Exeter Times, 1912-1-18, Page 8URBULENT CHIEF
E KEN NETOSSE GARR EL. IS
ALWAYS IN TROUBLE.
tart at Oka Who Has Seen Re-
cently In the Public Eye Has Been
Doing This Sort of Thine For Many
Years, and Sevenal Expeditions
Have Been dnn, in Vain to Oka to
Barry Him ff to JO:
The late.st exploit of Chief joe
II,Kennetosse Gabriel, of the Indian Re-
eervation of the Two Moneleiles at
Oke', has once more broIrglit iat gen.
'<man prorain.ently 14 the public eye.
IS recontre with the surveyors of
Nenada Central Railway la only
Inettften‘raed eantintiance of id inoet
cturesque career, and juatifiee a
review of Mr. Kennetosse's turbulent
life. For it i$ just about seven years
ago that the Rest expedition sent out
y tho Department of juetice of the,
a -evince ce Quebec left Montreal tp
redliiid Capture lahn.
, An was reported in the daily papers
Kennetoase at the head of tveenty or
taore of his followers armed with
•eeitelifoelts and guns prevented. the
011eereV of the Central Canada Rail-
witioh is to be part of the Cana-
dian Northern, and which is to con-
nect St. Andrew's and St. Mustache,
from being completed, because part
•of the line was to run for a distance
dzf eome forty yards over land claim-
ed tobelong to the actual Indian Re -
Serve. Kennetosse comes of one of
the Indian farctilies via* have for
Oenerations etood out uncempromie-
• ;ugly for the cid, and one might al -
Most eay, feuclal riglats of the India#
Oa opposed to the conventions impoe-
d upon the Indian Department of She
Donainion of Canada, well as they are
•Weant for the Indians' benefit.
There may be. and there are no
oubt many otb.er eases like thie but
here are few if any in this middle
astern part of the country which in
,he last few years have made such a
a Religious difference, which years
• go made Oka the scene' of incen-
arism, rapine and bloodshed, how -
ver, have created another difficulty
• ere and e. case is even now pending
"n the higber courts as to the respec-
ve eights of the Indians, a, xv-17,7-.. -,'-
f whom,ate Theatheddlet, and the gen-
leineed`a the Seminary in regard to
-"'etthe lands around Oka.
'A Rennetosse Gabriel has always
been the man -who started the agita-
pion during the last ten years, the
ame as lie did a few weeks ago, and
tennetosse, regardless of the elective
ens of the Dominion has had hire-
edf and two others, Louis Rivere and
itohell 1Vlartin, elected chiefs no-
ording to the old tribal customs.
He and his relatives, friends and
Supporters have all come in contact
-th the law on account of boldly
gnoring the white man'a restrictions,
nit he personally hae been the par-
icularly shining light in that respect.
Some eight years ago, he, like many
La'f hie friends since then, out wood on
% nd claimed by the gentlemen of the
, rainary as exclusively theirs.
Unlike the other Indians, however,
,hen summoned to St. Scholastique,
the court's seat, to allow cause why
he should not pay for this wood, he
ktisisted legal action in a dramatic
d flamboyant manner, threatened
e bailiffs who were sent after him
tad ' compelled the Provincial Gov-
nment as a mere means of uphold -
its authority to send fahre im-
heortant men in search of him.
So seven years ago on a Saturday
between Christmas and New Year's
f.t. C. McCaskill of the provincial de-
tective force set out from Montreal
With two or three men to get him,
And after a trip full of hardships the
Ehad to come back empty handed, be-
eause Rennetosse had flown.
• It was reported that he had gone
to the United States, but after a while
he came back, and while for sonfe
time he lived a quiet and peaceful
life at the rear of the plateau where
hast of his friends also live, he isoon
began -to be heard again tlarough let-
ters to the newspapers and other-
wise.
At the tinae he expressed his undye
big intention to see that the old tribal
fights of his people were respected.
• After that there was more wood-
cutting, more ferraent, mere , public
defiance of the white man's laws. •
Amongst his own friends he was
Still the hero of yore, the same as he
seems to be at present and they con-
tributed money to send him and his
Wife to England where they went to
/ay the tribal grievances before the
Hing of England. Whether he ever
•had the ear of the King or even of a
•teal court official is doubtful.
