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The Seaforth News, 1927-04-07, Page 6• For the - Boys and iris ROBINSON CRUSOE'S ISLAND BY W. 13, I ERR. I suppose that for most boys w.ho have read the "Life and Adventures of Rordnson Crusoe," the very name of the asland of Juan Fernandez has a peculiar` charm. Its sandy beach, its 'lofty rocks— the xo uge of wild goats—its dark eaves 'and green' hills, and wooded vales, as depicted by Defoe, are fa- miliar to Many who know little care for, it was not then built; California gold had not been discovered, Peruv- ian eruvian guano was unknown to commerce and British emigrants had not begun to seek fresh fields and pastures new in Australia and New Zealand, and no Christian missionary, as Williams or Selwyn, Pritchard or Pattison, Hunt or Gulick; had begun to civilize the, savage cannibals, then inhabit- and less about the geography of much. ing the various groups of South Sea more important places nearer home, Islands. Long, therefore, had Selkirk to wait for the call of an English ship, though of Spanish he saw several pass, and two anchored near the shore. The sailors of one of these tried to shoot him as he ran away into the Woods, fearing to bo captured by them lest he should be taken to the Mines of Peru or Chili; or perhaps they mistook him for some strange animal, as he was clad with wild Though they may never, have -seen the island on a map, or looked it out in a gazetteer, yet they have formed distinct ideas of the place -behead, no doubt, by imagination of artists. Little or -nothing is known of the old Spanish navigator, Don Juan Fer- nandez, who disoovered the island and bequeathed his name to it. Yetthat name, owing to the fertile imagina- tion and graceful pen of Daniel De- foe, serves to conjure up from the memory of those who have read his One of the dormitories for men in the Inmiigration hall o National Railways at Winnipeg. lie Canadian This tablet is erectbd near Sel- kirk's lookout by Commodore Powell and the officers of H,M.S. TopaSe, A.D. 1$08, Most readers of English poetry are familiar with the interesting but pensive verses of the poet Cowper, as he says, "supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk during his solitary abode in the island of Juan Fernandez," • .meet, and the blessing of ending our days in peace." Reserved Forces. It is, often the case that sucoese in lite depends upon what may be called reserved forcesor reserved power. The iddividuel has in -store certain • physi- t-skiffput together in o rude cal, moral or' intellectual forces, which goat s, g s he brings into *Mien whenever they book, scenes of travel and adventure a fashion that he looked, as he tells are needed. Which, once read, are never to be us, wilder than ever did the animals Bonamdn J]israeli oil making his themselves. j 3orgotten. maiden speech in the House of Com The our Fernandez, then, which Attempts have been made at• dif- mous, was met with shouts of derisive awakense our interest, is not the old ,ferent times to colonize this island, laughter- In cl•osine, he salol: Spanish navigator, but an island in but they have either failed or been"I have begun many things, and have 'the South Pacific Ocean, about 400 given up. It was long a penal settle -often succeeded at 1ast. • I mill sat, miles to the west of Valparaiso, the anent of Spain, •and later of Chili; "I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute, From' the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. O Oh, solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in thisernble place." chief seaport of Chili on the west and an En Lieutenant -Col- , hen now, ' but etre .tone will come po , glishman , Lieu � when' you will head me." coast aSouth America, oriel Thomas Sutcliffe -who was for h 1 " The time came wbeu the House of Its latitude is 83 degrees 40 nein- many years governor of the island Commons eat oily heard him, but ac- etea south, and its longitude 70 de- previous to 1845—has left an inter -I Then, after making him relent the Icnowl•edged him as its leader and as gtlees west—a fact which will be bet- esting account of its vicissitudes un- {absence of "humanity, friendship and the prime minister. ter appreciated after a few voyages der Spanish and Chilton .rule. love, he depicts him as turning, like Daniel