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RELATIVES BY MARRIAGE
liEWND THE SCENES OF BR TAMS
ROYAL ALLIANCES.
lbw England's Rulers Are Connected
With The Reloning Ilousee
of Europe.
The approaching marriage of King
Alfonso of Spain and Princess Ems of
Bettenberg will add another distin-
guished country to the list of Britain's
regions by marriage.
Many Continental rulers during the
last fifty years have secured their brides
from tunong the members of our Royal
Fanifiad and, as a result, -King Edward
and Queen Alexandra are connected by
the closest ties of kinship to the Sover-
eigns of nearly all the principal States
of Europe. King Alfonso has thus
many precedents to go upon in his
resolve to marry one of Britain's
daughters, and all loyal subjects of the
Empire will echo the congratulations
that will be showered upon him et les
wedding. It is interesting to note that
by this marriage the King of Spain will
also become related to the Tsar, the
German Emperor, and the monarchs of
Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Greece, and
Numerous minor Royalties,
OUR COUSIN -GERMAN.
As the principal object of a Royal
Marriage is to strengthen the Inter-
national position of :the monarch and
his country, it must be admitted that
King Alfonso has chosen wisely and
well. There can be but little doubt, too,
that his marriage is a love match, and
lovers of romance \vitt remember for
many years to come the boyishly ardent
wooing of Spain's young King,
A strong effort is being made to bring
about an Anglo -German entente cor-
diale, and if blood be thicker than wa-
ter, this movement should receive the
hearty support of the German Emperor.
As most persons are aware, William IL
is the eldest son of the late Empress
Frederick, who was the first child born
to Queen Victoria. 'When the Princess
Royal of England married the Crown
Prince of Prussia in 1858, it seemed as
if the two countries were destined to be
the chief factors in preserving the peace
of the world. The premature widow-
hood of King Edward's sister somewhat
altered our relationships with Russia
however. In 1888 Queen Victoria's
eldest daughter enjoyed for a few
months the proud position of German
Empress. But with the death of her
husband she retired from .public life,
her son, the present Emperor, taking
up the reins of government.
BRITAIN'S LIVELY RELATIVE.
King Edward's nephew has now
ruled Germany for eighteen years, and
in that time has become one of the
world's greatest. personalities. Ger-
many may be described as Britain's
nephew, and a very lively relative it
has proved, too.
The Tsar of Russia is a nephew of
Queen Alexandra, while the Tsarina is
a niece of King Edward. The Tsarina '
before her marriage -which took place
In 1894 -was known as Princess Mix
Victoria, a daughter of the late Grand
Duchess of Hesse, who was a sister of;
our King. The Tsar's mother -the pre-:
sent Dowager Empress of Russia -is a
sister of Queen Alexandra. Owing to ,
the numerous restrictions that bind the'
choice of a prince, Royalties marry ,
and intermarry in such a limited circle t
thaa it is often diffieult to define their c
relationships. In addition to being a s
nephew of our Sovereign, the Tsar is a
cousin; while the marriages of his
numerous uncles and cousins have corn- P
plicated matters still furthea'. s
No matter what their actual kinship d
may be, reigning sovereigns always nd-
dress eacb other as "Cousin." Neilie:n
Kirig, Edward wishes to communicate s
with his nephew the German Emperor, n
the Royal missive is addressed to "Our
Well -Beloved Cousin," and the answer
is to "Our Cousin."
One of Queen Alexandra's brothers Is
King George of Grc,ece, who ascended
the throne of thnt country after an Eng-
lish peer -the Earl of Derhy-had re-
fused it. To further strengthen the
good feeling between the two couniriea,
the eldest son of King George married
a niece of King Edward. As the brother
of Queen Alexandra, the Ring of Greeee
will always be esteemed by Englishmen.
The King of Denmark is another of
• Queen Alexandra's brothers, His second
a/id mnrried Princess Maud of Welea,
Ring Edward's daughter. and their re-
cent elevation to the throne of Norway
was especially gratifying to Brilons.
King Hoak= and his wire are thor-
oughly British. For years they lived in
England, and, indeed, they had settled
down to lead the life of an ordinary
erninly family. when the Serindinavian
dissensions brougbt them a throne.
ALL THE WORLD'S SOVEREIGNS.
It is worthy of noite that two Kings of 'IT'
Denmark -King Christian and King e
Frederick -each had sons who ascendee a
thrones before their parents; and thus
could elnim precedence over their fa-
thers at Royal functions.
