rives. Besides, for every case of Cana-
dian bacon sold, the buyer has to take
a few cases of other brands. The
popularity of Canadian bacon makes it
.possible to distribute with it grades
which are not so popular to fill orders.
, "I explained to business men that
high prices for grain feeds and the un-
certain market conditions of the paet
autumn had seriously curtailed hog
production in Canada. But I believe
the prospects for the future are so
good that the preservation of our
breeding stocks Is a vltaluational con-
cern which should engage the atten-
tion of all classes. If there is one
thing which should eonvin.0e the Cana-
dian farmer that our bacon has a place
by itself on the British market it Is
that the price being paid in Canada
for hogs is far in excess of what the
American termer is getting. Previous
to the war, Canadian bacon found its
way into certain parts of England only.
Today, wherever you go, from Land's
End to John O'Groat's, you find the
consuming public familiar with'Cana-
dlan bacons and asking for it. After
a close titudy of the markets of Great
Britain and Europe, I consider that if
Canada is to reap tate reward com-
mercially which was opened to her by
war service she must follow it up by
a national peace effort. The name of
'Canada' is the finest in.troduotion to
European markets to -day, No one
class in Canada must endeavor to im-
pose upon this international trade
situation any conditions which will
jeopaadfzet6te position of our country,"
A despatch from Constantinople
says: -The Allied High Commissioner
here has issued a statement declaring
that the Allies have no intention of
destroying the authority of the Sul-
tan, but wish to strengthen his, power,
It also says the Allies will adhere to
their intention not to deprive the
Turks of Constantinople, but that they
may be compelled to modify this de-
cision if massacres and disorders cone
tinue.
The Allies have occupied the Minis-
tries of War and Navy and assumed
control of the posts`; telegraphs and
telephones, which have been tem-
porarily suspended. Shipping also has
been suspended.
The Asiatic town of Marwatchi, on
the borders of Russia, is peopled by
men only. Women are forbidden en-
trance. there.
Weekly Market Report
•
Breadstuffs
Toronto, Mar. 28. -Manitoba wheat
-No. 1 Northern, $2.80; No. 2 Nor-
thern, $2.77.
Manitoba oats -No. 2 C..W., $1.00-
%; No. 3 C.W., 97%c; extra No. 1
feed, 97%c; No. 1 feed, 96%c; No. 2
feed, 95%c, in store Fort William.
Manitoba barley-No.8 C.W., $1.75;
No. 4 C,W., $1.35%; rejected, $1.42, in
store Fort William.
American corn -No. 8 yellow, $1.96;
No. 4 yellow, $1.93, track Toronto;
prompt shipment.
Ontario oats -No. 8 white, $1.00 to
$1.02, according to freights outside.
Ontario wheat -No. 1 winter, per
car, $2.00 to $2.01; No. 2 d0„$1.98 to
$2.01; No. 3 do., $1.92 to $1.98,
f.o.b. shipping points, according to
freights.
Ontario wheat -No. 1 spiting, per
car lot, $2.02 to $2.03; No. 2 do„
$1.98 to $2,07; No. 8 do., $1.95 to
$2.01, f.o.b. shipping points accord-
' ing to freights.
Peas -No. 2, $3.00.
Barley -Molting, $1.80 to $1.82, ac-
cording to freights outside.
Besekwheat-01,85 to $1.70, accord-
ing to freights outside.
Rye -No. 8, $1.85 to $1,88, accord-
ing to freights outside.
Manitoba flour -Government stand-
ard, $13.25, Toronto.
Ontario flour -Government stand-
ard, $10.80 to $11.00, Montreal; 011.00
in Toronto in jute bage, prompt ship-
ment.
Millfeed-Cal' lots -Delivered Mont-
real freight, bags included -Bran,
per ton, $45; shorts, per ton, $52;
good -feed flour, $3.60 to $3,76.
Hay -No. 1, trier ton, $28,60 110
$80.00; mixed, per ton, 027,00 track,
Toronto.
