Beaut B Irrin Tales of | IY [Srey Tod of hi jr TT ie Paden ea onders. 15 Ten Thousand Crowns and Fairest Girl in | Si he | Cc ) i Pt a | Ul TT Quebec Rejected by Shy Lover were marriage mad in Can- racy. For the Baron had been cheat- rr lage the 1690's. ed out of his estates near Pau in the great was the Administration's France, while he was absent on serve hurry to grow an indigenous French ice in Camada, and had just learned population that bachelors over twen-|that recovery was out of the gques- ty years of age were legally penal-| tion. ized, and fathers who had not found| The Governor held a court each husbands for their sizteen-year-old' winter at the Chateau St. Louis, | daughters were subject to heavy dis- which was brilifant by contrast with abilities. 'The great Colbert, min-| the puritan missionary epirit of the AS ou XIV, wrote in colony, and which drew the reproba- {nis master's name to the Intendent tion of the Bishop and the clergy. 'of New France, Tajon:-- Around him he gathered the bright | "I pray you commend it to the! young spirits among the officers, re- | consideration of all in the country |presentatives of the French gentry | that their prosperity, their subseist-| who, polished in the manmer of the 'ence and all that is vital ¢o their Court of Louis, brought a dash of welfare depend upon a general reso-| vivid colour to the sombre sternmess lutica, never to be comiravemed, to|of the business of hewing out a col- marry the young men at eighteen or ony in the wilderness. This winter nineteen years of age and the girls there was a gendal stramger to add a at fourteen or fifteen. I pray you touch of piquancy, the wealthy Mr. to cause them to suppress the objec- Nelson, an Englishman from Boston, tion that they have not sufficient on |who traded in furs and had been which to Mve, because, dn those coun- | brought captive to Quebec from tries, and in Camada especially, where noch territory in Acadia, where he everyone works for his living, there had been caught poaching. The Gov- is no one who cannot gain the neces- ernor treated him as the gentleman brush it through your hair. The sities; and abundance can never he was and, putting him upon his jot 1s startling! You can do your [come to them except through abund- | word of homor, allowed him the free- F up immediately and it will ap-|ance of men. It would be well to|dom of the city and constantly enter- twice as thick.and heavy-- 2 |;,,p1s the taxation and feudal duties tained him at the Chetean. Nl 155 perPackage i also in /21b VACUUMIZED TINS Girls Try this! When combing and Ing your hair, just moisten your } ih with a little "Danderine" of gleamy hair, sparkling with and possessing that incomparable freshness and luxuriance. le beautifying the hair "Dande- is also toning and stimulating single hair to grow thick, long strong. Hair stops falling out dandruff disappears. Get a bottle Danderine" at any drug or toilet and just see how healthy and your hair appears after this Btful, refreshing dressing. SMART FUR HEM } OMA upon those young men who do not get married at such an age, and, as for those who would seem to have de- it would be to the purpose to greatly | increase the burden of their taxes, to deprive them of ali chance of pub-; lic honour, even to add some mark of public disgrace. "Although the Kingdom of France world, it is certain thet it would be | difficult to maintain large anmies and | far-off lands. greatest care a minimum of citizens the colondal population grows." spirit of these wonds comtinued dom-| inant to the end of the century. All the royal officials conspired to soe | tism. On the 11th of D 'b 1691, 'there was baptized finitely rejected the idea of marriage |cathedral, Genevieve, infant daughter H {of Pierre Moisanm, a pilot of the port, and of his wife, Barbe Rateau. godfather was the Baron de Lahom- tan, for Barbe Ronteu's family came from near his home in Gascony, and He godmother was the lovely Gene- oon in the |Vieve Damours, daughter of Mathieu be as populous as any try i ours; Rt Masia er of the seal of the Sovereign Coun- | at the same time send out a arge Cll, and ome of the most prominent! emigration to establish colonies in and, wealthy citizens of Quebec. There | Hence, we must mit, YOU have the elements of romance, ourselves. to withdrawing with the |and the Tomance developed. of both sexes each year as emigrants Se the goddaughter of the Govern- to Canada, and $0 base the increase |oT. She was perhaps ou this account, of population in dhe colony mainly more often than might otherwise! upon the number of marriages wus|Dave been the case, a guest at the Chateau St. Louis, though her charm That was written in 1668, but the | Would have ensured her pr in any case. The young Baron had more than once felt that his godfatherly duty necessitated his calling to con- that no ome remained single save sult the fair Gemevieve at her home The trouble all etarted at a bap- in the The Now Genevieve Damoure was her- i ft Lif ji til a i is (i } IRN GRAY'S SYRUP a RIGS RAY Montreal D-WATSON &/ CO. New York | penniless young nobleman ask for? But there he sat in a bine funk, fev- evishly tossing off bunyet after the rest, his wit, his nomchalance, his title, his personal charm saved 'him from any attempt at social ostra- cism, It was mot long, however, be- ifore his fertile brain brought him into prime favor again; for he con- looted an excellent scheme of defence for the Upper Lakes. As for Genevieve Damours, un- doubtedly she was in love with this most eligible young scapegrace, but apparently she accepted his explana- tions with outward calm and cour tesy, and the romamce of the winter was over. Whether her heart wae {broken or not, it was long before she imarried. Twelve years later, in 1708, jhe became the bride of a young of- jficer, the Chevalier Jean-Baptiste Celeron de Biainville. Poor gir}, she was dead within two months of her wedding day. the plebiscite, then it is not in order to make amendments strengthening its enforcement and increasing its penalties. Old St. George's debt is to be cleared off in honor of the centen- ary of the present edifice. Perhaps if the cathedral people would pray "Forgive us our debts," the mort- gage might disappear as if by magic. 