Two more expeditions were sent out
After him in vein. Each time he
fled. Then there was a hill till two
years ago, when the chief became
Involved in domestic troubles, and
• heat his wife, after which he again
disappeared, and now he is once more
in the limelight.
Itermetosse is a large, loosely -joint -
teed well built man of about thirty-five
Ica. forty years of age, of very light
Complexion for an. Indian, but with a
tdetermined face, whieh when he iS
ciWilled, looks, to lay the lease, war.
ike. '
' His wife is a white lady from New
en
gland, their marriage having been
ather romantic. He also has several
phildren.
• Tdp till new his legal difficulties
eve always been with the Quebee
overnment, although the Donainion
Indian Department has had repre-
iientatives at Oka upon most of the
brevious oeeasioue of trouble, more
faoweiter, as a Matter of evatelifulnens
4ver its Indian children, "the war&
tf the nation," than otherwise,
A Customs Record.
During the men-% of Deeember the
eneeipts from cuetoms' duties were
$7,a33,$49.61, ate agaitiSt $6,117,06.65
Decetnber, 1910, an incrottee of
$1,605,770,96, or 28 per eent. Per the
tte Mottles of the fiseel year end.
011 Deeombee 31 the reeernte Irene
et wes $63,610,058.9,4, as against
124485.23 hi the same period of
inetease Of $10M5,518.01,, or
0 Itly 20 pal eent,
•
IANL1f MMIGRANTS,
How Galatia Deals With I ncotnting
- Citizens.
The Dominion Goverament has di-
vided its immigration einto three
classes—British, oreign Earropean and
American. The. Government bureau
dealing with the work makes no differ.
ence between the three classes, unlesa
they enter under different canditiens.
In western Canada, about 200,000
homesteads are available. Etta
leomesteal i* of 160 aeres and in some
sections of the °metre a man may
pre-empt an additional. 160 acres by
paying the (lovernment e3 por twee d
fey it, with the payments spread ove
ten years, To return for this home
etea,j, homestead and pre -emptier
the settler pays $10 entry fee and un-
dertakes to perform certain honl
bleed &dies, notably to reside on the
heinesteeddeinetnaethe eneeee elfeere4Te.
th.en" years, and cilltinate the Immo-
stead to the extent of 15 acres every
year for three years, and build upon
the hinnestead a habitable houee.
In the case of a man coming in who
is not prepared to take up land, the
immigration department finds him
employmeat at agrieultural work in
almost any part of the country. With
a one cent a mile rate and a card Of
introduction he is sent to the agent
of the Government in the district in
which he proposes to work, and by
that agent is taken to the employer
or employment to which he has been
specifically sent.
If upon his arrival in the county
an immigrant doesn't care to take up
his quarters in a hotel—and, it goes
dthout saying, there are plenty of
tiaeni who do not—there are in Win-
nipeg and west of Winnipeg about 40
Government immigration buildings.
In these halls he is at liberty to make
his home during the period in which
he is deciding as to his destination or
arranging for employxnent. Here are
provided heat, light, bedrooras and
bedding, and each man is entitled to
two weeks' residence without cost;
and if it is found that settlement has
not been decided upon at the end of
that time, and that the delay is in no
way due to the settler himself, a far-
ther and indefinite period of residence
in the hall is permitted.
In case of sibkness and, on that ac.
count, inability on the part of the new
settler to perform the regnired duties,
his homestead is protected—that is to
say, an -retention period is granted
eldeenby the Department of the Inter-
ior, so that, instead of performing all
his duties in three years, he may
be permitted four or five, as the case
may be. In any event no advantage
is taken of his sickness to deprive
him of the homestead upon which he
has placed his labor and perhaps his
capital.
In ease of eickness in his family and
consequent destitution, due either to
insufficient capital or to extra expen-
diture for tuedicines and medical
help, the new homesteader has the
right to appeal to the immigration de-
partment of the interior. Inquiry is
made into the situation and if it is
found that the settler through no
fault of his own is lacking in iood,
fuel or, clothing, that is provided by
the department and a lien taken upon
the homestead for the amount advanc-
ed to the homesteader, with six per
cent. interest added, the homesteader
understanding that he 'cannot become
possessed of his final title until he
has met and liquidated all the ad-
vances of the Government.
There are cases, luck not being with
any of us all the time, where the
homesteader suffers through hail, fire
or other untoward circumstances the
partial or total failure of his crop and
where he is still upon the land for
which he has not received his patent.