Webster iiosesaeed great re - at sea, Several times has it, like the Chil- the mutineers of the Bounty on the serve power. His need was not only The island is about eighteen miles i•an and Peruvian coasts, suffered island of Pitcairn, to religion, and well fitted to consider any question In long by six broad, is somewhat moun- severely from earthquakes: and a saying, with no Tess truth than law or statesmanship which might be Wine's, and its shore abrupt. One tidal wave followed one of these beauty: submitted, but It was well stored with mountain, which, owing to its shape, about the middle of last century and , is called El Yunque, or the anvil,' destroyed thirty-five lives. Another "Religion!i what treasures untold His famous speech against Baynes rises to a height of more than 3;000 earthquake occurred in 1835 and Residesin that heavenly word! p. g y dis a fine example of the vastness of the feet (somite say nearly 4,000) above several others since. More precious than silver and gold, intellectual forces be had iu reserve. the sea. Some years ago, an attempt was Or all that thts earth can afford, The island is of volcanic origin, tirade to colonize the island with some; But the sound of the church -going and hence many of the mountains ,Tahitians, but the project failed. yhel bell and hills are precipitous and fantas- cheapness and abundance of land in Eric, Its valleys, however, are some Chili and the few ships that call of them very fertile, well -wooded and probably render the cultivation of the abound in springs; and its shores island a profitless speculation, are indented wit h bays, of which Of the three harbors or bays on three or four form excellent harbors the coast—Port English on the south - for ships. east, Port Juan on the west and Cunt - Here, nearly two centuries ago, a, berland Bay on the northeast—the; going bell is concerned, the verse is solitary Scotch seaman, named Alex- last Is said to be the best by far, as' as true now as it was .two centuries ander Selkirk, or Selcraig, was left, , vessels of 1,004 tons enn anchor ago, for one solitary farmer, with and spent more than four years of within a cable's length of the shore, Perhaps at times a dozen men and his life. The tale of his sojourn, .and plenty of fresh water and fruits boys, who go over from Valparaiso to Train tate mind welt, store it with when he related it after his return are to bo obtained at the head of the assist hien in looking after his sheep learning, and one is prepared with a hnnte, is said to have suggested to bay, and goats, and cultivating a little stock •ol' intellectual forces which he November, he population of the. Defoe the idea which he has worked � In Aovember, 1877, while the wrr-{ meati, are all t P0A about cru bring into play whenever the de - Out in that most interesting book al-, ter was in Valparaiso, Captain. Chat-• island: and they probably feel mend as mottle. ready referred to, the "Life and Al- field, commander of the Amethyste, I as lonely when there as Robinson ----et— ventures of Robinson Crusoe." !made a trial trip from Valparaiso tom Crusoe and his black man Friday, Some persons, however, think that the island of Juan Fernandez, to i in Defoe's entertaining book. mime West India Island would better' practice his crew in handling the l Few are the ships that call, and accord with Defoe's narrative, as sails, gunnery and the use of the en -1 rare the visitors, there being but there are no "savages" on Juan Fer- l glass, and the work of ship generally,' very little trade, and the farmer nattdez, and perhaps never were; no!I A Mr. J. 0'. Hoetliger, who aceom-1 must forego many comforts for the wolves not bears, and no tropical veg- panied Captain Chatfield, wrote sotnellittle money that he makes from his etr-tion. l account of the voyage and island', cheap;'posaession. This, however, is of little import -1 which appeared in the 'Valparaiso The naturalist may visit the place neve; the interest of readers required' papers of the time, from which it ap- I with interest, •but the entire ideas these things, and the artist put them pears that several of the valleys arelconeected with such a place as a hu in, on the same principle, as I have very fertile, abounding in fruits, Stich man residence are pensive and lonely, been told, that Eastern travelers, be- as