Sweden will •one day have for. its o
queen a nieee of Ring Edward. It will
be remembered !be Princese Marpret
of Connaught mnrried less than !twelve
menthe ago the eldest, sort of the Crown
Prince of Sweden. When the daugbler
of the. Duke of Connaught ascends the
throne She will hove the pleasure of 0
knowing that her first cousin is Queen ee
of Norway, and this should unite the
'two countries affectIon, if net in e
tewerriment. Queen afnudis only sal,
the Crown Prince Old, was born nt
Sanaringliain three years ago and time
the Mere Ring of Norway is a grand-
son of Ring Edward,
The Crown Prime? Ferdinand of 11011-
amnia mulled, thirteen years ago,
Princess Marie, daughter of the late
Duke of Edinburgh, rani niece of Ring
Ecleverd. Roumania will !therefore he
another of the countries that are des-
tined, In the ordinary course of events,
to have an English queen,
A MIGHTY DYNASTY.
Saxe-Coburg-Gothe, one of the most
important of the States thcet eornpriec
the Germtm EMpire, is ruled by a ne-
phew of Ring Edward, who was Mu -
dated at Eton. But then, neatly all the
minor menarche of Germany are rele-
Lives of the King by rnerrlage.
The great influence Ring Edward
exercises on the destinies of Europe 'will
be underatood when one considers haw
his relativesilll the principal thrones of
Europe. His nephews rule Russia, Ger-
many and Norway. Spain is to have his
niece for its queen. Greece• and Den-
mark are governed by his brothers-in-
law, whose hems have in turn marriel
near relatives of Ring Edward, • One of
his daughters is Queen of Norway,
while the *ones ef Sweden, Greece,
and FlOuniania, in addition to Spain,
wal one day be shared 03' nieces 01 111°
ai.Ing of England.
TUE minx SOMERSAULT.
The Fatal Feat That Is Rarely Tried by
Acrobats.
Acrobats who risk their necks for the
public's amueement and their own
livelihoodood are seldom averse to attempt-
ing new dangers if there is only suffi-
cient money in them, but probably 999
out of every 1,000 would flatly -decline
to try a triple somersault were the sug-
gestion made to them. As a matter of
fact, a triple somersault usually means
death, and it is no exeggeration to say
that scores of lives have been .sacrificed
in trying IL
'Yet there is one man who has lately
accomplished this dangerous feat and
lived -Daniel O'Brien, a clever young
Irish acrobat, well known in England.
This acrobat is a splendidly formed
young fellow, slender but beautifully
proportioned, and a wonderful per-
former. He holds the record for the
double somersault (32 ft.), and he has
received medals In every country he bas
visited. For the purpose of his great
effort the straw bed, intended to receive
the acrobat, after he had hurtled through
the air,' was placed 8 yards from the
spring -board.
When the signal was given: the ath-
lete dashed down the plank, hit the
"spring" with a tremendous bound, rose
between 15 ft. and 16 ft. in the air, his
knees pressed closely together with his
hands, revolved twice, seemed to hesi-
tate, then, with a supreme effort, made
a third revolution, and landed safely in
a siting position on 'the bed. Everyone
rushed to his assistance, wondering if
he bad broken his spine, but before he
could be reached he had risen to his
feet and was bowing his acknowledge-
ments of the flattering, silence (born cf
fear) which had greeted his wonderful
performance.
"That's the last time 1 attempt the
triple," he said, when he had recovered
his breath; "the double is enough for
me after this. I was afraid I was going
to strike the back of my head, and if I
had it would have been a case for the
coroner."
SPARTAN TRA•INING.
Japanese Parents are Almost Cruel to
Their Children.
The Japanese code of moral princi-
ples which the knights Were required
instructed to observe is called Bushiclo.
It is a code unuttered and unwritten,
writes Tnazo Nitobe in his book, "13ushl-
du the Soul of Japan," yet it is the foun-
dation of national courage and personal
rectitude. Anecdotes of fortitude and
bravery abound in all Japanese nursery
tales, although, storie.s of this kind are
not by any means the only method of
early imbuing the spirit with the prin-
ciples of Busindo.