What happens to him? Is he turned
down cold, so to speak, and told to go
on his way—that the Government has
done all it could for him? No, in-
deed. Nothing like that in Canadats
immigrant code. ImmediatelY the de-
partment of the interior advances him
a reasonable quantity of seed wheat
and seed oats and he is enabled to get
upon his feet again and proceed with
his spring sowing. The amount of this
grain, the actual •cost of the grain it-
self plus transportation only, is made
a charge upon the homesteader.
No eharge is made by the depart-
ment of the interior for service of any
kind rendered to the immigrant.
Where persons frone another country
have become destitute through sick-
ness or lack of employment in the
cities within a year after their arrival,
the department of the interior either
finds sufficient employment, or in the
case of sickness food. and medical
comforts for the destitute newcomer.
The same conditions prevail in the
country districts, except that there
the period during which the immi-
grant is a charge upon the department,
of the interior is three years, as
against one year in the oity and ur-
ban centres.
ASTED TIME
AND MONEY
BEFORE TREY FOUND GIN PILLS
Genarenne, Orn..
d4X), husband used Gin rills for
Beeleache and. Kidney Disease, The
Patti in his bee% was dreadful and
the kidneys failed te do their work
nronerly. As he became worse, we
found it necessary to begin treatment
and unfortunately wasted time an
dr I SnolleY on remedies that were little or
. good. After taking one dose .of
GIN PILLS, he found thern to be
exactly what he needed, and after
taking two boxes of GIN PILLS, was
complete!), cured, We heartily re-
commend GIN PILLS, at evety
'IOWOffunity taidleiettds''gra' 're-
latiees". JAMUS B. IVIILFORD.
'Write us, mentioning this paper and
we will send you a seined e box free, Then,
If you cannot get the regular size boxes
at your dealer's we will supply you at
the regular retail eajee—goc a oox 6 for
ene .
$�—and money promptly refunded a
GIN PILIeS do not give satisfaction.
retional Drug & Chemical Co, of
Ca.nada, Limited, Dept. A Toronto. 87
A Historic Spot.
The blast of the Grand Trunk Paci-
fic Railway oontraetors is echoing
against the rocky walls of Tete Jauue,
, Cache to Make way for civilization
and the shrill echoes of the locomotive
I whistle later on.
l Going westward from Edmonton
along the Grand Trunk Pacific" route
• the traveler sees the progress already
strongly marked. • At present the
Grand Trunk Pacifie steel is beyond
• the great divide, and over the sum-
. mit of the Yellowhead Pass.
i Historically, Tete Jaime is a centre
• of interest in Western Canada, as this
, point was the site of one td the lied -
eon Bay posts one hundred years ago,
•when the route from the Pine, the
Peace and the Fraser Rivers brought
• the furs, and merchandise through this
gateway. At the present time there is
• only a band of Shuswap • Indians
eampeel an the south side of the Fras.
er, and, as soon as the steel reaches
this locality and civilization with its
eodaks and pocket, beaks will elede
the eetablisliment of a permanent or..
der of things.
St John, the Experter.
St. john is becoming the big ee.
porter. Half a million defiers worth
of goods mote than. went oat of the
New Brunswick port last year, hoe
been Shipped thief year, Fally }mit'
the shipments from S. dolm are A.m.
• Grimm goods, dumped into the Canaa.
diet city for teeneportation acroeS tee
Aeleentie
Imammovartma.......
RADICALS IN POW -ER.
Allied Liberal Forces Control German
• Reichstag.
Berlin, Jan. 26.—The complexion of
the new Reichstag as determined by
the final results of the three re-ba1.
lots taken yesterday, is shown by the
general party groupings as follows:
The subordinate or allied factions are
•included for convenience with the par-
ties with which they generally vote:
Socialists, 110; Progressive non-So-
eialist gronps, 95, including 46 Nation-
al Liberals, 42 Radical people's party
and 7 Pregressive Peasants' parties.
Clericals with Polish, Alsatian and
Hanoverian Particularists, 120; Con-
servatives, allied parties 70- Indepen-
dent, 1.—ex-1VIenister of the Interior,
Count von Posadowsky-Wedner.