Straw -Car lots, per ton, $16.00 to
$17.00, track, Toronto.
Country Produce -Wholesale
Eggs -New laid, 59c to 60c; Butter
Creamery prints, 650 to 66e; Choice
dairy prints, 55e to 570- Ordinary
dairy prints,48c to 61e; Bakers, 48c
to 48a;Oleomtargarine (best grade)
81c to 85e; Cheese -Large, 29%c to
30c' twins, 30c to 30%c;. Honey -
White, 80's, 25c; 10's, 26c; 5's, 27c;
Churning Cream -Toronto • butter -
makers are offering 68c per 1b., f.o.b.
shipping points, dor churning cream.
Provisional -Wholesale
Smoked meats -Ribs, 30c to 31c;
hams, medium, 860 to 88c; heavy, 88o
to 34e; cooked ]tams, 60e to 58c;
backs, plain, 49c to 60e; backs, bone-
less 52o to 56e; breakfast bacon, 42e
to 46c; cottage rolls, 83c to 84c.
Barrelled meats -Pickled pork, $46;
mess pork, $46.
Green meats -Out of pickle le less
than smoked.
Dry salted meatsLong clears, in
tone, 82%c; in cases, 28c to 29c; clear
bellies, 27c to 28%e; fat backs, 32e to
83e.
Lard -Tierces, 30e to 80%c; tubs,
80c to 31e; pails, 30$so to 81e;
prints, 31%c to 82c. Compound lard,
tierces, 281%e to 29e; tubs, 29c to
29efic; pails, 29%c to• 2901c; prints,
81c to 8114c.
Montreal Markets
Montreal, March 23, -Oats -Can-
adian Western, No. 2, $L18%; No. 3,
$1.14% Flour -New standard glade,
$18.26 to $13.55. Rolled oats -Bags,
90 las,' $5.50 to $5.60. Bran, $45.25.
Shorts, $52.25. Hay ---No. 2, per ton,
ear. lots, $29.00 to $30,00. Cheese -
Finest easterns, 26% to 27c. Butter,
choicest creamery, 65 to 67c; seconds,
62 to 64e. Eggs, fresh, 62c' selected,
54c. Potatoes, per beg, car lots, $3.60
to $3.66. Lard, pure, wood pails, 20
Ib net, 31 to 311/2c.
Live Stock Markets
Toronto, Mar. 23, -Choice heavy
steers, $18.50 to $14.25;• good heavy
steers, $12.50 to $1.8.25; butcher's cat-
tle choice, $12.50 to $13,5; do., good,
$1L25 to $11.75; do., medium, $10,50
to $10.76; dm, common, $8.00 to $8.50;
Bulls, choice, 010,50 to $11.50; do.,
medium, $9,50 to $10.00; do., rough,
$7.60 to $8.01); 'Butcher's cows, choice,
$10.50 to $11:60; do., :good, $9.50 to
$10.00; do„ medium, $8,75 to $9.25;
do. common, 7.50 to $8.00; Stockers,
$8.50 to $10.50; Feeders, $10.00 to
$11.00; Canners and cutters, 05.26 to
$6.00; Makers, good to choice, 0100.00
to $160.00• do., come end med. $66,00
to $75.00; Springerse$90,00 to $160,00;
Lambs, per cwt., $18.00 to $22,00•
Sheep, 07.00 to $14.00; Hogs, fed anri
watered, $20.25; do., weighed off cars,
$20.50; w., f.o.b.,$19.25; do., do,
country points, $19.00.
Montreal, Mar. 23. -Butcher steers,
common, $9.60 to $11,00; common, $7.-
00
7:00 to $9,60; butcher cows, medium,
$7.00 to $9.00; canners, $5,60; cutters,
.00 to $7.00; butcher bulls, com-
mon, $8.00 to $$9.50; good. veal, $15.00
to $17,00; medium, $10.00 to $15.00;
grass, $7.00 to $7.60; ewes, $12.00 to
$14.00; Iambs, good, $1.7,00 to $18,00;
lcomniony $15,00 to $17.00; off car
weights, selects, $21,00; lights, 020.00
to $21.00; sows, $17.00.