grapes, figs, cherries and straw -1 fitly summed up by Cowper in his last verse, which depicts the. evening scene: These valleys and rocks never heard, Neer sighed at the sound of a hell, Or smiled when a Sabbath ap- peared." So far as "the sound of the church - The speech (the first of .the two) was delivered after brief preparation; hut, in the wealth of knowledge it display- ed, in the closeness of its logic, In its beauty of style and eloquence,, it has seldom, even if ever, been equaled iu American oeat0ry- This 'reserve Power of Disraeli and of Webster contributed' to the success of their work. The means of attaining this power is chiefly to real much and tliorough- ly, and whet is more essential, to t'hlnk constantly and carefully. fore the invention of photography, berries; also the cork -tree, pimento used to put pail trees into all views and several kinds of timber trees of the Holy Land, though there were abound, and the hillsides furnish mot half a dozen places where these grass and herbage, on which wild trees were to be found. Besides, goats and sheep pasture. Defoe was writing fiction, not fact, The same authority mentions that and only professed to keep within on an elevated spot, known as Sel- the bounds of probability. , kirlcs Lookout, there is a cast-iron The sojourn of pool Selkirk on the tablet (made by Messrs. Child & Wand was mueh less exciting than Sun, of Valparaiso), about a metre Defoe represents it; for instead of square, fastened to the rock, on which, his man Friday to help him to shoot in raised letters, is the following in - the bears, wolves and savages, there scription : Selkirk died at the age of forty. were, as we have said, no bears or In memory of seven years, but Defoe makes his wolves to shoot, and 710 011e, "saint ALEXANDER SELKIRK, hero,'Robinson Cruses, like Aeneas of or savage," man, woman or child, to old, who was much tossed by land keep hint oc,•mpany, save only the A native of Largo, in the County wild goats, rats •and seabirds which of Fife, Scotland, inhabited the place. His iirelock and Wito lived on the island in corn - his Bible were his only comforts. plete solitude for four years and. The land, which then belonged to four months, Spain, and now to Chili, is said to ile was landed from the Clinque be useful as a place of call for ves- Ports Galley of 96 torts, 16 guns, eels proceeding from the Atlantic by A.D. 1.704, and was taken off in Way of Cape Horn to Peru or Cali- the Drake privateer February forma, or from Valparaiso to Sycl. J2th, 1709, ney or Melbourne. He died a lieutenant of I3. 11. S. But a century and a half ago only Weymouth, A.D, 1728, aged 47 "But the sea -fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair; Even here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair, There is nietcy in every place, And mercy, encouraging thought' Cines even affliction a grace, And reconciles man to his lot" there was no trade to San 1 raneisro, yours, fl EG'LAR FELLERS—By Gene Byrnes. `(00) &D AN' esT IT EXT QUICK Ate' IF YOU DONT Ct0T R8P&44T 11Z YO�® EVEN GET • A Hm' AT OUR `I-RAPeZ.EI ran -a, and sea, to undergo numberless hard- ships, both by sea and land, even long after he is married, and sixty- one long years of age. And when, at length, he returns to London, after ten years and nine months absence, WO all sympathize with the old man of seventy-two, as he says: "And here, resolving to harass my- self no moor, I ant preparing for ,i. longer voyage than all these, having lived a life of infinite variety, and learnt sufficiently .the value of retire - ge en! Yoo)'RE FAST - ENoucsli Ton A 'R-,�„ 1.= .. . v TE1SORAM BRINGER: LES •SES THE ROPE QUICK! He Eats it Religiously. 'Sow do you want your steak done?" "Spiritualistic." "Huh! i1'ltateem mean?" "Why just medium," Canada's Mica. Practically all the mica Produced to Canada is phtogopite, that is the amber voreity- Deposits of muscovite, m• white mica, 'ase: also 1,0uud, but •the dikes cat•ryleg this• latter variety are usually small. 