The results completely overthrow
the , working majority of the Conser-
vative -Centre, or ."blue black bloc,'
in the Jest Reichstag, which is now
able to muster only 191, counting
every possible vote, and places the
control in the hand,s of the National
Liberals, -who will be able to form a
majority by throwing their strength
with either the right or left.
This -makes the National leader,
Ernst Bassermatin, a commanding
'figure in the next Reichstag. He will
be•able to swing avowed National
Liberals WhO. under proper induce-
ments, would probably be prepared to
pp -operate with •the Government on
raost'questions. The hostility of other
progressive groups to the so-called
reactionary "bloc" apparently is too
great for any working understanding,
except on questions of national de-
fence and the increase of the army
and navy.
The Socialists return as the strong-
est individual party, bringing their
total up to 110 by winning 11 of the
21 re -ballots in which they partici-
pated yesterday. This is more than
double their strength, which was 53
at the time of the dissolution, and
29 above their previous maximum in
1903.
The Reichstag centre or clerical is
the next strongest individual party,
with 93 seats of their own, a falling
off of 10, the result of widespread re-
sentment at their share in the un.
popular financial reform of 1909 and.
the prevalent high ,cost af living.
Having accomplished what the ut-
most, efforts pf• Von Buelow and the
Governinent were unable to effect in
1907, , the Poles return with 19 of 20
former mandates. They had hoped to
play a big role and obtain impo,rtant
concessio-ns for the Polish policy as an
essential factor to the new Govern-
ment.majority, but the extent of the
oppoSition victory datnieObeir expec-
tations.
Seemed Like a Present.
"I find ft cheaper to buy for cash."
"And 1 find it cheaper to buy on
credit."
"Aren't the bills bigher that way?"
"Yes, if I pay them."
• An Expert.
"I have seen life in all its phases."
"The high and the low?"
"Both extremes."
"And which was the lowest, the high
or the low?"
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
---
wily is it that as soon tts a young
man who begins to work hard and
save his money the neighbors all begin
to wonder which girl it is?
Give a dog a bad name and you can
soon have a new far rug.
A boy never appreciates his mother's
cooking until he has boarded at the
restaurant a spell.
The great trouble with a man who
has a good story is that he never for-
gets It
/n theee degenerate days a general
election doesn't furnish nearly as much
excitement as a pennant contest.
A Man will boast of his fortitude In
bearing Pain and tben howl nut be-
cause his wife steps on his corns.
The eumMer girl bas vanished Into
the dlin pasn but the otteaming winter
girl is just as expensive,
Solite tneres itlete of hetteen le a place
*there they won't have to dress up,
' "Ineneell" deter g nenititlide of spite..
104 tetoperse
1
• His Choi° af Weanerne
Century English Bellat%''
bOOk by Harel niiilapson, there is.a
delightful etory f\f Stephen Inclecion,
len eminent tenoror ether (tape, whose
teingiug of 493Zac1 Eyed Susan" wee
peculiarly to ,the people's taste. While
Staying at a, country Wu ineletiou had
quaoreled daring the evening with an
army ,ofileer. He, imagined he hod
closed the controversy by going off to
bed, buni tbe officer, left downstairs
to brootlever hls, wrongs, theligni eth
erwise., Making his way to lucledonn
bedrogin, he fund the singer fast
asleep. Wbeu he succeeded in wak-
ing him, a matter et some dire ulty.
the officer demanded sadden time
"Satisfaction?" m U1113 u red I tic Leta) tt
sleepily. "Well, you shalt ha v e It.'
,Whereupon,he sat up in bed and snag
'Black Eyed Susan" lu his hest style.
' "There," he said, out; gewil,agaul.
"my" singing of that seen tete given
satisfaction to thousands, and tie will
have to satisfy you." And tie tu
Oyer and went to sleep again.
West isoint Traditions.
"It is an interesting tact, ofteu re-
ferred to at alumni reunions and In
addresses deliyered to the eatietstt
Nest Point," said a retired army °di-
cer, "that one of .the most distIte
guished of the graduates of the area-
emy, who afterward wore elle epau
lets of a major general, was once a •
bootblack on the streets of New Y ore
and was plying his trade when be no
ticed in a newspaper an announce,
ment of a veal:lacy at the academy
Lor the district in wbkh he lived, and
he applied for it.