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GERMAN REVOLT
QUICKLY SUBSIDES
Ebert Government Re-estab"
lisped Following Kapp's
Resignation.
A dospaioh from Harlin says: -The
Ebert GovernMent is itgabl in control
ea Perlin. 'Vice -Chancellor Sohniffer,
in whose hands •emerit
of Dr, Wolfgangtine )Cappsadden tennporanilyretil
placed the adntistietrative power, and
Gustav Noolce, Minister oe Defense,
aro engaged at bringing about order
in the city and restoring activities to
their normal basis.
liegular troops, loyal to the. Ebert
regime, are guarding the streets, and
onts of them spent the day
p t
in tearing down wire entanglements
and barnilcades which the revolution-
ary soldiers• had erected In prolusion,
In this connection there was an un-
fortunate accident, wherein the firing
of a mine to destroy a barricade at
Kottsbuser, in southeastern Berlin,
the explosion. killed 12 persons and In-
jured 28.
CANADA'S TRADE
ON INCREASE
Growth Totals $103,926,832
in Eleven Months.
A despatch from Ottawa says: -An
increase of $103,926,832 In the grand
total of Canadian trade for the eleven
months of the fiscal year eliding Feb-
ruary 29, as compared with the same
period last year, is shown by the
monthly statement issued from the
Customs Department. For the eleven
months which ended on February 29
last the total ot Canadia.0 trade, both
imports and exports, was $2,110,$40,604,
while for the same period in 1319 it
reached a, total of $2,006,621,672. The
increase in imports during the eleven
months' period as compared with the
previous year is $77,324,941, and in ex-
ports $29,987,794,
Great Increases are shown by the
statement in the total value of data
able agricultural produots imported,
which rose from approximately sixty-
ifve million dollars for the last fiscal
year to one hundred and ten millions
for the present year. The value of
textiles and textile products imported
and subject to duty, or iron and steel
and their products, and of animal and
animal products dutiug the eleven
month period this year is greater than
it was during thesatne period a year
ego
ht the export column fucreeses are
shown in the value of domestic ogre.
cultural products sent out of the coun-
try, as well as animals and animal
products. The export of wood, wood
products, paper, etc., was also much
greater this year than last.
1.
Allenby Has Banned
All Soudan Meetings
A despatch from Cairo, Egypt, says:
-Field Marshal Allenby, British High
Commissioner in Egypt and the Sou.
den, has issued a proclamation which
sternly forbids any meetings, proceed-
ings or resolutions by the Legislative
Assembly or the Provincial Councils
or other elective bodies, or members
of them, outside their legal com-
petence.
Violations of tete proclamation are
to be dealt with by martial law.
Buy Thrift Stamps,
A Baffling Case.
A physician who writes of some of
the interesting experiences of his life,
tells: the following amusing story:
When I was attending medical college,
our old professor of materia medics
and general practice told us one day
that he had a remarkable ease that he
proposed to exhibit the next morning
in clinic.
"I have persuaded tb'e man to allow
you to examine hint In the interests
of science," he said. "You will each
make an inclepeudeut diagnosis in
wilting."
The patient appeared the next day.
He was a big, strapping fellow, and,
without any preliminaries, be peeled
off his clothes and took his place on
the table. We examined him in squads,
thumping his chest, listening to his
lunge; feeling his pulse, takit•g his
temperature, and doing everything
else we"could think of.
