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-_. DAYS, at 4 pm, | cROP PLANTED AT PORT ROYAL way--so its cleanand pure | not sometimes, but always! | Ask your Grocer for it. Dominion Salt Co., Limited 1 Manufacturers & Skippers NEVER WAS HARVESTED. Marc Lescarbot, the Historian Whose Book on the Early Days In Canada bs a Standard, Planted the First Grain, But the Cancelling of De Monts' Trading Charter Forced Set- tiers to Leave Before Reaping Time In these growing times Canada mea- sures her production of grain by the | hundreds of millions of bushels and Homeseskers' EE -- TO THE CANADIAN NORTH-WEST Tuesday, May 17th, and every second Tuesday thereafter during the summer Tickets good for 60 days LOCAL BRANCH TIMETABLE. Trains w leave and arrive at City Depor. as follow a West, Leave City. Arrive +. 8 Mat .... ~.13.35 a. "ia ial we - = = - Ha Eo Spee BERRED £83855 voresed voor Tralos I, and § rup Gatiy; other trains dally except Sun Secdminodation reserved in il other information fur nished on application to 1. ¥ HANLEY, Agent. Corner Johnson ana Oniaria Streets KINGSTONE PEMBROKE RAILWAY In Connection With CANADIAN PACIFIC RY. HOMESEIKERS EXCURSIONS To Canadian North-West, May 31. June 14 and 28. July 12 and 26. Aug. 9th and 23rd. Good for 60 days. 'KINGSTON--OTTAWA. eave Xingeton 12.01 p.m, arrive Ot. t i y 10.45 ey Bttawa arrive Kingston 3.55 p.m. G ull information at K. & P. and .R. Ticket Office, Ontario Street. am, F. CONWAY, General Passenger Agent. oa BAY OF QUINTE RAILWAY, ral leaves Union Station, Ontari it Sunday excepted Ek Soha Napanee, Daser 0, Ban; ON hunid a points Burth FE depen sind on Centra niente' via Bu) hie = Roar Fat Lake Ontario and Bay of Quinte Steamboat Co., Limited. J Str. Caspian 1000 Islands-Rcchester Commencing May 29th, steamer leaves Kingston on Sundays at 10.15 a.m. for Alexandria. Bay, Gapanogue, and Rockport. Returning, leaves at 6 p.m., for Rochester, N.Y., calling at Day of Quinte ports. Str. Aletha Leaves Kingston daily, except Sun- day, at 3 pm. for Picton and Inter- mediate Bay of Quinte ports. Full information from James Swift & Co, Freight Agents, J.P Hanley, "trade in favor of de : f i i { | | Ticket Agent. | ts her incoming tide of immi- grants by the hundreds of thousands. With" few exceptions these immi- grants make homes for themselves on the prairies which practically form the centre of the Sontinebd, and it is on these same prairies that the bulk of that grain crop is grown. The first immigrants settled on the east. ern shores reached by vessels from the Old World, and it was there, in little plot conquered from the wilder- mess and bordering on an arm of the Atlantic Ocean, that was grown the first wheat that ever Yipened on Can- adian soil. That was a litle more than three hundred years ago. seat of this first Canadian settlement was within the borders of what is now nee of Nova Scotia. That was the beginning of farming in this country, and although the colony was short-lived its efforts tested the soil of these north lands and proved that wheat, the most valuable of all cereals, would flourish here even bet. ter than on the best tilled farms of Europe of t that time Doaanicd by the fate of La Roche, dnd only a year after his marooned convicts had been rescued from Sable Island, a titled gentleman of France, pamed Pierre du Guast, Sieur de Monts, gentleman-in-ordinary to the King's chamber, and Governor of Pons, was granted leave to colonize La Cadie or Acadie, as the eastern part of what is now Canada was call- ed for many years. Acadia (fo use the English form of the name), spedk- ne geterally, § included what is now Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and a considerable part of the State of Maine, although in time the name was applied only to what is now Nova Beotia. The King granted the desired permission, annulling all prior grants and creating a monopoly of the fur onts. The mer- chants of Rouen, Dieppe and Rochelle raised an outery, for on their own ac- count they were carrying on a profit- able privase | trade along the shores of the World. By giving them shares in the enterprise de Monts converted them from enemies into partners. Associa with de Monts , were' Baron de Pontrineourt and Samuel de Champlain, who had already visit. ed Canada and gained some experi- ence in the wilderness of the New World. Of the , Champlain was Kustined to Soca mp! ish the oat god to leave pst mark on the his- tory of ..De: Monts'. col- ony lived a few years years: At Quebec four yéars ie Champlain laid the foundation of Canada. The ings of de Monts on this continaut form fry episode. ~ Unamplain "made "Fhe first winter passed by e little St. Margaret's College [Pounded by Dickson, ada A a rien ? 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Mahood, special agent. 3 Always Well Dressed 48 what is said ef custom- = of ih works, he many whe bas hig clothes occasionally cleaned and pressed at these works will look as well dressed as the man who spends much money on new clothes. R: PARKER & CO., Dees ant Cleaners, 60 Princess St, K Kingnton Oh 30 ft. Bowels-- Riffigest organ of the body the bowels and the most important "ft's got 10 bo looked after-- neglect! wads sulforiug and years of misery. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, y at Port al was one of much ® , although not so dreary or tragic as the obe spent at St. Croix. Summer came again and late in July arrived the ship "Jonas," sent out from France or De Monts and well laden with supplies of excellent qual- y and many luxuries as well. Among the pote fo was a man whose name will ever be remembered by the students of Canadian history. He was Mare Lescarbot, a lawyer of Paris, who had decided to turn his back upun-the old world and throw in his fortune with that of the colony established at Port Royal by his friend de Monts. Lescarbot -was brave, resourceful and energetic, and he also ; literary ability of a high order. al years Jes, when once amore back in France, wrote an account of Port Royal hich to this day is considered a most valu. able contribution to Canadian his- tory, Ii has recently been translated into English by Mr, W., M. Grant, ety on fs Nii many years 's many , Kingston, Ont. The son is ho Solaiter at Qxiord on colonial istory although is to a to Queen's next session and become fessor of the same subject he has Rs teaching at Oxford. While, Champlain and Dis Soupas. Bort Royal was fons were explorin const, Lescarbot at eng in what may be regarded as the earliest { operations in Ci . He exp the low borders of the Annapelis River, called by the Froneh Equillé. "he saw great' meadows where the moose, with their young, were Eg. and where at times the ri grass was beaten to a pulp by the trampling of * their hoofs. He burned grass, and SOW, ed crops of wheat, rye and barle itastead. . '. . He made gar near the fort, where, in his zeal, he plied the hoe with his own hands te into the moonlight evenings." This lawyer-poet, litterateur and his- torian was the first Canadian farmer, During the Saliowing winter life at the fort was comfortable, hright and almost © luxurous. The supplies brought out from France were abun- dant. "Of wine, in particular, the { supply was so generous that every man in Port Royal was served with three pints daily." The table n- ed beneath all the luxuries of the winter forest--flesh of deer, moose, hare, bears, beaver and otter, with ducks, geese, plover, - sturgeon too, trout and other fish* speared through holes cut in the ice on the river, or taken in nets from the 'neighboring 'bog. "Whatever our gourmands at home may think," wrote Lescarbot, "we found as good cheer as they at their Rue aux Ours in Paris, and that, too, at a cheaper rate." The little street here referred to was at that time remowned for i's restau. rants, The winter was unusually mild. "I remember," says Lescarbot, "that on January 14th we amused curselves with singing and musie on the river . ; and dined merrily in the sunshine." Spring eame on early, and as the snow disappeared from the little "flelds* the grain wowed during the preceding autumn could be seen coming through the black mould. The carpenters set to work dnd built a small waler-mill on a egtream now called Allen's River. Others with scoop-nets and baskets caught the her. | ring and alewives as they ran up the | river and creeks. Turpentine was procured from the | pin? trees in the adjacent forest and | by a rude process converted into tar. | Lescarbot spent the exhilarating | spring days with hoe in hand in the | garden, eager to test the quality of i the seil. | © The colony was all activity, and the | future seemed bright and full of promise But soon its hopes were dashed. One morning late in the { spring a sail was deseried coming up j the bay. In time the vessel anchored i before the fort. It was from France, {and it brought tidings that de Mont | monopoly had been rescinded. The { jealous rival merchants and fisher- men of Rochelle and other ports had gauceesded through powerful friends tat court in having de Monts' charter { cancelled, Port Royal must be aban. d and the colanists return home en the last boatload left Port 1 In yal the shores resounded with the { lamentation of the Indians; and noth- ing could console the afflicted savages but reiterated . promises of a speedy feturn."' Before one of that despondent eom- pany of home-goers lay a long, bright future of great achievements which have given hii name a high place in Canadian history-<8ammnel de Cham. slain, who in the following year was faying the foundations of Quebec. To Explore Quebec. It has now heen decided that expert commission which is to exam ine minerals in the Chibougamau re- ton in Quebec will leave Roberval £ a few weeks on their long journey through the wilds, and will return in 'three or four months. The pro®®éns, comprising almost four tans of food for the party, are now being borne over the snow on dog sleds towards Chibou, au Lak€, around which the mineral wealth is supposed to be, end where log shanties will be erected in preparation for the arsivel of the main party. to consist of three ex- ris, five technical assistants, and welve mon to do pick and shovel work, drilling, blasting, ete. From Roberval the party will em- bark in canoes and grt up the Cha- mouchouran, Chegobark, and Nikar- bar rivers until they roach the region where, according to reports of Dr. tr. Obalski and Prof. £ i 2 zg 5 f £ | > \ these new-comers go through to Sas- THE CANADIAN CAWOE. The Frail Craft Hos Played .a Big Part in History. In