,"Another of the traditions," condi',
tied the officer, "Is that one or the best
cadet officers that ever wore the gray
twas the son of a convict, and, al-
though that fact was known to every
one of his comrades, it never made
the slightest difference In his social
standing. I 'do not know of any other
institution where the same social rec-
ognition and the same loyalty of com.
radeshlp would be displayed."—Wash
ington.Herald.
Taming a Tiger.
"It Is nothing but kindness that
makes animals really time," said a
trainer. "All the terrible aceidents
that used to occur so frequently to
trainers and tamers were due to the
fact that the animals had been cowed
and not won by kindness. I remem-
ber a savage Bengal tiger which was
sent to me from Calcutta some years
ago. When he arrived he was in a
state of fury and rage and for several
days would fly at me whenever 1 ap-
proached his cage. I paid him a daily
, Visit, purring, as I approached, which
mem like speaking his own language,
'and he gave up gradually his furious
greeting. After a week I took a piece
Of meat at each visit, for the way to
the heart is through the stomach, and
that does not apply to- tigers alone.
At the end of four weeks I could touch
him, and three months later he had
quite realized that no one wanted to
hurt him and used to come quietly to
•the bars to be stroked each day."
Sir Walter and the Royal Glass.
In MO George IV. conferred a
baronetcy upon Walter Scott. Two
years later the king of England went
to pay a 'lisle to his Scotchsuiejects.
He was received with indescribable
enthusiasm, and Scott led the mani-
festations organized in his honor.
"You are the one Scotchman I have
chiefly desired to see," said the sover-
eign. The two men then drank one
another's health, and Scott begged
George IV. to give nim the glass
which he bad just put to his lips. The
favor was granted, and the poet put
the glass in his pocket.
Unfortunately when he got home he
forgot to place the relic in safety, sat
down upon it and broke it into a
tbousand pieces. --From De Monvens
"Beau Brummel."
The Romans Dressed For Dinner.
A sartorial authority. says that the
custom of dressing for dinner began .
with the nomans. ,It was a simpler
procedure than at present, A loose
robe of fine material was donned for
the evening meal, preferably at home.
but in cases where guests came from it n
distance at the home of the host, who
kept a supply de dinner clothes on e
hand for the use ,of his guests whet ,
ca Inc u nprov id ed.--Springteld Repub.
All but That.
"My present patient," said the pret-
ty nurse. "is a peevish old million-
aire.- . . .
"Never rnind. Be may ask you to
marry him."
"I'm he may. He has about run
0131 of other requests."—Kansas City
-JourtmL
Ought to Be Well Posted.
"I nib quite surprised. Mr. Meeker,
at yoor wife's knowledge of pull*.
tnentary taw."
-She? Great Caesar! Haen't she
been speaker of the house for the ladt
fifteen years?"
Quite Frank,
The Old One—So you wish to marry
my delight -ea eh? Do you drink? The
Young One—Thank you; not just at
present. Business before pleasttre li
ray motto.—Philadelpina necord
The Important Question,
It le Idle to freme such a query as
"Ceti the cook' be a lady?" The real
qtestien is now and ever will be, "Can
the lady cook"—St. Louie PosteDhe
patch.
Sooticarta,
h --Don't let us twee oysters this
evening. Lena be teethoMical, and
then yea tem buy me that pearl nee*.
10,e0 $ told You Ofeeentrai
40000*"'"ii*"
nubbing an Be President.
94 the Morning et Martu4,1844,
Ur, Tyler left the 'White HOUR, not
earleg)to Mist in, the inauguration ot
Weneliacesisor. 'As thePe\elrele eteture
er about to swing away f thin the
'Wharf,' evhieh Was crowded with these
Who were 'glad to see the ,ex.presIdent
depart, he came along with his family,
a squadron of negro servants and a
great lot of luggage. Aathey alighted
from theft' carriages anti° head of the
wharf the whistle sounded, the boat's
hell -rang, and she began slowly to
move away. Some one in the crowd
sang out; "Hello—hello, captain! Hold
oit'therel Ex.President Tyler Is com-
ing! Hold ohl" The captein, gn old
Clay Whig, standing near the stern of
'the boat on the upper deck, Welted
over the rail, saw the presidential
• creeed coming, but pulled his engine
bellviolently and shoutedt' "Ex-Presi:
dent Tyler be dashed! Let Wm stay."
This scene was lithographed, and
copies hung for years in many of the
saloons and public houses of 'Washing-
ton.—Perley's Reminiscences.