01d timers say that there was a pretty rough element in the old Queen street school area in 1877 and thereabouts, and they do not won- der at the advance call for police attendance at a concert in the school at that time by the late James H Metcalfe. One of the most in- teresting talks that could be given at a meeting of one of the Home and School clubs just now would be to secure a former pupil of the old Queen street school to tell about the rough stuff pulled in those days, The thaw this week was welcomed by people whose sidewalks have never been clear of snow all winter until this mild spell, Everybody should help the horit- cultural society in its effort to have more flowers grown in Kingston. The most humble home ghould have a little grass plot and flowers. Atten- tion might be paid to getting owners of vacant plots--especially in Vie- toria ward--to cut down weeds and tall grass, The Kingston old boys will be here in August and every effort. should be made to make Kingston more bean tiful than it has ever been. { i THE TOWN WATCHMAN The large andience that attended bumper of wine so that, when they priests of the church. The King was 'ebout their joint responsibility con- 3 yi particularly benevolent toward young cerning the Moisam hid. He diked eked him to sigh Way fontag iw officers of his forces who resigned her society, and was delighted when Be frit M 'plead -he wis too drunk to their commissions to marry in Can-|be found her beside him at the sump- eign his neme carried. him ada and to Mve there the life of {tuaus dinner . They ca: more In fact, 1 sprihg wrap, with Ms smart- red hem, is in moonshine gray fimeen finished with a band of pe platinum fox. It features ! back and sides and the as well as the new tallor- S---------------- easily, perhaps, than umbler colon- ists, for he had always crowds of triguing for military employment and advancement. Jean Talon, the great Intendant of New France from 1663 to 1673, rigorously epplied the prin- ciple outlined, and even when the Eanl of Frontenac came out the sec- ond time es governor in 1689, he was still keenly interested in promot- ing each and every advance, no met- ter how slight, that might lead to a wedding. young Baron de Lahontan was sta- [tioned in Quebec, and a constant guest 'at the Chateau St. Louis, the! palace of the Governor, which stood on the spot where to-day stands the great C.P.R. hotel, the Chateau Fron- tenac. The old Bari, brilliant wit, accomplished literadeur, and accus- tomed to the 'most polished and cul- tured society of the Hurope of his general young gentlemen hanging about in- [least of all from the self, hinted one day, nay rether In the winter of 1691-1693 the | 0 questioned him Hil] to when he be For a Pring himself to sacrifice his freedom to eny wo- man, However, he was up against the wall this time and frank comfes- sion was the only course. As he ex- pected, a message came from the Governor ourtly demanding instant decision and at the same time re- minding him that the Govermor had been very denient with him in allow- ing him so long to make up his mind. There was nothing for it but to , the Intemdant and sev- Address- Governor he sald that he elt unable to go through with the The rest of the company { the unemployed, for whom the con- ,| breath from over-indulgence in On- gasped, while the flery old Earl de- mended an explanation. Even now the Baron's ready wit did not quite forsake him. He replied that he had the band concert last Sunday even- ing showed strange sympathy with cert was givep. If they had "'deep" sympathy, they certainly did not/go down deep into their purses and pockets, It is announced by a sclentist that if man's sense of smell was more de- veloped his knowledge would be much greater. But perhaps it is just as well that this sense is not so high- ly developed, for cloves would no longer hide the condition of the tario dispensary medicine, Too keen a sense of smell, too, might make us poke our noses too much into other people's business.! There is the city council for instance, poking its nose into the business of the utilities commission and the pub- lic * library. board. The sense of smell of some aldermen is perhaps t of Columbia has sub- | time, liked the young man's repartee, the electric chair for *hang- [and also took pity on the misfortunes ath penalty, of a fellow member of the aristoc- , pwell developed, He realized that he lacked the gift --- Jjend the inclination to settle down, The Watchman hopes there are that bo was volatile and lacked bal- not many clergymen like the one in If you bave respect for the | woodstock who declines to permit members of his choir to dance or play cards. That doctrine is not in the creed of the United Church of Canada. But there may be some fanatics who would object to church members doing Cross Word pussles, i siEf ih The government need not be too economic. It might order a new flag for the postoffice flagpole, for ome hardly knows what flag of the na- tions is being flown from Postmaster Stewart's staff off Clarence street. "Wets" tell the Watchman they are not & whit thankful promise of 4.4 beer. e as poor stuff and not half enough to cause the Hi; $haesy pak FURNITURE SA a ® : ' ge hi 2 a3 that ge Ex i ih it i We have a number of Odd Dressers; Chiffoniers and Dressing Tables to clear at a special-- : | Discount of 25% 2 Er : 2 : H i {i i Hi iii4z E safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for (2 -- Sm Cia e.s sim ese $10.50 | ot 2 ¥ . Springs | BA $4.50 to $11.50 | Simmons Mattresses $6.00, $8.00 to $30. - J. Reid _ || it irish tis i 2 x Fa