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re gond beaded Ta PTE : "The Jesuit 2 a Recalled Poised Ko) Let NERY x3 dette trode atest ste reget tods HE recent discovery near Ste. Mary II, Christian Is- land, of the cannon brought here by the French mission- ries nearly three hundred years ago, | 1 and to our early Canadian history. { ~ Edward King, an Indian native of the island, happened to notice am| object partially submerged in the water, a few feet from the shore, re- sembling in appearance and design, |s an embryonic cannon of | peculiar t construction, which he immediately secured. Later he brought the "dere- Sl Penetanguishene on specula- tion," when it was recognized as none other than the real cannon brought to Ste. Marie on the Wye in 1648. dol The attention of Mayor C. B. Wright was called to the true char- acter and value of this unique '"'dis- card," and in an interview with the finder succeeded in negotiating a purchase and securing the venerable relic on behalf of the town, to be re- |! tained as a souvenir of early days. Parkman, in his history of the "Jesuits in America' says: 'In 1648 a, small cannon was brought to Ste. | hich non. In its construction the, cannon is a combination' of brass: and iron, about ten inches of the breech hav- ing a projection of three inches at the back, being composed of bronze or bell metal. The barrel extension over two feet is of iron, bound with heavy wrought-iron hoops, one inch wide. The entire length is three feet, but may have been longer, as ne or two of the hoops at the muzzle are migsing, and the enclosed shell is much rusted and broken, otherwise the weapon is in a fair state of preservaticn. . THe inside bore is four inches in dian®ter, and the gun weighs about 120 pounds. The breech is octagon in shape, and on the same facet be- ze of a common lead pencil, is en- graved Carlovignian crown with the arabic characters--evidently the date of manufacture. Above the fuse bore | are the capital letters L.G.C., the whole surmounted by a neatly en- : raved Carlovignian Crown with the eur de Lis in the centre. 'Farther up on each facet is stamped in suc- cession, one of the Roman numerals from VI to VIII inclusive. ' The Aarge letters are the initials standing r "La Grande Chartreuse," the mother House of the Carthusian rder, situated in the mountain astnesses near Grenoble in South stern France. The monastery was unded in 1084 'by St. Bruno, and ' tion to various other indus- es is celebrated for the production ry fine liqueur, famous among NNoisseurs and widely known by | ame of the house. Hence the nfeignce virtually 'amounts, to cer- | a cannon was the gift sian Monks, and the | 1630 Via the Huron Indian ' in Canada were very popu- and had many dis- ; 5, who vied with other in liberal donations in of the distant missions. : These were the days of the great ; eu, who was also among the nt and liberal patrons, and the 'was in all probability pre- Richelieu, er of he noked card] "refused "the gy -- choosing iece 'of artillery, descript military arm" is : 'formidable-looking, as mod- var weapons go, but it doubt- nlfilled its intended mission to e Indians and afford ample jon Against any savage dis- There is no record of its hav- ever been pitted against an It Tord. the post of honor at Fort arie on the Wye till June 14th, when Ste. Marie was abandon- ned, thence, amidst the rte neces of the Fort, household amd a varied assortment of embracing cows; pigs and convoyel on a raft to Christian hi 2 Hr) NE faithful guardian , fortunes of | the new Ste. Marie e summer of 1650 when the was closed" and, the fathers, 'and aseystants retired remnant of Judians to vv found its p, the "water on may he it this be the "yeritable wea- ight hereby 'the J esuifs--and t is most mais the entire width of France, therocean, ascended the many anoes, covering many dif- ages, only to find its billet | 'hus red ; ble an on, and furnishes one of the ong in the PIRI ee ind 12s served 'to arouse fresh interest | irom a sergeant-major of fourteen n the Jesuit Missions to the Hurons, | y ial exercise as precisely as a regi- ment of trained soldiers, and when ed in file into the school house. The day's work indoors began with some was also in English. Yet a year age not one of the young folk in that school could speak or understand : a word of the language. Canadianization speaking people is being given an in- creased amount of attention, and in many cases' with surprisingly good results. ! 