•
picsacthounds,
A. bloodhound is not much more dan-
gerous than a French poodle. His flap
ettrs and wrinkled forehead give him
an appearance that does not invite in-
timacy, but he cannot help his )(vice
and despite them is a tioqaPle, good,
natured dog, He has not a keener
scent than any other member ot the
hound family. As a man Chaser be is
a dismal failure. A crime bas been
cemmitted, the trill] of the eriminal is
warm, a pack ot the best bloodhounds
from the next county' ie turned loose,
etc. One may read soneething like this
every week. But one never reads of
these bloodhounds reallY getting the
criminal at bay. If they -tree a Man
he is the wrong man. No one ever
ought to be convicted on the testimony
of a bloodhound. A bloodhound on the
trail of a criminal is just as apt as not
to trot up to the back porch of a gen-
tle old parson and wag his tail in ec-
stasyat sight of a ham bone.—Wash-
ington Star.
Great Writers and Great Readers.
• Macaulay was quite contented It he
turued out two foolscap pages as his
actual completed task in mere writing
for one day. He was never tired of
laying in new stores, and he per-
sistently refreshed his memory by
running over books which he had
read oftentimes before. The books
and manuscripts which Gibbon read
In twenty years reached such an enor-
mous number that when he attempted
to form a catalogue of them he was
compelled to give up the task in de-
spair. He was constantly adding to
the enormous reservoir Of knowledge
which he had at command, and thus
his works never grew stale, and he
was ready instantly with a hundred
illustrative lights on any point which
chanced to crop up either In conver-
sation or in the course of his reading.
—Exchange.
Did Ho Get Off?
The famous Liddell, who, with Scott.
compiled Liddell and Scott's lexicon,
.was dean of Christchurch college, Ox-
ford. It was whispered in regard to
the lexicon that Liddell provided the
Money and Scott the brains. A, young
undergraduate was haled before the
dean for some misdemeanor. "I her,
Mr. --, that you have a pretty wit
for ImpromPtti verse," said the dean.
"If you will Wilte one ,on the lexicon
I will let you off." The young man
thought a Roment and then said:
"There's a 'falcon written by Liddell and
Scott.
Some of it's good, and some of it's not.
The part that is good was written by
The part that was written by Liddell Is
rot."
London Built on Sponges.
One could surely find no worse
ground to build upon than a bed of
sponges such as we use for the bath.
And yet London has for its subsoil
only sponges, although we call them
flints. Once they grew as Sponges do
now in salt water shallows, and they
are found in layers petrified among
the chalk of southern England. The
'names valley chalk has been melted
like so much sugar and carried away
with the running waters, but the
flints have been left behind., and on
these the whole city of London has
found Its excellent foundations.—Lon-
don Spectator.
Homely Illustration.
"Sometimes a virtue can be exag-
gerated until It becomes a vice," said
the earnest adviser.
"I see exactly what you're comhe
an" replied Tarantula Tim. "Where-
as four aces Is a biesshe an' greatly
to be admired, five of 'em kin create
untold dissension."—Washington Star.
A Leading Question.
"Mr. Wombat?"
• "Wbat IS it, Tommy?"
• "When you were a little boy and
fellers called on your sister did they
ever give you n nickel to go out and
play ?"—Loulsville Courier-JournaL
Mean,
Mrs, RH:Vern—That hateful el r-1
KnOr made a very mean col-tan:tem
upon .iny: age todap. Mr. Bunom—Did
ebe say--yie were getting old? Mre.
leuecerf-14, ineeedi She sold I still
looked (plate young:
Lofty Literature.
An editor,' in reply te. a yong Writ&
*Ito wielted to know Willett magazine
would glee hien the bighest, poeition
qiiicitest, advised "a powder mine,
especitery if yon contribute a tiery Ltr,
Never tell. our ,rernelutilete lietore4
Matt
HOME- Or TH
4,1•••
.Apathy and •Ingliffor
Fisherman of
-In the condition
industry of cod tish
cination for the i
hurt book year a
interesting of all
himself. I am f
really seems to
difference to eV
"fish" that makes
I have wandered -
•them where they do
in a month; I have
a boatload of shiny co
a fortnight's ordinary catch;
watched them lift a leen.° her:: ....e
a tiny skiff where noting save e
er appeaeed to offer any hope of
reaching its destination; T hoe- aelp-
sell them own IMP; the, stedeearls, twee
peel men siele,,unto faeath, aud have
htient return-
ioielagicIpelefisl.egs woiond itilsee,e,ks,h"fitgsorielg iia
htued
out food to the starving from the
steamer's stores, and have heard them
•refuse to aocept -well-paid work until
• the cod ran again. But I have never
seen a cod fisherman excited. If one
of them should rouse the ire of the
strictest judge of wolking it would be
taken locally as convincing evidence
of insanity; and I could heartily
agree.