the early history of Canada the canoe played so conspicuous a part that it may truthfally be said to have been one of the makers of the coun- try. By means of canoes, war parties invaded the territory of the enemy; the cance carried the hardy and ad- veniurous voyageur fo the remote parts of the wilderness and the dis coverer to the for North and the dis- tant West, The position hekl to-day in the commerce and travel of the country by the passenger express and, the through freight train, was, in ear: ly times, filled by the bark canoe of the Indians. The waterways in a state of nature were once the only highways of the country. Like great highways they wound through the dark and almost impenetrable forests which, from the 'Quebec, northern height of land to the Gulf of Mexico, threw the dark, dark shade of their dense foliage over the con- 1' tinent. The courses of the rivers and the expanse of the lakes were alone Open to the sunshine, and by the aid | of eanoes they furnished Indians and ! pioneers with the. only available | means of travel and transportation. | The canoe possessed qualities abso- | lutely essential to the use of the wat. erways under conditions then pre- vailing. It could float a considerable | load and yet it was so light that it could be easily carried over the por- | tages by means of which the numer- ous rapids were overcome---for there i were no canals then--or from the head of one waterway to the head of another. In moderate weather it was very seaworthy, and at different times thousands of men. both red and | white, crossed the broad expanse of the Great Lakes in these frail crafts. At the same time it was of exceeding- | ly tight draft, permitting the naviga- tion of streams whose upper reaciies dwindled to mere creeks. By means of canoes the Indians brought to mar- | ket at Montreal their eargoes of furs { from. the head of Lake Buperior and the upper waters of the Ottawa; by means of canoes Radisson, La Salle anid other explorers penetrat>d the far West, navigated the Mississippi and | reached the shores of Hudson Bay. And in later days, when the fur trade had passed into the hands of powerful concérns, like the Northwest Com- pany, hundreds of thousands of dol- lars' worth of goods were carried in canoes from Montreal to the banks of | the Red River, to the plain' beyond, i to the Peace River country and the lower valley of the Athabasca. These early canoes were for the most part made of the bark 'of the | white birch, although the Iroquois, ! for want of the birch, built their ca- noes of elm bark, which made a heav. | jer craft. These canoes were quickly and easily built but as easily damag: i ed or destroyed, but they were the | only kind of a craft that the Indiap | could build. Upon the Indian's handicraft the i white man has made great improve- | ments. The modern canoe is more seaworthy than that of the Indian, al- most «8 light and far more serviceable ! and durable. The best modern canoe is. made in 'Capada, apd the craft known almost the world over as the. "Peterborough Canoe," stands as the representative of the entire class-- the highest type of the cance family. i i i Spring In the West. The West has had the earliest i spring on record, says The Manitoba Free Press. March was like June and April started in like mid-summer. The farmers taking advantage ot the weather conditions, have been rushing their work and the western crop promises to be some weeks earl ier than for years. In Manitoba the old-time farmers who have had ex- perience with western weather for 25 years, have been holding back opera tions fearing a return to blizzards and frosts, but in the newer settlements of Baskatchewan and Alberta and amongst the new-comers from Ontario and the States, there has been no timidity and they have been on their dand from the first of the spring wea- ther early in March. Even the Manitoba sourdoughs have now decided that the predicted cold spell is not coming and are hard at work. The acreage for 1910 will be from 10 to 25 per cent. largey than ever before. The easly spring has given' the farmers time to prepare an enor mous amount of land, while the thou sands of settlers who poured into the West last fall and have been flooding the country all spring, will make an enormous Hifference. The majority of katchewan and Alberta, so that Maai- toba's acreage will not likely be .ser- iously affected and although there will robably be an increase, it will not be arge. Baskatchewan and Southern Alberta will see the largest increase. The Life-Saving Service, The mission of the life-saving ser. vies of Canada is 'to ave Suman life and to provide prompt a when pos- sible, to shipwrecked and distressed vessels. For this purpose, there are at present 34 life-saving stations, lo- cated by provizces as follows: New Brunswick 3, Nova Scotia 13, Prince Edward Island 3, British Columbia 4, and on the Great Lakes of Ontario 11. Each lifesaving station has a life- boat, by a erew of seven men, including pie cozgusing who Som. a8 OXSWRIN appoin the De: of Marine and the sation, to select the crew, and to drill them in rough water as well and instruct i). | borders, is secotid in 8 of import. each poi Po {of | says in Puritanism," SATU RDAY, av NE 4, 1910, ------ BURIED AT