Parents. with sternness .sometimes
verging on cruelty. set their children
to tasks that called forth all the pluele
ant was in them. "Bears hurl their
iths down the renree," they said. The
nns of the Satpura' were let down to
teen valleys of hardship, anti spurred
Sievehes-like tasks. Occasional de-
rivation of fnod or exposiire to cold
vas considered a highly efficacious test
nr honing them to endurance. Chet -
ren 'hf tender ere were sent among
wee strangers with sonic messnge to
were made to rise befnre -the
ea, end before breakfe et a it end to
eir renci1ne eenrciees. walking to Their
teeehers with hare feet in the cold f
winter. Once or twine a ennelli. as en
the festive) of a god of learning. they
cnme tegether in smell groups end
reseed the nielit without sleep, in read-
ing ennui by turns.
wnro brneght un with inter
eitereteerri of erionorev. 11 was ennsider-
ea NO feel° to sneer of it. 11 is true
Ihnt thrift was eninined hy Bushkin.
tut mg frit' enememietil renenne so much
ne fnr ftir vpreise of abstinenree. "Less
teen all mines," seve a current pre -
Pent. "men must. oredge Tenney; it Is
te riches that wisdom is hindered."
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HORSES Wiril HORNS.
Curious Animat Which Inhabits Parts
of South Africa.
Did you ever hear of a horned horse?
It is called the gnu, and is a native of
South Africa. The gnu is a puzzle. We
have called it a horse, but it Is nmee like
a cow. It really seems to be a, cross be -
ween the horse, .the cow, and the deer•
t has the bead and horns of a cow,
he tail, mane, and withers of the horse,
nd the ,legs of a deer. Altogether the
gnu is one of the most sirtgular crea-
tures on earth.
The gnu inhabits the hilly districts of
truth Africa, roaming an over Me men-
ry in vast herds. As far as travellers
have yet penetrated it is found, and It
is fortunate that it is se, for the flesh of
the gnu forms excellent food. They are,
however. extremely wild, and, being
ery quick In their movements, are difil-
lilt, to shoot. Upon the first alarm the
hole herd Scatnper away in single file,
allowing, a leader, When ;.Serin from a
iglance they look like a troop et horses,
Their speed iS very great, but when
rst disturbed they do not exert it, but
kick out their heels and begin butting,
at anything that comes in their way, ex-
hibiting the greatest fury, Unless hasel
pressed they Seldom Filiow. light, but
when brought to- bay they will defend
therneelves desperately. They dart fora
ward upon their enemy with great fury,
and unless he remains ecie and col,
looted he probably will not escape,
"If I Well your deg eating tow ef my
chickens 111 sheet hinad said the 'old
gentleman who keens a heridrouse,
angrily, to his neigelior. deal care,'
said the neighbor. "If be eats one of
ygur chlekene it won't be .necessary for
you to sheet Wm." •
DEADLY COBRA OF INDIA
JIIE HEPTILE'S BITE IS NOT ALWAYS
FATAL,
ExeltIng Experiencea of a Traveler In
India Europeans Suffer
On the very first morning, as the
tcurist flops down in his lono arnionair
ce, say, Inc elevatedverancen of the
Esplanade Heel, Bombay, he will find
the inevitable juggler appealing to him
with uplifted eyes, ,ecconmanied by bis
hag, his lx,teket and the other paraphar-
?mita of his craft, and though the
mango growing trick may be more
mysterious, the light between the cobra
and the mongoose will be more inter-
esting. .
The inborn• mutual hatred between
these creatures must be supposedto
serve some purpose in the wise economy
of nature, says Chambers' Journal, and
vet would leek very strange did we not
know that similar aversions exist oe-
eween other more familiar creatures,
and for sortie reasons not always appar-
ent. Irrespective of the. danger of it,
why does. the mongoose attack the co-
bra? A. live Mongoose is said never to
touch a dead cobra in the way of food,
end the bristly carcass of a mongoose
is probably too tough for even the ca-
pacious digestion ola his natural adver-
sary. We can only account for it,
therefore,' on .the same principle. that
the best bred game dogs will not touch
the flesh of the quarry the they are
ise fond of hunting.
The active little mongoose is almost
always the aggressor, for the compare-
nvely awkward cobra, unless he got
him asleep, would probably ,never „think
of attacking his more nimble oppon-
ent; and it is generally the mongoose
that is victor in these encounters.
Though the cobra rears his head, ex-
pands his hood unbrellalike to the ut-
most, and hisses -viciously, his dabs ;1
the enemy seem misdirected and aim-
kss, for the wily mongoose suddenly
becomes double -his natural size by the
erection of his tough, bristly coat in a
way that seems quite to deceive even
the wise serpent as to what May Le
bristles and what not. 1( 18 only jus
to say for the cobra, though, that if his
fangs were not extracted or the poison
glands destroyed, a successful chance
r.eck woul seep finish the mongoose
in spite of his activity.