Far down the coast of Labrador we
were returning from our northern
trip, trying by every means to reach
a certain part of the coast before
darkness set in, But, as usual, the
nshermen lolled over the steamer's
rail despite the warning whistle. The
bell rang from the bridge, and the
last ofthem wobbled down the ship's
steps towards their small boats moor-
ed alongside. The captain leaned
eVer .the edge of the •bridge, and,
thinking the last one had stepped in-
to his boat, gave the signal to the
engineer. The steamer swung away
just as a fisherman was reaching for
his boat: Thereupon he calmly step-
ped into the icy water rather than
exert himself to regain his balance on
the stens. Of •course the fisherman
cannot swim, and this one sank with
expected prompte,ess: Up along the
rail we were wildly running for the-
rnailboat, which was always in readi-
ness on the davits; but- the men in
the small boats alongside quietly
watched the widening oircle where the
man had- disappeared. He carae up
calmly as if it were -his morning ablud
-tions, turned his head towards a boat
within a foot—and promptly com-
menced to sink again. But instinct
was stronger than reason. Just then
his hand went out and fell over the
side of the boat. They hauled him
in, and we drew away, with him sit-
ting on the edge of the boat, so that
there would be less to bale.
Perhaps it is the cod itself that
imparts some of its apathy into its'
worshipper, since that vari-sized por-
tion of the world's refreshment, is'
scarcely a gamey fish. When it takes
• the hook it 'does not trouble to tele-
graph its surrender; it takes that for
granted. When it lounges into a net
It lets the next one push it up against
the one in front until it makes one
of a mass of fish so solid that it ean
• be walked on in the water. Its captor'
pulls it over the side as one puts
on his cravat in the morning, cast&
the line in again and awaits the in-
stinct of "fish." At the eroper time.
of the afternoon, be the eateh great
or small, the sails are hoisted and the
flight honfeward commenced. ---.W.
Lacey in The Globe,
•
Is He an Alien?
The large Canadian colony in Bos-
ton, Mass., is vastly excited. The
cause of the furore is a row between
an ex -New Brunswicker and Mayor
Fitzgerald of Boston.
Mr. Horace L. Britain, son of Prof.
John Britain, of Macdonald College,
took his M.A. from the University of
New Brunswick some years ago, and,
is now a teacher of note — a big
enough pedagogue to be superinten-
dent of schools in Hyde Park, Boston.
Recently-, Mr. Britain went to collect
his salary for looking after infant cul-
ture in Boston, and the mayor vetoed
it. His worship claimed that Mr. Bri-
tain, Canadian born, was an alien.
The superintendent of schools replied
that he had beoome a citizen of the
United States. The Intercolonial Club
'and other Canadian organizations in
Boston got hold of the news of the
fracas between the mayor and their
fellow -Canadian; they raised a howl.
The Intercolonial issued a statement
drawing attention to the significance
of the Britain -Fitzgerald incident:,
"The fact that Mr. Britain is of Cana,
dian birth is of interest only in sO
far as it indicates a belief that an un-
just discrimination may be made
against a Canadian which would be
regarded as impolitic and unsafe to
make againet a man of another nee
tionality."
An Ottawa Hostess.
.Madame Rodolphe Lemieux holds a'
very prominent place in the soeial life
of Ottawa. As the wife of one of the
few Ministers who retained their eneeti
at the last election, she will probably
take the lead to a great extent this
corning winter, especially among those
of her husband's side of politics.
Bright, pretty and always eXquisitee
ly gowned, Maclaine Leraieux is well
fitted to be the -wife of a man in pub-,
lic life, as she is thenianghtet of one;
her father, 81r Louis .Tette, formerly
Lieutenant -Governor of •Quebec, hale-,
ing been eilwaye `a very prominent fig-
ure. She ,entertain e exteneively at her
handdorrie house on O'Connor street
and makes a^delightful hostess, being
both original and independent and
-
possessed of that 'charming manner,
that seems the special heritage of the'
Frontal. The three childfen of Hon.
