HAGGART'S MESSENGER os | LOOKED MORE LIKE MINISTER THAN HON. JOHN DID. | he Careless Minister Had a Very Strong Will--He Grew Old in Op-| position--Took Less and Less Part, | a Minister had its peculiarities de a writer in The Toronto News © was not what is known as an io hy late Hon. John Haggart's work! 'dustrious administrator; he had a dis | itinctly casual' side; he did uot take! eas to look important--indeed, they] 11 the story that he had & messen | rsonal attendant, who was a! rly spruce person, and that] {8s the Hon. John slouched along 'Sparks street with his hands in his ts, looking at the shop windows, ! messenger might be en for the! inister and the Minister for the mes. | |penger. But--the careless-looking Min- | 'ister had a very firm will, had a very 'strong character, had force, and knew | what he wanted. { | After the crash of 1896, Mr. Hag-!| : went to the ition benches. these he sat as old age came upon 'him; he was in his 60th year when "(She Laurier Ministry began its course, and he was in his 76th year when Mr. tBorden was returned. He gradually 'took less and less part in debate; Faunger men came to the front; and drom a leader he became a veteran, t was apparent several years ago 'that he no longer was Cabinet tim- ber; he took the verdict of time with ilosophy, without resentment, in at largeness of spirit which despite of all his exterior roughnesses always 'characterized him. Mr. Borden formed his Cabinet without calling the veteran of 76, and $he veteran acquiesced without abate- ment of the large good-temper which 'has been his mark in the House of MLommons as long as the writer has observed him. That dignified accept. ance of the inevitable has been one of the best things of recent years in the personal history of the Commons. There is one other aspect of Johu {Haggart's character which merits mention. Stress has been laid upon fthe fact that he had been a rough- "{and-ready man; it also must be said that he was a widely-informed man. fhe miller of Perth has read indus- iously; the classics have not been omitted from his explorations in the field of literature, as his frequent 'Latin quotations testify; and one of : most effective uses of Shakespeare theard for years in the House dropped from his lips some years ago in an ab- Solutely meditated debate in which his feelings were deeply en- esd There is piquancy in the com- 'bination of the somewhat tempestuous 'and untidy politician with the stu. ident it has helped to make him one ! the interesting figures of the |'House. 'A' publicist who first essayed verdict ot the polls a confedera- year, entered arliament a Vago, who bore i in Sir John Macdonald's later © serenery years of power and 3 who represented the and the re- strength, ruggedness and for* learning of Victorian On- tiow~johni Graham Haggart in his wasia fine figure and above lal «highly r, 8 - {interesting man. § Truthful George. ¥ George Ham, the publicity man of ithe Canadian Pacific Railway, is an 'incorrigible joker who exercises his \ nsily at every epportunity. One jght last year he was sharing the stateroom on a Quebec-to-Montreal sleeper with William Stitt, the generdl ger agent of the C.P.R. A sud- ten jolt roused them both, and Mr. itt asked: What time is it, Geo _% "Just four ten," was weply. t Mr. Stitt resumed his interrupted bers, but Mr. Ham did not find it 80 easy to again woo the drowsy After a wakeful half hour, Mr. 'leaned. from his berth and shook Mr. Stitt. : i "Weelumt*Weelum! wake up!" he yf hat's the matter?" asked the half-awakened official. . ""Weelum, it was not four tep when il. told you it was," said Mr. Ham. It was four twelve." "Ye daft loon." said Mr. Stitt, re- flapsing into his native idiom in his 'axcitement; 'dee ye mean tae tell me : me juist to let me know that?" . "Weelum," was Mr. Ham's impres- sive answer, "I was taught as a youth t 1 must never go to sleep with a lips, and I dared not until had confessed my ~ Fortunately Mr. Stitt's rejoinder was Jost in the roar of the train as it a bridge. 