1 one Manitoba school is being done or without military drill, the lesson of British patriotism is being driven home, and the, virus of alien influ- ence and 'prejudice is in some meas- ure overcome by the good work being done Perhaps the Bolshevists have not suf- ficiently taken into account the Cana- dian educational system. time ago appointed director of edu- cation for new Canadians in Sas- 'katchewan, and with the endorsation of the Provincial Department of Edu- cation is now initiating a policy that aims at giving to every child of non= English parentage a training neces- sary for good Canadian citizenship. The instruction is to be given by Canadian teachers, .and under con- ditions much have obtained heretofore. salary made up for to live as the ow the fuse bore, which is about the] speaking community out West had to day, houses they slept at night. Non-Eng- : tions, who did the :best they could 'boarding the assis stant teachers as a able. ] the new plans of the Education De= partments involve a wider use of the halls for lectures, concerts, and such | the cost of equipment for movable and adjustable seats will be made} to each rural school district, up to a | maximum of $250, and in this way Jsland, where it was | | teacher | "We opened school about the mids § dle of January. and streams mostly in|. Mating Nir C adi ans oP oeloct: 20000 Too eeteideoteaeateatredredecdeedoelonied ERE 3 HIRTY-NINE young Polish= Canadians marched up and down the yard of a country school in Northern Manitoba took their marching orders ears. They went through the man- hey were through with it they pass- inging, in English, and the instruc- ion during the day, as every day, All through the prairie West the of the foreign- What has been done in that in many: others in that province and n Saskatchewan and Alberta. With with the rising generation. Dr. J.T. M. Anderson was a short more. favorable than It used to be mere than a year's teachers in the average foreign- live. There was in many cases noth- ing for them to do but to go a-board- ing with some of the funny-named people whose children they taught by and in whose bad-smelling lish hosts and hostesses were fre- quently persons of 'excellent inten for the schoolma'ams, but the results were seldom entirely happy, and as a natural consequence school district® of this kind were avoided. It is now 'proposed, however, to. supply come fortabie cottages in which the teach- ers are to keep house for themselves. To live among the immigrant settlers isn't so bad when one hasn't to live with them. A similar plan is being. put, into effect in Alberta also. The Depart- ment of Education in that province will prepare plans' for small resi- dences for teachers, and will pay one= third of the cost of construction if the building is of a value of not less than $1,000. The local school dis= trict must do the rest. Married men will then be sent asprincipals'of these schools, 'taking their families with them to the school residences, and matter of mutual accommodation, This housing feature will not be com= pulsory, but will be introduced where local circumstances. make it advise Poth in Saskatchewan andl Alberta school building as a centre of com- munity life and betterment. In the latter province the trustees will be encouraged to furnish the schools sof that they can be used as community like. A grant of fifty per cent. of it is hoped to encourage the country people to use their schools as real centres of social welfare. i Saskatchewan will try the plan of stocking some of its schools in non- English communities with news- papers and magazines. Grafanolas will also be recommended to the trus- 'tees as a means of cultivating the children's taste for good music and oratory, and wherever practicable sewing machines will be installed for the girls. Libraries will be establish- in the foreign schools of Manitoba by the Daughters of the Empire, as war memorials to 'the fallen. where the non-English population is dominant, have never before had winter schools, but the experiment has proved a success, and will likely be continued. In ail such casey an effort is being made to cul- tivate eommuynity spirit and to use the school as a real seurce of gocial betterment. Here is a report from a in one such school . that shows how the plan is working out: Itiis the first time they have had a winter school in this Ruthenian district. I have about 2, ipuive 2 are at- = Li our eons io éB- tertain them. They used English quite tose] ear Li the Some of the rural districts of Sas- | katchewan, Lt SOUNDED LAST CALL. | Dramatic Incident Told of Battle of | "Passchendaele. Out of the war have come many Strange and heroic stories, but, per- haps, never one more strange and fearless than that todd now in tull in a series of letters from England of Bugler T. Bell, of the Princess Patricia's Light Infantry, and by the picture of his bugle, which has been received by W. Stewart Thomson, of the Department of Game and Fisheries, at the Ottawa Parliament Buildings, formerly assistant pay- master of the same regiment. When the veterans of the P.P.C.L.I. have permanent quarters, this picture will hang on a conspicuous part of the wall, and some Canadian poet, per~ haps, fired by the incident, commemorate it generations to come, On the bugle is a plate bearing this Inscription: : Passchendaele, Oct. 30, 1917. The regimental call of the P.P.C.L.I. was sounded on this bugle by ; No. 1110 Bugler T. Bell over Capt. Rider Lancelot Haggard, P.P.C.L.I. 