41l the mica, produced le obtained 'froom two comparatively small areas, hoe In Ontario, the other in Quebec, The centres of both die- tracts are located at not,moro than '75 miles from Ottawa. THE BEAUTIFUL DELPHINIUM The delphettem 15 an extensive genus of •the natural circler of: Ranun- cuiaceee, a beautiful annual and:peren- ni•al plant of the crowto'ot family. The delphinium has unieuely formed, pic- tueesque flowers, and ace: prises ale proximately 60 ,species. It le often referred to as the "1awksl:er.' The early origin is not definitely known„ although the indications are that the plant le a native of the Werth temperate zone. • The native Or wild larkspur is Tare- ly'found in any color' except shades• of blue and biulehTumple. Some of the ouitivated strains present more vivid colorings, although if permitted to run out lay too infrequent illvidings, they become very pale, deteriorating tie an insipid unattractive white. A few of the ;annuals seen growing lit gardens. to -day, shade into bluish -nose and pink- ish-lavender, Cut and coimbined,-the,y Present pictures• of appealleg 1ovela- nese. A, charnring new cultivated variety, dainty oink in. color, las long steers end •spikes, It is known. as "tall stock -flowered." Still another, and one ideal for cutting purposes, is the "Newport Scarlet." In Gardens and Abroad. White supposedly a strtotle garden flower, .the dilpbinum has long Muse escaped . the .confines of the home grounds and res will,in the moult- .tains -and fields and along the high- ways, and has taken on some of the characteristics of the wild larkspur. at. sorutiuizing comparison of garden delplttnium with the vagabonds of fields and'tuountains reveals a notice able similarity .of form +and color, but those plants which are cared for un- der experienced cultivation have the short, thick spurs, and long, dense Rower racemes that make them Par- ticularly satisfying spe:oimene for the garden. • teeth the annual larkspur and the perennial delphinium are among the most attractive garden flowers today. The delphinium are of truly legal 543. pearaace with their tall dignified stalks; bearing racemes 'of queerly Run By Old Men. The oideat ntanietpal council in France le that or elerey-les-FnaseY, whose members average 71 years of age, formed averred' flowers. Tongues of yellow velvet anew in gayly wide-open menthe, lending a Jamey aspect that Is enhanced by the spur which forma the posterior•pwrt of each separate Rower. The annuals are similar in rorm but of more lacy, deliceta'make- up, Both are lovely for vases -and seat well in water, being loath to wither and preferring to fall from the steins rather than lase theta saibstanoe. Cultivation. The annual larkspur are easily grown. from s�priiigsowii seed. Thee ere not sensitive as to soil but revel in sunshine and wide-open' spaces. They 'gi+ll eeed themselves year after' year 11 undisturbed,- and even though the ground be plowed and cultivated, many theitty Plants will appear- and nourish unlessannihilated by the ruth- less method of uprooting before the blooming season. One of the most attractive of the annual 'larkspurs is that one whldh is hyacinth -flowered. The plants grow three feet high with long spikes of varicolored flowers. These are charm- ing _broadcast with ehirioy poppies and oallioltals- among th-e parentulwl beds where fillers are needed to't.cover bare spaces. The perennial delphinium seed is slew to germinate and the soil should be kept constantly moist. Sowings can be made at any ,time in spring or atter the flowering season in summer. Seedlings grown from malls summer'. or. (autumn olantimgs Iuinlsh slender epikeeeer flowers the following sum - Divisiou of clumps should be made as often ere every third year and in the event of extraordinarily vigorous growth, '•every two years. . Stronger plants and larger flowers, result, and the color dues not, deteriorate, which wilt be the case if dividing is neglect- ed. If after blooming the stooks are out Mose to the soil, new shoots will quick• ly sluing up and' a second blooming can be enjoyed during the latter part of Auguet and-Sepbemberc. Canada's Cordage, Rope and Twine industry. With the attention which Is being Paid to tate commercial growing of hemp •In both Alberta aria Manitoba and the inauguration of the manufac- ture of cordage from the domestic ran' product in the latter pros -Moe, special interest attaches at the present time to the oor[lage, rape and twine Indus- try ,of Canada, since this- activity w+ou'ld•seem to be doe for some expel'. Mon in (lie future; The present de- peudeu:cy bI tete Dominion upon im- ported manufactures of this nature would indicate the •exiet'•euce of cm sidera•bie opportunity with adequate protection afforded fabrication in Can- ada. At the end of 1915 there were 9 plants in the Deauiuion, the saute as la former years, manufacturing cord- age, .rope and twine. Of these 5 were in Ontario, 2 iu Quebec, 1 in Nova Scotia, and 1 in British Columbia, In these there was a capital e4 $0,440,617 invested•, au increase of approximately $24,900 over tiro' previous year. A total of 1,288 persons found employment in rise industry and were paid $1,301,801.