I soon discovered valvular disease of
the heart in an advanced stage, but,
according to the rule, said nothing, and
I sat up nearly all night writing my
diagnosis. When the professor took
itis place on the platform at lecture
hour his: desk was heaped high with
our written reports,
"Well. gentlemen," he said 'Madly,
"I lied here forty-six diagnosis, each
describing a different disease. i con-
sider the variety of your dieeoveries
as very remarkable, especially," -
here he paused and deliberately polish-
ed' his: eyeglasses, -"especially, geutle-
mem, as there was nothing whatever
the matter. with the patient."
The silence that ensued was so
thick that it seemed to me you could
have cut it with an axe.
ALFONSO'S COURT
RETAINS SPLENDOR
r
STILL KEEPS UP THE OLD
TRADITIONS,
Happiest Part of King's Day'
is the Unconventional
Afternoon.
The royal house of Spain, dospito
the democratic nature of the King and
people, alonr0 among the remaining
courts of Europe aro a retains all the
Old
World formalities which up to the out•
break of the war were so rlgor0usly
observed in Vienna, St. Petersburg,
Berlin and to a greater or less extent
in London, Remo and some of the
smaller capitals of Europe.
This -is due to a large extent to the
Influence of the Queen Mother, Maria,
Christina, who remains all powerful
In court circles and is a stickler for
the observance. of those forms and
ceremonies which marked all oeca-
eions at the Court of Austria, where,
as a Grand Duchess, she learned them,
King Alfonso, after receiving in the
throne room at the palace in the morn-
ing, may rub shoulders with jockeys,
bookmakers and the general run et
race -goers at the track 1n the after-
noon, but when he returns to the pal-
ace in the evening he resumes, as it
were, the crown. It is generally re-
ported that to 1n1m the afternoon, Meta
from conventionalities, is the happiest
part of his clay, and that he has often
expressed a desire when harassed by
the political troubles of his country,
whicheoem never to settle down. to
lee:_ ,u all and take his family off t0
some South American republic and en-
gage in the breeding of horses, of
Which he is paselonately fond.
Formalities of Spanish Court, N.
Wile strict formality of the court wee
observed at the banquet and reception
given to the Diplomatic Corps a short
time ago, when for the first time the
representatives of ell countries bad
been invited to the same function
Once the summer of 1914. The guests
saw a display or jewels which prole
ably co111d not be matched outside of
Asia, Although the diplomats were
the guests of the evening the ;younger
members of the royal family preceded
them and were I.0 the right and left 4r .
Queen 'Victoria at the tables, the Am-
bassadors and Ministers of State conn-
ing after them.
Dinner over, the Ring and Queer,
with the royalties and. dinner guests,
formed in procession down a long re•
eeptten hall, where the foreign repre- I
sentattves presented the members of 1
their staffs. The living and Queen I
stopped at each group to pass a few
words, but this was the only infer-
mallty of the evening. Later, in the
throne room, guests not belonging to
the Diplomatic Corps were presentee.
The finest scene, however, was en
tite grand staircase, on either side of
which stood a row of brilliantly germ-
ed servitors. As the beautifully gown-
ed women wearing many jewels, and
the men in their brilliant uniforms,
passed 'up and down this staircase. a
changing eater 'scheme w=as presented.
Queen -Victoria in a chess or teeth
of gold, a wonderful diamond Aerie en
her fair head, two great diamond neck •
laces reaching to her '-sial. 14't:e a
stalely and nuzzling figure.
The Queen ,Mother was equally +>+
splendent in pearls, of which :ah,' 1ru',O
a collar of six rows. a tiara. item time -
laces and many clusters. F.s1'.,,.'a-
waiting wore .jewels formed c: tease
precious stone lcnotvn, 1.1113 ni111,1 Mud
the wives and taught'::: Irl' 101 • 11r;,s1-
dees of ilii Spain.
Brown Bears and Grizzlies.
The law protects, the great brown
bear of the Alaskan peninsula and
nearby islands, which Is the largest
existing carnivorous land animal;
likewise tbe grizzlies of the Arctic
territory.