QUEBEC. Grave of Sir Walter Scott's Brother , In Qld Capital. It is not generally known to Cana dians that among the almost innum- erable things of historic interest in Quebec is the grave of Sir Walter Scott's brother, Major Thomas Seott, who wes' paymaster in H. M. 70th. regiment stationed in Canada, and who passed away in 1323. His body was buried in St. Matthew's church yard in the heart of the old city of which was then the common burying ground of all the Protestant communions there. By 1860 it had be- come so overcrowded that burials ex: cept in family mausoleuns werd pro- hibited, and later burials of any kind eoased. The cemetery fell into neg: lect, but about a quarter of a century Jater united actien was taken to put it in decent srder. The grave of Major Thomas Scoft is marked by a very simple stone. In connection with his otherwise undistinguished career, it is interesting to note that at the time the anonymous publication of 'Waverly the literary circles of Edin. burgh generally altribnted its auther i ship, and that of succeeding novels, to 'hit and not to Sir Walter. This de- {lusion the latter, who long strove to preserve his anonymity, was not un willing to foster. One distinguished { personage, Lord William Leunox om the other hand stated that it was con. { fidently believed in England that the {novels were written by the wife of Mejor Thomas Scot who prior to "her marriage was a Migs McCulloch and a skillful writer, "Lord Lennox had met her at Kingston, in Upper Canada, in 1819, when he was in this country with his father, the Duke of i Richmond, one of the early governors. 'He says that many of the officers of the 70th regiment attributed the nov 'els to her. According to The Quebe: Telegraph, which recently went into ithe matler, Sir Walter suggested to his brother that he write a book oa Canada, dealing with the hardships of the early settlement days here and with the incidents, of Quebec society, but nothing came 3 it. A Brilliant Young Scholar. In view of the oft-heard sondemna- tion of musical study and athletics as be Ing a waste of time and energy and as distracting with disastrous re- sults the minds of young people from { more practical things, it is interest- ing to record the fact that Mr. Alfred LeRoy Burt, the brilliant young grad- uate of the Ontario Provincial Uni- versity, to whom has fallen the honor of being selected as Rhodes Scholar from the institution, is both a trained | athlete and an "accomplished musi. Since a mere child he has been | cian. {an enthusiastic student of music, and he acted as accompanist for the Alex- andra Choir of Toronto, a chorus of 400 voices, for over a year. When { Gipsy Smith was in Toronto last May at Massey' Hall, Mr. Burt was the | piamist. He often appears in concerts, ard his playing has been spoken of very highly by competent critics. He has had a number of flattering offers {to enter upon a musical career, but § Prefes the studious life of a scholar. n athletics he has always taken a prominent part, being one of the bright particular stars of the univer- sity gymnasium and an active worker vin committee and on the field and ice. Lawn tennis is his forte, however, he having been in the finals several times, but losing the championship by narrow margins. Although he must Rave been a hard student to hold his standing in class, on the campus and 'in gymnasium he throws himself in- to the spirit of recreation with perfect abandon and such good humor that he has been very popular among the other students and has been elected to many of the most honorable offices in their gift around the college, the chief of which were the presidency of the Union Literary Society and the presidency of the class of his year "Work while you work, but play while you play," appears to have been his motto and the secret of his success. Throughout his course he has always had first class honors and has usually headed the class lists, He leaves for Oxford in August. A Clever Canadian Writer. Dr. Andrew Mhuephail, who is editor of The University Magazine, Toronto, has been for a good many years a fre- | quent contributor to the English re- views, writing chiefly upon Canadian problems, and is one of the Domin. ion's foremost men of letters. Among this author's published works is 'Es which volume when brought out attracted not only a great deal of attention but much favorable comment. In this work the author undertook in reviewing the lives and works of Jonathan Edwards, John Westley, John Winthrop, Mar- garet Fuller and Walt Whitinan, to not only critically define Puritanism, but brought it down to the last analy- sis. In other words, he managed in a masterly manner to sift the fact from the fancy as it_pertainas esdin- arily to these early New Englanders. Df. Macphail' 8 style is as charming as his view point is origi Macphail is a graduate of Me- Gill "University, with which he has been intimately associated for years back. He is also a member of the Koyal Bociety. ----- / To Boost Farming. The Newfoundland Government has recently turned its sttention to the larming industry in the island with a view its further development and at he) last session of the Legislaturs several new eases were given con. sideration. 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