8?" r. Ham's 2 Ontario's First Gold. ' For the first time in the history of Ontario was a substantial pro- iduotion of gold in 1912. In 1911 the utput had a value of $42,637; in 1912 . $1,860,985. The explanation is nd, of course, in Porcupine, where mines came into yield during the ent. largest output was that of sil- ver, $17,455,080, an increase of over 'one and a hali million : was over a million less than in 1911, but the - prices brought about the in- ' . Since the open- mines around Cobalt been a pro- wi _---- EE ---- "A MARVELLOUS MEMORY. Presbyterian Minister Why Knew the Bible By Heart. Of the many examples of prodigious memories which have been recorded from time to time, none, perhaps, have been so remarkable as the case of Rev. Thomas Threlkeld, who was a Presbyterian minister av Rochdale for twenty-eight years, and died there in April, 1806, at the age of sixty-seven. Threlkeld's memory first attracted at- tention when he attended the Gram- mar School at Daventry, where he began to make a close study of the Bible. When a passage was recited to him he could immediately give it chapter and verse, and, on the other hand, if a chapter and verse were giv- THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1913, OUR INDIAN POETESS. The Late Pauline Johnson Was a Fas- cinating Figure. Pauline Johnson, the well-known Canadian Indian poetess, who died in Vancouver, B.C., recently, was a picturesque and interesting personal- ity. She was a princess of the Mo- hawk tribe of North American In- dians, her native name being Teka hionwake. She was a daughter of an Indian chief and was born near Brantford, Ont., March 10, 1862. In- heriting the love of outdoor life and the beauties of nature from her fath- er's people, she received literary ten- dencies largely. from her mother's family. Through her English mother, Emily en he could at once repeat the pas- sage. Both at Daventry and Warrington, where he went to finish his education, his fellow students delighted in put- ting his memory to the test, and never once was it known to be at fault, Tn later years, says Mr. Frank Hird, in "Lancashire Stories," "Threlkeld was looked upon as a living concord- ance to the Bible in Rochdale and the neighborhood, and was constantly asked the most puzzling questions by his brother ministers, sometimes actu- ally for information, but generally for mere amusement. He was never known to be wrong." : Threlkeld's powers of memory, how- ever, were not solely concerned with theology. He was also a linguist, and knew nine or ten languages; while dates were a passion with him, no matter how unimportant. His knowl- edge of historical dates, of chronology, heraldry, and genealogy was encyclo- paedic, and one of his favorite amuse- ments was to go through the succes. sion in the Episcopal Sees and trace the pedigrees of families. "In only one direction," continues Mr. Hird, "would this wonderful memory seem to have been of direct service. Threlkeld was one of the man- agers of a fund for the benefit of the widows of Presbyterian ministers, and consequently was frequently appeal- ed to on circumstances connected with the lives of dead ministers, and such was the opinion of his memory that if the books had been consulted, and had reported differently, the error would have been imputed to the secre- tary and not to Mr. T.'s memory. This was deemed infallible." A Genius For Finance. The appointment of Sir Edgar Vin- cent to the chairmanship of the com- mission inquiring into the trade and 'nence as a poet-entertainer in 1892, Howells, she was related to the well known writer, William Dean Howells. There was real romance in the mar- riage of the Indian chief and the white girl, who visited the Mohawk reserve with her sister, the wife of a Church of England clergyman. The meeting between the handsome young chief and the young English girl end in their falling in love. They were married apd the little roughcast house, where Pauline was born, still stands. The young girl was carefully edu- cated, and early in life began to write verse, but she first came into promi. when she appeared in Toronto and read selections from her own works. Her dramatic power and the singular force and beauty of her lines made an instant literary sensation. Some years thereafter she traveled, giving public entertainments until ill health com- pelled her te retire. She visited Eng- land in 1894, and while there publish. ed a volume of poems called The White Wampum. She again visited England in 1906 as an entertainer and was well received wherever she ap- peared. In 1911 her Legends of Van- couver appeared, a volume of short sketches and local stories, which had been told to the gifted Indian girl by the celebrated chief, Joe Capilano. This is the only prose work which Miss Johnson has published" Flint and Feather, Miss Johnson's last vol- ume, was published only a few weeks ago. Socially, Pauline Johnson was a de- lightful woman, possessed of a grac- ious dignity, charming cordiality and simplicity of manner and was a versa. tile conversationalist. She was equal- ly