Nevertheless they are shot when-
ever the natives or white settlers get
a chance at them, and 1f anybody Is
arrested for such an offence a convic-
tion cannot be bbtaiued. This is be-
cause publio sentiment in Alaska is
dead against the beasts .in question.
which are not only destroyers of live-
stock but dangerous to liftman beings.
The popular notion that a grizzly
will not attack a. man if unmolested is
without basis in fact. Most formid-
able of living creatures, it is very in-
tolllgent, recognizes human beiugs as
Rs manias and Till] assail them when-
ever a good opportunity offers. A
grizzly has been known to follow a
man's trail, steal up behind him and
tear off the whole top of his head with
a blow of its lremeatlous paw.
Alaskan settlers declare that the
great: brown and grizzly bears are
protected for the sole benefit of non-
resident sportsmen, But they add
that they are entitled to protect them-
selves, and they do it with a gun.
War Disability.
Although Modern Medicine credits
medical science with having accom-
plished wonders during the late war in
eradicating or reducing diseases that
have previously ravaged fighting ,arm -
les, it maintains that disabilities re•
stating from the war are due in more
cases to disease than t0 wounds. Fig-
ures compiled by the British Ministry
of Pensions show that of all the pen-,
siois granted down to September 1,
1918, 58 Per cont. were on account of
disease. Tuberculosis and chest com-
plaints were responsible for 12,2 per
cent., rheumatism tor 6.5 per cent,
and heart disease for 9.9 per cent,
Umbrella Harness,
Harness that has been patented 16'
carry en umbrella over a person's
head and leave his hands free, em-
ploys a belt and shoulder straps to
hold the rod up the centre otitis back.
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' Britain's Debts.
It. was or 0102 accossiun of 3,',' mn
and Mary to the throne 111m lees ,u fl
began to get into debt.
The King and his forces half to
cross over I:o Ireland w light 111c 4e -
posed James 11, and Ills follow, • 4,
Ja.mes was certainly detente, hut 1“51
defeat cost the country. tlhtch ems
unprepared for war, $19,260.000. 'rhea,
to make hatters worse, there avose
Continental entanglements, with the
result that a four months' war with
France cost another 0148,755,000.
During this time the population of 1`
the United Kingdom was only anent 1
9,000,000, and the total wealth was esII
-
titnatecl at $276,000,000. Tires :he
ordinary revenue was incapable otj
meeting these War expenses, and when
William died he left a legacy in the
shape of o National Debt of $60,000,-
000.'
Queen Anne succeeded. and at iia
end of her fourteen years' reign, 1110
National Debt. bad been nearly trete
deal. George 1'. came after Anne, end at
the time of his death the country was
saddled with obligations to the eine
of $262,620,000.
Now We Eat the Mermaids. 1
Even mermaids ilowatlays yield val-
uable commercial products. Their;
flesh is very good to eat, different
parts of the creature resembling beef,
veal and pork. Their akin makes en
excellent leather; their boles take a,
beautiful polish, and their lifers for.
11ia11 an 011 resembling that' of teem
livers which 1s commonly 111410 f1:r I
medicine,
t 1
They are not called reermelds any I
longer, but "dugongs"-thelr human.'
Ilke'appearanee when seen al the sum I
face of the sea, with bead and'eivele
dere expected t0 view, having in early •
Clines' given rite to ouc of the nis itt
picturesque of myths,
The afoetal Is 832001 the .size of ti
porpoise, with huge lungs' (enablin
it today for a tong time under water'
and grinders lllce these of a rNminaRitk
Posits that metteele from the. upset
jaw are a diet n,.ii;alting n,,,rk of the '
mate,
Dugongs are d4 aizons of r'.:,r, seam
Often they approach n101 ea 1101
coining in with 1.110 tide and teaclillie
on the submarine algae er owe fiat
To• cantors thein nets :re etre '1eei
across 012al111605 leadtf' t0 gnat'
'P11ey bacei11e eui 4)110 J, and, i eQ
to rise to the sm tat.;, to breathes 0e*
drowned,