The natural animosity is no albeit
greatly toned down in the specimens
possessed by the jugglers. Familiarity
bi eeds tolerance, if not contempt, on
both sides, so that they most attack
rine another with less ferocity than in
their natural wild condition, and must
often laugh in their sleeves when the
farce is over.
I had the good or bad luck to come
across many cobras here and there,
the most of whiceh I kilted. laideed
there is little to fear from a cobra in
the onen. If you do not tilTack him be
is not likely to attack you, unl•ess be
takes it into his head that you ere
going to tread on the tail of his coat.
II, is a popular delusion that a cobra af-
ter rearina bimself, can jump at the
enemy. This Ile is quite unable to do.
foi the motion of the head is along the
arc of a circle of which 'the radius ex-
tends from the head to the part of the
serpent totiching the ground.
TI -HS SNAKE MET HIS FATE,
breed and geographicel distribution,
One of the most Interesting pee I had
of this land was a mongoose the was
sent me from the Sultan of Lahel, an
Arabian district sonic thirty miles from
our outpost of Aden, when I was sta-
tioned in that very sultry locality. I
thought (bus Arabian variety was .solat-
ler than those I had seen in India,
HOW THE COBRA BITES.
Some people doubt if there can be any
Movery from the full bite of a grosvn
cobra. The poisonous bored fangs el
this creature work on a kind of lunge,
alai are folded back on the roof of the
mouth when the animal is in repose;
but when the carte prepares to strike,
the mere mechanism of the upper jaw
in ()Porting the mouth raises these folded
faags. If the fangs then hit the vic-
tim straight I fancy recovery must . be
very rare.
But there is not always a full com-
plement of poison in the glands at the
root of the fangs, and every suceessive
stroke makes the quantity less for the
time being, Again, the dress may catch
up the greater portien of the .virus be-
fore the skin is reached, and lastly, the
fangs may not strike straight, and
then they are easily doubled up on ac-
count of the jointspoken of, so that in
such instances the front or outer por-
tion of the fangs map • graze the skin
with, perhaps, no poison- at ell.
I remember a strange thing happen-
ing once regardieg the bite of a make.
In a .certain pert of Beloochistan a de-
tachment was in search of a new site
for a temporary cantonment in place
of the undesirreble one we then had.
Thull Chelan. On our first camping
greund we were seated' at dinner • in-
side the mess tent, when a sudden cry
was raised that one of the camp fol-
lowers had been bitten by a snake al-
most immediately outside the tent. The
medical officer of the detacbment, with
the knife he was at the -time holding in
his hand, rushed out at once. The
bwaoit,etridlegw.as plain enough on the man's
He had been, native fashion, squat-
ting on the ground, and had been bit-
ten on the outside .fleshy portion of the
leg, a few inches above the ankle. The
major at once made a slash on each
side above and below the wound, and
cut a V-shaped fid out of the poor
man's leg within a few seconds of the
cry being raised. As we had only gone
some dozen miles away from our previ-
t eus headquarters, and as our detach-
ment was going on still further, the
man was sent in next morning in a
ethane to the hospital, where he lay
• very ill for some time, but eventually
recovered to a certain degree. As it, was
night time and the other natives got
flurried the snake unfortunately escaped
in the dark; so I have always wondered
whether it was a cobra, and if the
prompt excision saved the camp follow-
er's life.
Considering thnt over twenty thou -
1 sand -think of iti-human lives are
!annually lost in India, from wild beasts,
c very great portion of which is from
venomous 'snakes, it is at first surpris-
ing to see tbe almost complete immunity
ef Europeans from snake bites in that
country. It must be borne in mind,
however that there is only a mere 'hand-
ful (120,000 or so) of Europeans alto-
gether, as against the vast number cf i
n a lives, apprnaching the stupendous
figures of 300,000,000. The natives,
moreover, grope 'about in the dark and
roam the jungles with bare feet, and
often bare everything else, a condition
ot affairs that leaves. them particularly
exposed to the bites of snakes. Be
this as it. may, it is seldom one henrs
cit a death from snake bile among the
Eeropean portion of the Indian popu-
lation.