- T11e cost of materials oased in the in-' (lustre was $5,705,287; the gross value of Production was $8,665,441; and the net value of pt'oductiou $2,870,154. OI tno groes value of output Ontario contributed $6,150,849: Materials Used In industry. The principal .product of the industry- was ndustrywas the manufacture of binder twine, which had, a total value of $5,805 ,011, sisal, manila and other raw materials being used in this fabrication- Twines for sale, remanufactured from flax, 11em1, cotton, jute, and mixtures, were two - aimed to the value of $600,116, and rope, in which uremia, sisal,.hetnp, and jute aero used, to the value of $2,204,- 652. The year's production or aero cord had a value of $43,922; fishing tines $7,000; and other'treat:eta $4,711. In this manufacture manila hemp, New Zealand hemp, sisal heulp, and African and ether hemp were used to the value, of $4,978,836, and hemp and hemp tow, flax awl flex tow jute ind othet' fibres and yarns to the value of $247,980. The import of raw matem:eels for nlanutacture d.he dotnestic inchtse"' has a conadd•erabdy small'e'r value 1111111 that of the imported articles nvauhfac- tures from the same procnicls. Flax Oath, flax tow,hentp, ji te,Mexicanfibre, manila grates and sisal grass imlioa'tecl• into Canada in the year under review hada value of $6 a6517t,of nvhich $6 CANADIAN TRADE WITH WEST- INDIES Two Countries Are Diametri,' cally Opposite in Condition, -; and Production. SUPPLY OUR TROPICAL REQUIREMENTS. Contract. for the steamship service between Canada' and the British. West • Indies, as called -tor under the new trade tt'eaty between'`the two coun- tries, has been awarded by the Do - million Government to the Government Merchant Marine, arrangements have been made for the purchase and • build- > ing cif new boats to fulfil the details of the contract, and operation 0f the regular service can be expected as nearly as possible within the time etipulated. in the agreement, . The ser - vises required under the •agreement, toward which the West Indies will con- tribute $227,960 per 'annum and' Can- ada an equal or greater amount, are •two in number, as follows:— Eastern group. (a) Fortnightly ser- vice, passenger mail and freight, from Canadian's ocean ports all the year round, calling each way at I3ermulla, ts St. Kitts, Nevis, Antigua, Monerrat;;"' Dominica, .St. Lucia, Barbades dl Vincent, 'Grenada, Tobago, Teti -tidal;; and Demerara. (b) Fortnightly freight service front Canadian river ports in summer and Canadian ocean ports In winter, galling at .St. Kitts, Antigua, Flirbadoes, Trinidad, and Demerara. Western group. (a) Fortnightlymer passenger, mail and freight service be- tween St. Lawrence ports in sum' and designated• ocean ports in winter, • calling both ways at'Bermuda, the Bahamae, and Kingston, Jamalca. (b) Fortnightly freight service between the said Canadian ports and Kingston, Jamaica, direct, alternating with ser- vice (a). (c) Fortnightly passenger and freight• service between Kingston, Jamica, and British Honduras, to bo operated by a smali.steamer connect- ing at' Kingston With the passenger vesels operating under beading (a).. Increased Preferences Increasing Business.• The award of the steamship con - 086,673 was nbtributableto the United tract with the• assurance of operation States. Jute or hone ya'ru partly within reasonable time, brings nearer manufactured bail an import value of ffruition the actual lgid in 19ng effect w the $474,636, Agatnmt this, mane a valel trade treaty, signed in 1926, and which of$7,36 were. imparted. to the value has been so anxiously awaited, par - of $7,369,032, $6,714,073 worth of these tienlal'ly by the West Indies. The coming from the United States, Bin- benefits to ho derived from the treaty' der twine accounted .foe' $G,671,823 of have depended entirely upon the es- tate total, this commodity being pur- tablisbment of such a service fureish- eimeed from the United States to the ing au adequate direct medium of value of $6,410,016. 