at home in the realms of politics, literature or art. Her campaign song, written for the Dominion election of 1896, "entitled the Good Old M. P, was the best of the kind that appeared. Most.of all she loved to write about the history and legends of her own natural resources of the Empire again places in harness a man who has done valuable work for the Empire. The Vincent family from time im- memorial have rendered service to the | state. There was a Thomas Vincent who received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth, and no less than ten bear- ers of the name have sat in Parlia- ment. After leaving Eton Sir Edgar Vin- cent headed the list of candidates in the open competition for an appoint- ment as Student Dragoman at For-| stantinople. He, however, entered the Coldstrearh Guards instead. Neverthe- less, fate willed that he should drift into a diplomatic career, and he repre- sented British, ian and Duteh in- terests on the Council of the Ottoman Public Department in Constantinople. He was next appointed Financial Adviser to the Egyptian Government, and in conjunction with Lord Cromer restored financial prosperity to Egypt. Having overcome the financial diffi- culties of that country, Sir Edgar re-| turned to Constantinople as Governor} of the Imperial Ottoman Bank, and| succeeded in placing Sultan Abdul Hamid's Government on a satisfactory financial footing. On his retirement he received a knighthood from Queen Victoria. Where Plumes Come From. It may be taken that practically the whole of the ostrich feathers produc ed by South Africa are sold and handled in London. The importance of the industry is very great; yet the average man-in-the-street, or the woman who wears the feathers, has little or no idea of its magnitude. Oudtshoorn has been called the cradle of the ostrich-farming industry, and has risen in a decade to be the | wealthiest South African inland farm ing town, chiefly by reason of its os. triches. It is the country of the plum. ed ostrich, or rather of "the plucked bird," and everyone talks leathers. ; The industry was born in its present! form only fifty years ago, and in 186¢ | there were but eighty-two tame birds, in South Africa; while only sixteen, thovsand pounds of feathers were ex- ported in that year, and these came for the most part from wild birds brought down by hunters. The 1911 census showed 746,738 domesticated ostriches in South Africa, and an ex. port of a value of $11,265,220. A New Duke. - The Marquis of Hamilton, who is now Duke of Abercorn, following the death of his father, succeeds to great possessions. The late duke held seven | teen titles, was a peer in three king-; doms, and a duke of France. His! successor inherits most of these hen. ors. The Abercorns have cut a big figure in public life for several gen erations. The sent duke"s grand- father was nicknamed "Old Sple did," and he appears as "the duke" in Disraeli"s "Lothair." Of the first Marquis of Abercorn it is related that he required his housemaids to wear white gloves when they made his bed. ng con: sists of a little clear soup, a piece of grilled sole or halibut or mullet, » slice of roast game and an ice. times, however, His jesty's dinner is' far more restricted. he feels an attack of Two English physicians are menting with a new parasite which they hope to extinguish the fli of their country in a few years. jects are full of life and fire. Nothing ! days. 11 stow the sail, unship the mast; | service and in the mining and lum- people and her poems on Indian sub- stronger than As Red Men Die was ever published in Canada and nothing more sympathetic with nature or more artistic than In April. Recently when His Royal Highness, the Duke of Connaught, who is a Mo- hawk chief by adoption, was in the west, he visited Miss Johnson and talked with her familiarly of former During the visit the poetess wore about her throat a fine gold chain, from which was suspended a unique gold star presented to her by admirers in the west on her final visit to Vancouver as the premier lady eanopist of Canada. To her love of canoeing we owe the beautiful poem, The Song My Paddle Sings, which runs: West wind, blow from your prairie nest, Blow from the mountains, blow from the west. The sail is idle, the sailor too; O! wind of the west; we wail for you. Blow! Blow! I have wooed you so, But never 'a favor you bestow. You rock your cradle the hills between But scorn to notice my white lateen. 