On one occasion, during the late war
in Upper Burmah, when resting on a
small tent -bed of an eighty pound ser-
e ice tent, I saw a cobra walking stealth-
ily into my parlor, as the spider would
say to the fly, through the ,ceien door. 1
say walking advisedly because er-
pents do actually walk on the end of
their ribs instead ot wriggling along
after the fashion of worm. The ores -
eon of this snake naturally created
-guile an uneasy feeling, with such a
narrow compass to move about irr; but
the snake did not get out alive.
There are such incredible stories in-
vented about cobras in India. and • so
extrayagant; too, that one hesitates to
ntion one's own more modest
ough truthful experiences, as not 'quite
II -willing enough to be placed an record.
My own creepy sensation was at an
up country station in India. 1 had new-
ly arrived there, from Burma, and was
writing at night time on one of the
usual kinds of writing desks, with draw-
eis on ench side and an empty inferve
below and between, the desk being, as
usual, plaeed against one of the walls el
Rio room.
I was dressed, moreover, in thin,
hot-weathea clothing, and therefore par-
ticularly „vulnerable to the bites of
snakes. My legs were in the empty
space beneath the lid and in the inter-
val between the drawers on either side.
But what was it that *1 suddenly Ob-
served creeping round from the end of
the table to my right, and going into the
hcllow, almost in touch with my right
'if,olorat; nINtv„Navyasana earielceoiclnolierao.I
f tbecoitirgi=
in which I was placed. I at once re -
Dred that to move in any way would
probably rouse filo serpent' ifbmediate-
1 7 to rear and etrike. At any rate Whe-
ther it was by calm caleulation or that
I was too petrified with horror to move,
I never did move a muscle till, to my
intense relief. the -when got beyond My
Tent in the,back of the hollow against
Inc wall.
"Thet 1 matted awny with toss grace
than Agility and shouted to my bearer,
'Boy! Boy!' at the ton of my voice, for
it is scarcely needful to tell you thnt
net even the common or gnrden bell
rope bas yet penetrated into the re-
mote ainfossil stations of India, not to
speak of the electersic aprrelsiise-thett-lb,etantOont
fond of killing enakes, or anything
variety. Hindoos,
else;
for that maitete Indeed, they loot: up-
on the cobra as socired and worship tt
in their mean -0 fesbion, especiolly at
the year fe.stivel of Nag Papeete for
Rio Moist af Snekesh naga being the
thadoostancti word fOr cobinet.0 or two
"At this time, licavever, n
ef my servants were Meissulmans, who
Imo no great regard either for. cobra er
Ilindocie, and we noon thinted out the
cobra and despatched him forthewille,
EYert the venomous cobra ean be
mese a pet or (if one is wise) his
fags arid poison glands; and as for the
meneoose, he Is 0110 of the niest rom-
panionabie of wild batiste. There is
mere than 0710 meaty of this enientit,
end they vary 41 size aceerding to theft
HE KNEW HIS LESSON.
When Paddy Met-K-ing Frederiek cf
Prussia.
Fuderick of Prussia, it is said, had
a great mania for enlisting gigantic
soldiers into the lioyal Guards, and
paid an enormous bounty to his recruit-
ing officers for getting them. This fact
is the basis of the following story from
Judge's Magazine:
One day the recruiting sergeant
chanced to espy a Hibernian who was
at least seven feet high. He accosted
him in English, and proposed that he
should' enlist. The idea of a military
life and a large bounty so aetighted
Patrick that he at once consente.a.
"But unless you can speak German
the King will not give you so much."
"Oli, be jabbers," said the Irishman,
"sure it's I that don't know a weird of
Gugitl,Fsaid the serpent, "these you
can learn in a short time. The King
knows every man in the Guards. As
soon as he sees you he will ride up and
asli you how old you are; you will
.ay 'twenty-sevene next, how long you
bave been in the service; you must re-
ply 'three weeks'; filially, if you are
provided with clothes and rations, you
answed, 'both.'"
Pat son learned to pronounce es
answers, but never dreamed of learn-
ing the questions.
In three weeks he appeared before the
King in review. His Majesty rode up
to- him. Paddy steped forward with
"rriet8A1 t ocilde
m asii:"
ilyou?" said the Ring.
"Three weekse," said the Irishman.
"flow long have you been in the
service?" asked his Majesty.
"Twenty-seven years."
"Am .1 or you a fool?" roared the
Kliliing'
ello" replied Patrick, who was in
steely taken to the guard house,, but
pardoned hy the Thing offer be undre
steed the facts of the ctiae.