Rodolphe and Maclanie Leritieux are
still- at sahool.—Canadian Courier. 1
A Record 'In Bortiface.
• St, Boniface, Man., which 1$ a large!
suburb of Witaiineg, Made history the
• other day. st. Benifece, prOderainantn
ly eFretele in poptilation, elected elle
• Engligh Mayon No Englishirian attar
was mayer of .8t. Bonifaee befote. The
man who did ,the trialt Aldetnianeee
, nave 1VlayotnTheinaa Berry—aur Eng• el.
lielintart _from "Matieheater. who itati
proepeetid itt Cenada. Mayer
raiXed h ltiteeiNtitgoeoltttcs4.tt
:$14
Cat
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nanY,
Ile is a member a thee
the National Club axle 61
and oi
oCilutibb, ovcrf Tinonroipneteo:
Methodist. In politics, th
• aoug Liberal, lie was one
teen 'Signatories of the
against reciprocity. He
married these eixteen yeg
He was born in. Barzi
family of elevennten
boys, all living but one.
ariel father still line tiler
mother's •side he springs
north of Ireland, where
father held high office'
Orangenaen. On his fathe
forebears lived in, Some
land. Both his parents *
Canada.Asaad he spent a year
office of D'Alton McCarthy
and did not escape the in
that reat Canadian. W
Ithiemwseaisf asanaine
For ten years he at in 1
Council of Sinicoe as reev
village; Ile pioneered far
ownership in Beeton and
wotks and an electric ligh
stalled. They tell yet in
hove, he obtained the Haus
for Beeton when Barrie
.htmItetivenr jeasairb:1,:etlaet.0:binianu.,teicfielanraconainicidiiygniiceea u
aWodralidry, thpeap°ern;taTHiTee
out and he was in frequ
with the larger lide of To
transition from Beeton toe
natural and easy,
Sinoe going to Torontne
a prominent part in th
city, identifying himself
numerous organizations, w
its progressive developmen
business enterprises he" h
ly organized and being a
of more than ordinary ea
time to devote to publi
He was among the fir
elate the great possibili
velopment of New Ont
spoken frequently on t
was instrumental in o
Associated Boards of Tr
• looking toward the Co
velem:tient of New Ont
lieves a National Boa
composed of -delegates
• el -cited Bottedn 151.Treffe
provinces, might mee
once a year and discu
national moment. Su
would help to bring the
West together and obli
formation one section of
of the other. He believ
Canadian can knowipo
nctdcountry
yiavl To
asy
dai a
leisure
ada first."
Mr. Somers comes to h
a man of large vision, se
management of importer.
He is a thorough Caned
Imperialist and a m.an
is an excellent epee*
his addresses with can't,.
and
aantdicgavle.R
r pitei
c`,.ison dnn
ing young men of th
Feminini• ty at t
It rnust have required
to become the fifst wom
law in the 'whole provin
and to break the rule
women from this prof
just what has been do
Mrs. A. Langstaff, a ne
catt, who for five yea.
gaining an insight into
in the office of Jacob
neau, in Montreal, has
seat among the law stu
University.
In Quebec there neve
woman lawyer. At the
provinces women have
att 't
T.1: Ontariomas_ ho
ent ember in the p
Clara Martin, a lady
olitical distinction
Board of Educati
She is not studying 1
But though not e
champion, Mrs. ,'Lan
bitions may gain h•
the scroll of fame; fe
tides from MeG'
first profession •
reverse the ancien
bee, which exclude
avenue of law as a
hood.
Edmonton Park
• Edmonton has just
Parks Commission. The
has needed one. In prune'
ties, where rapid geowth
estate value • so quiekly, ti
question is likely to be shelve
there is somebody reepensi
keeping aside part or the city
parks. Edmonton hae'got to tl;
when parka are juttt as neee4
they are in the larger centres
tide. Itectoese Edmonton liae
had no onete size tip possiN
Sites, She has oontinually run
of being either bereft of pa
paying exorbitant' prieee fel
land, whieli a park earemiseloa
have grabbed'at the psyeholo,ge
Ment, The new commis:don
tap in .134reenton inamfi,P0
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