1p���S� 4SKNEKNEW pq� ��� V'e�lticn LCOgee -rats E IS FeJE NCHES tiORTe YGU ALWAYS GET 5\SiegYHINe AI -i WRONG: %i% y ' Y trade between the two countriea. This la a,country where vale growing is mast inevitably result In the exchange of such great and iaereasing import- of a s bstantially greater volume of stince as Canada the binder'twine situs bushiest, the trend In this direction havtlig been clearly indicated since tion is a smiler twineat one. In the year the signing or the treaty, though It has 1926 the binder consumption of not in any sense been operative. Canada was 860,636 cwt, Canada. in 1411th the treaty coming into effect'' exported 96,47? that year produced47'cwt. .Thin 482,247 :cwt., and increased preferences \Viii be granted rated the importation of 448,8666 Cwt, essf- nby the two countries to each other. West Indies bananas, for instance, a from other countries, or the Pnl'chase lu derol1 no vl (may eq t t commodity whieh Canada. purchases to. a• roe a v u r' nee ua 0 the extent of between $4,000,000 and that manufactured at home:' It is in- $6,000,000 annually, shipped direct will Servicing to nate that the TJuhon of enter Canada free as against a duty of Sovtat Socialist s Com ice, aeDepart- 60 cents per stem via the United lo stateaneut'of111 putchrciol Depart- States as has largely been the peace ntent at Montreal, o iinrehtiseib in the. tics. Increased preference 1s 'also flea{ six weeks of 1927 nearly 6;000,004 Bounds of Canadian liiltclei, twine, er granted by Canada on sugar, 00000, beans, arrowroot, cocoa batter, green •coffee, ginger spices, nutmegs anti mace, canned pineapples, angostura bitters and eponges of marine procluc. Lieu. In return the British West Indies grant a general preference au all Ins Ports, limiting this to direct shlpmenls from Canada. In the case of um West Indies the direct .shipment condition only applies when specially ordered. Tho West Indian Colonies give special preference on a group of articles, •:.- d these -varying in the dttferent colonies. (!^I Imports and Exports Comparisons„ eat in the year 1920 Canadian imports front the British West Indies amount- ed to .$10,636;666, lis gompare(i with. $11,006,149 in. 1925. 'The Dominion ex - more than half the total tonnage es - ported front Canada to all countries in - 1926. • She Gave it to Adam. "Why .have women no Adam's ap- ple?" "Because live only :bit the apple and gave it to Adam," It is rho greatest error people cru mane to snub the Swung, -Mr. Angus tine 13ii'rell. Show a burning desire to get ahead and yob are not likely to find your self fired, ports to that Country in 1926 had a value of $14,260,877, as cone -tared with $11,973,349 is tits previous year. Iu 1900 West 1ndIan imports from Canada had a value of $801,413 and her exports to Canada 3.1,6731,63. In 1933 Ibe 1 figures were. respectively 512,093,144 and $10,5611,263, -1n analysts made at the end of 1924 0 NS'0(1 that 17.3 per- , cent. of the Nest miles Imports were Canadian and that 27.2 of the islands',' exports were to the Done: on. There is every reason Why this traria , . between the two couuirhr, should grew el a very substantial rale with the coming into effect of Elia treaty, Cruz-( luta o1?1 the Week 110111s are (llante- trlcall-Y opposite 111 01111 );tion. and pie:- declaim ierdecilou, le 11a 1009 1t. cen they be iogarded as rivnla hit et many pro dilative respects each is the comple- tome of the other t amelli e tropical roam nem eats, am om n ti ng Iu venue 111 ever 31000000(10 annually, cur largely be purchased in the ill 111(10 and they hi turn require rimn01 c •r.linn6 that Canada produces and 111,11101N10011111, He's Wrong Enough, Though. 1 MD MOT GET iT Aa. WRONe': l'T'S oNE"( Too G 4QR-c kr \'.Ogg ENl it. ens• 'IS•taKts Honesty_ Be abriolu.t.ely and ratthfnlly what you are; be humbly wtth you aspire to be Se sure you give. men the best of your Mares though they he poor enough, and the meet/twill Help you to lay 019 a better attire; torr the future,-- , Henry David Thoreau, - London, Stores Pepper. • About 16,000,000 0 000040 of peirpo• p art; store, Ln London. '