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ANGELS DI?,SCENDING.
Johnny was so deliglited with his first
pair of suspenders that he insisted upon
placing them an his pillow when he
went, to bed.- When ins mothe' enme
to tuck the little chap in he had fallen
aSleep, so she fastened the braces to the
owner's small trouSers and left ,them on.
(he
Johchnantl'y'sbefisrideisb
st, ihnorne
id
,
ng question was :
"Do the angels watch over rile every
Meld, mother?"
"Yes,
dear,'
'Athey Coale all around my
1• 3°'(es11,iIh
r°Ihocrn?P'
" y, they are round abut
your bed every night,"
"I theught SO," Said Johnny, grimly,
"Some of them have bean monkeying
with ray braces,"
Y.
LIONS HAUNT STATION•LEADING MARKETS
ENvEsTIGATE Two Ittnsavive. OF TIM
UGANDA RAILROAD
This Rather Fusses the Agent,'Who 18
Compelled to Send „MeV
c
Messages, •
The lions of East Africa appear to L
watching the progress of civilizatica
with deep interest, and nothing ha
done more to arouse their uriosity an
wonder than the trains on the Ugand
Railroad.
The reneged from the Indian Oeern
to 'extern Nyaoza is . 584 macs long
and between the terminal points ar
31 stations. The line is managed 01
Rio system of the Indian railroads,afl
most of the men an the track, train and
station .service are East Indians.
The Indian station agent is known
as a babu and he leads a lonesome life.
Sonba, for example, where the lions
have been making a special study of the
railroad 'station, has 'only- a station
building, a water tank for the engines
and a sidetrack, this being one of *the
places 'wbere trains pass each other cn
THE SINGLE -TRACE ROAD.
BREADSTUFFS.
Toronto, May 1. .-Fleur - Ontario+
-90 per cent:patents are selling at, •
;3.10, buyers' bags, outside for export.
Manitoba --$4.80 to $4.50 for first pate
etas and $3,90 to $4 for secouds.
$20 asked, buyers' hags, To-
ronto.
Wheat - Ontarie - No. 2 white, 80%0
aiked outside; red 80* asked; No.
o mixed, 79Xe asked outside.
Wheat - Manitoba - No. I northern,.
8 83* asked, Owen Sound and Point .Ed -
ilk ward, 83Xc bid, track, Midland, No..
a 2 northern, '82c asked, track, Poet Hu-
ron, Owen Sound or Colliigwood.
Peas 76c bid f,o.b., 78 percent..
, Ire ' t .
e Oats - No. 2 white, 36* asked, 78.
1 per cent. points, 38* asked, Toronto,.
1 La arrive; mixed, 35* bid, main line,.
M O. R.
Buckwheat --- 49c bid, 51c asked, out --
side.
The trouble began at Strube eleven
months ago, when the lraffic manager
at Nairobi one morning received this
astonishing telegram from the babu at
Simba:
"A lionhas been bothering me for
three nights. He comes up on the sta-
tion platform and goes to sleep. Then
he walks up and dawn, scratches on
the wall and door and tries to get into
Rio office. Please send cartridges for
a Snyder rifle by first train, for rny
protection. I have blank cartridges;
but they are no good against lions."
Thee profound observation has the
earmarks of sober truth. Whether the
lion desired to buy a ticket or whether
a fellow feeling for the lonesome boa'
induced him to try to cultivate his ac-
quaintance is not known, but it is quite
certain that blank cartridges were not
appropriate =Munition, and that, ball
cartridges were in demand.
It is to be supposed that they were
promptly supplied, but., if so, they did
not make a deep Impression upon the
bons, for in August another hair-rais-
ing telegram reached the traffic man-
ager, as follows:
August 17, 1.45 a. m.
Urgent. To Traffic Manager:
A lion is on the platform. •Please In-
struct guard and driver (engineer) to
rroceed carefully and to m
n '' make no sig-
nets in the yard. Tell the (mord to
advise Passengers not to getout here
and to be very careful himself When he
canes into the office.
It is not. quite certain whether the
tabu was chiefly solicitous for the safe -
y of the guard or whether he' thought
that the lion might take advantage ni
the open door to
COME INTO THE OFFICE.
Hthearver this may be, the distress sig-
nal from Simba had the immediate e-
-suit of starling a Brener sportsnian 'r
that direction.