1 wooed you long, but my wooing's past, My paddle will lull yop into rest O! drowsy wind of the drowsy west, Sleep! Sleep! By your mountain steep Or down where the prairie grasses sweep! Now fold in slumber your laggard wings For soft is the song my paddle sings. Miss Johnson's legacy of verse is un- fortunately slight in quantity, the col; | lected volume numbering less than 100 poems. It will be treasured, however, for generations for its individuality, its virility and for its complete expres. sion of love for the red men ard their free life, the grandeur of Cane dian scenery and for various noble elements in our early civilization. A Modest Politician. Robert John McCormick, M.P.P.! for West Lambton, is all Irish, and consequently tells a good story and, likes to hear one, although he is! slightly handicapped by deafness. But | this is one on himself which has been floating about the corridors of the Parliament Buildings. When Robert John was first elected a few years age and come to Toronto to attend the session of the Legisla- ture, it is said that it was his first appearance in this city. After alight- ing from the train at Union Station he necessarily passéd by a squad of porters who were shouting the names of the hotels for which they worked. "King Edward," croaked the por- ter representing that hotel. "No, Robert John McCormick, Lib- eral member for West Lambton," re- plied the politician.--Toronto Satur- day Night. Fewer Fatal Accidents. During February 485 industrial ac- cidents were recorded in Canada. Of these 83 were fatal and 400 non-fatal. This is 15 fewer fatal and nine more non-fatal than were recorded in Jan- uary. The record for February, 1912, was 66 fatal and 391 non-fatal acci- dents. The greatest number of fatal accidents occurred in steam railway bering industries, the figures respee- tively being 17, 12 and 11. The great est number of non-fatal accidents oc- curred in the metal trades, there be ing '140 workmen ivjured, followed by steam railways with 85 injured. Soon the voice of the amateur gar- pient has never known. The charac- NO KNIGHT THERE T. C. Irving's Congratulation Contain. ed an Ominous Note. When any Cswvadian is the recipient of honors fro... His Majesty the King, the newly-decorated personage has to put in about the hardest work of his life for the succeeding three or four' weeks. He must grow accustomed to] the title, wear the distinetion natur- ally and with becoming modesty, and cultivate a feeling of ease and sang- froid. - He must not disport himsell like the average youth of the present day making his initial appearance in a silk _hat or full dress suit. But that is not all. Sir Thomas, Sir Wil- liam, or Sir Robert--as tn: case may be--is literally submerged with con- gratulatory letters and telegrams. No- blesse oblige--all these messages of felicitation must be answered, by the There is nothing like a "Tea Pot" test at your own table to prove its sterling > worth ! "SALADA" TEA "Always and Easily the Best" BLACK, GREEN, or MIXED. Sealed Airtight Packages Only slow and rather painful process of hand-written communications. It would be infra digitatem to call in an amanuensis and reply in a whole. sale or pro forma method, or to in- sert a card of thanks in the news- papers like a newly-elected alderman or school trustee. Congratulations are formal, stiff, familiar, or droll, and come from all quarters of the Dominion and even beyond its borders, while not a few emanate from people whom the reci- ter of the messages frequently de-| pends on the degree of intimacy that the sender has previously enjoyed with the titled one. It recalls the in- cident of Sir George Ross, leadep»olf the Liberal party in the Senate, who was honored a few years ago. A warm personal friend of the former Premier of Ontario is T. C. Irving, manager of Bradstreet's, Toronto. On the oc- | casion when "the list" was announc- | ed, Mr. Irving happened to be in the! West. Everyone knows that Sir George is sound in the Presbyterian faith and doctrine. Accordingly Mr. Irving, who possesses a keen sense of COLLEGE ST., sold stone house, VICTORIA ST. single REGENT PLACE The and low prices. perties Phone 13280. frame hous. best building lots in city at very easy terms | We have many enquiries for houses to RENT. with us for quiek dealing, and complete satisfaction. JOS. N. ROBINSON Finaneial and Real Estate Broker, Real Estate For Sale. PRINCESS ST. nea' University, 96 ft. lot. UNION ST. WEST, several vacant lots, at moderate cost. Easy terms. 3 acres orchard land, good barns, Bargain for quick sale. List your pro 167 Wellington Street. 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