'When he fell. Presented to his father, Major Arthur Haggard, b : y Bugler Bell. "Young in his year when death in honor found him Yet old with all ihe valor of his race." , © On the letter heads of the Vet- erans' Club, London, England, you will find these two names among the rest: among the vice-patrons, Sir William H.'D. Haggard, K.C.M.G., C.B., and across on the right hand disc. Majors Arthur Haggard (founder), secretary of the club. Both of these men are brothers of the famous Rider Haggard, the ex- plorer, government investigator, and author of the imaginative romances that almost everybody knows. Major Arthur Haggard, a brilliant soldier himself was the father of the Rider Lancelot Haggard over whom Bugler Bell blew his farewell call. The beginning of the war found this young man, named after his un- cle, the author, in Canada. From all accounts he was a tall young man, in the early twenties, open faced, with the sparkle of fun and adven- ture in his eyes. Everywhere he went he made friends. In the army it was the same, for, of course, he enlisted at once; he was always in search of adventures, -and duty also held its place. It was at Passchendaele that his last adventure came. He had en- tered the regiment as a private, but, by force of character, he made his way to a captaincy by this time. "Bell is a noble fellow," writes Major Arthur Haggart to Mr. Them- gon, and now a member of this insti- - tution. I have seen him many times, and he told me that my son was ly- ing huddled up in a dry shell hole, and that when he (Bell) went to him my sen asked him to help him to get into a more comfortable position, which he did with some difficulty, but Lance was cheerful and jaunty and trying to help himself. He liter- ally died with the sound of the regi- mental call in his ears, which Bell was inspired to sound." And here Tront a torn, crumpled letter to Major Haggard: your address was referred to in last week's Canada, as 1 have been anx- fous to send you Capt. Haggard's handkerchief, which I took along with his other personal effects from him when he died. In the attack he must have got hit soon after commencement. He motioned for me as I went past, and, seeing his pre- dicament, I stayed with him and did my best under the circumstances. It was not of much avail, I am sorry to say, and he soon died. "I am sure you will be pleased to bear that he died very bravely, and when he knew it was all over he told me to leave him. This prompted msg .to sound our regimental call over him (I was regimental bugler}, which seemed to brighten him up just be- fore the last. After he died, I placs ed his belongings in my aversoat pockets and Yoined in the attack again, but I was buried for the se- cond time that morning, and sustain- ed fractured ribs and an injured spine which, made {it necessary to proceed to the dressing station. I'm sorry that I could not bring out his effects, because I was very weak, in- deed. However, I searched and found where he laid, and dropped my qves- coat over him." "I have had the bugle mounted hi a glass case," says Major Haggard, 'and it will be an heirloom in my family. Would you care to have a photo of it?" Mr. Thomsen immedi- ately antwpred "Yes," The Canadian Wiission, Mr. H. P, Thomsou, late Boag &,n. troller of Canada, is how actively at work 'as a in of the Canadian Mission in London, and j§ devoting spegial attention to the development the epporiunities for exporting food supplies from the Dominion tp Great Britain, He ig optimistie ot @ prespeets for a large increase of peas Jrding between Canada and the Mother Country. The shipping problem is eontinues to emb fo had to bear Lr of losses Hg 2 nd on during the | an 8 mercantile marine 2 fost 1 . ; marine at piv when conditions are mor Tn orable for speeding up#> =< fay ret George "Fo or i! VRAIE wa dy ster i recent speech wiphasized the he of for united action, and especially for ihe hep of the Mother Country in of communication of var- 8---by air, hy cable, by im- postal passage and freight At the Jrogont time, or ang _bostal will | indelibly for the | is Bell's simple story {$ "It was fortunate that the | Custard Powder- fn | -- 3 THIS WEEK'S PRICES : Fruit Jars=Crown quarts per dozen Crown pints bh] "9 Fruit Jar Rings, best white rubber 3 doz Fig Bars--How tasty are those luscious Smyrna figs rolled in fresh moist pastry. 2 lbs for Peters' Swiss Milk Chocolate, the finest importation now in stock. Bars Mince Meat--the finest made, try a pour and you will come again, only sidudies' Delight Tan. put up only ' easily worth 60c. Our specia' ay | per 1b Apple Cider Syrup--One gallon of 01g sparkling apple cidercan b. made py only adding water. Regular 8a¢c en -A one-lb tin will many tasty cream custards sliced banana in it. 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