He took the next train for Simba, and
under the water tank he and the rail-
rcad-men erected a platform about ten
feet above the ground, where the nim -
rod spent several days waiting for the
visitors. His patience was at length
rewarded.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Rutter - With heavier receipts the mar-
ket all rourtd is assuming an easy tone.
Creamery .... 22c to 23c -
do solids 21c to 2201
Dairy Th. rolls, good to choica'18c to 'Oen
do large rolls 17c to 18e1
do medium .... ..... 160 to 170:
Cheese - Old is quoted at 14c for large
and 14* for twins, and new at 13c.
Eggs - The demand is rather more-
ective anti the tendency of prices ist
limner. New laid are quoted at 15c to.
16e, and storage are quiet at 13c.
Poultry - Choice dry plucked Inc -
keys, h6c to 18c; fat chickens 15le 1o,
13c, thin 7c to 8c; fat hens 8c to 9c, thin
6c to 70; ducks, 120 to 13c.
Potatoes --Ontario, 65e to 75e pee-
ling out of store; eastern, 700 to 80c on
track and 10c more out of ;store.
Baled Hay - $9.50 to $10 Per ton for
No. 1 timothy in car lots on track here..
No. 2 Leing $7 to $7.50 per ton.
Releet Straw -sleet al $5 5r) to $G per
ton for car lots on track here.
MONTREAL MARKETS.
Montreal, May 1. - Grain - Busi-
ness is quiet in local grain circles. Oats.
No 2, 410 tq 41*; No. 3, 40c to 403ecg
No. e, 39e to 39%c; peas, 74c to 75e, L.
o b., per bush.; barley, No. 3 extra,
52c afloat, lefty; No. 4, 50c; corn, Na. it
mixed, 56e; No. 3 yellow, 563ec, ex.
track.
Flour - Manitoba spring wheat pat-
ents, $e.20 to $440; strong bakers', $3.--
90 to $4.10; winter wheat patents,
to $4.25; stright rollers 83.80 to Se 90g
• do., in bags, $1.75 to $1.85; extras, $1.-
40 to $L60.
Milifeee - Manitoba bran, in bags,
$1P to $10.50: shorts $20 to $21 per tom.
Ontario bran, in bulk. $18.50 to $19,50;
I shorts. $20; milled mouille, $21 to $24;•
slraight grain mouille, 25 to $17 per
ton.• "
Rolled Oats - Per bag. $1.95 in car
lots, $2.05 to $2.10 in small lots.
Cornmeal - $1.30 to $1.40 per bag.
Hav - No. 1, $9 to $9.50; No. 2, a-
t-, $8.50; clover mixed, $6.50, and pure
clav en
The firet, animal he sew was a lioness,
that came walking out of the scrub.
very likely Inc the purpose of quench-
ing her thirst a,t the little stream that
was leaking from the tank. When she
was within about 150 feet of the plat-
form the hunter net a tordile bullet in-
to her and stretched her on the ground.
. '.She hunter did not leaye his perch,'
for he thought something more woulri.
be doing. He was not mislaken. A In-
tl' later two lions came out of the high
press and were soon in great menial
distress over the strange attitude of the
dead female.
They kent cireling around her body,
now growlina, then whining. They lilt
the body with their paws, and at. last
began to draa it away. perhaps with the,
men of awakening. her.
Just then a bullet, ended.. the life of
one of the brutes, and the other
wounded by the second shot,
SPRANG INTO THE BUSH.
For half an bola the sportsman
awaited on the platform any signs cf
life in the bushes, but detecting ro
movement he descended from bis perch
He had hardly reached terra firma,
however, before the wounded lion burst
rut of the scrub and struck the hunter
a blow with its paw which tore the flesh
of his arm to the bone. Tile hunter wns
knocked to the ground, and the lion,
which was evidently grewing weaker,
rolled weer on the gress end then
dragged itself back into the bush, where
its dead body was found a lane later.
The hunter gave, up- watching for
lions and sought a hospital at the coast
and the poor beim was left again an the
wilderpess. He told the train hand,s.
every day that Ile could not sleep nights
and hie nerves were badly shaken.
There, was nothing doing, however,
for several weeks; tarter» the greet day
when three liens had been led low
within a few rods of the station. Then
came another nervous telegram:
Extra Urgent .Track hand wes eute
rounded by -tevo lions while returning
Nom signal box. Ile climbed a tele-
graph pole mar the water tank. He is
up there yet. Order train to stopthere
and take him aboard. The train man-
ager will please make necessary ar-
ran gerrientie.
The track mao ateceeded itt reach' ig
the • station before relief arrived. Foe
several days the • telegraph wire wee
burdened only owpiisflorretNs
iie.ane lirdeosetrairid
tclliees.
Then tinothee dev
ir ale following shape:
ra Guard end Delver of Down Trein:
Ceeriage of secretaey is Mr the siding,
where he, shot, a lion just 110w, +Intl
0016'8 ore roaring' on Makincht sole
Drieer must proceed without sigothi
and stop ertgine;.eppoeite station. Guard
meat get eut of the brake van.
Later adviceheen not yet ootne to
bend, but if any station Master is find
beg life yrienotonous and av
lenge to 'he
o routine peppered with :Inekeitt
end odeenthre, perhaps he may ertenge
lo swap jets with Hie balki at, SIMLA.
13eans - Prime beans. 81.65 to $L70i,
pet bushel; hand -piked, $1.80 per bush-
el.
I Honey - 'White clover, inecomb. 13e.'
to 14c per pound section; extract, 7c to
7%c; buckwheat, 5* to 6c.
grovisions -- Barrels heavy Callen -
tie short cut pork, $22.50; light short
cot, $21.50; barrels clear fat back, $22.--
50, compound lard 7Ye to 7c' Canadi-
an pure lard, 11%c to 12Xc; kettle ren-
dered, 12e.Sc to 13*; hams, 13ye to,
15c, according to size; breakfast bacon,
16e to 17e; Windsor bacon. 15c to 15Mo;
fresh killed abattoir dressed hogs, $10.-
25. country dreseed at, 89.25 to 80.50,
alive, 87.65 to $7.75 for selects.
Eggs - New laid, 140 to 15c per doz-
en.
Butter - Choicest creamery, 193c toi
20c; under -grades, 18See; dairy, 16c to,
18c
Cheese-Colored,11c to 12Xc.
BUFFALO MARKET.
Buffalo, May 1. - Flour - Firm..
Wheat - Spring easier; No. 1 Northern,
83,4c; \Vanier, no offerings. Corn --
Dull; No. 2 yellow, 53egc; Na. 2 corn,
53c. Oats --- Firm; No. 2 white 36 to
36Xc. Barley - Quiet; spot offered at
41 to 52c. Rye - Stronger; No. 2 held,
60frec. carloads.
NEW YORK WHEAT MARKET.
New York, May 1.-Spot'firm; No. 2
red nominal elevator; Na. 2 red, 90*
f.o.b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth,
88* f.o.b. affoat.
CATTLE MARKET.
Toronto, May 1. -Moderate deliveries
of cattle were recorded at the Western
Cattle Market to -day, and prices were
steady to strong in the better grades.
About the usual number of export
cattle were brought forward, and prices
ranged frcim $4.75 to $4.00 far fair
loads, A few extra choice loads brought
$5.15 to $5.20.
Choice butchers', $4.75 to $5; medium,
$4.40 to $4.60; cows, $3.25 to $3.75; bulls,
89 lo $3.50; canners, $1.50 to $2 per cwt.
Short keeps, 1,150 to 1,250 les, 84.40
to $4.95; feeders, 950 to 1,150 fits, $3,85
to $4.40; stockers, 700 to 850 les, $3.75
lo $1.; stock calves; 400 to 650 lbs, $3 to
$3.60 per cwt.
- Export ewes, $4.75 to $5.25; culls and
bucks, 83.50 to $4; grain -fed lambs,
$5.75 to $6.50; eah'es. 1$3 to $6 per cwt;
Spring lembs, $3 to $6 each.
Quotations for retch cOWS and spring-
ers was $30 to $55 each.
Hogs were offered in larger numbers.
Ouolatiorts were as follows e-Selecte,
87.15; tights and fats, $0.90 per cwt.
1-118 HEAD SAVED.
In the House of Collin -ions no incident
is greeted with more hearty laughter
than that of a member vette, after' an
elequent Oration, plumps down on his
silk he on the bench behind him. A
!toting member who had just made his
maiden speech sat upon his new sills
eat. There Were roars of laughter. An
Melt nreiliber immediately arose and
gravely said: "Mr. Speaker; permit me
to congratulate the honorable gentletnan
upon the happy circumstance that evlien
he sat on his hat his head was not In
itt nig remarO upset the dignity of
Rio House, arid We Speaker caned "'he-
dar,, Older," amid roars of ittughter