Exeter Advocate, 1905-06-22, Page 6ETONlAN REMINISCENCES hi'haeacme.
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,we*v ts bevnte U c fag
- -- It was the sort of work that ale
AT SCHOOL WITH TI1E pealed to histi in his share time, will
VICEROY 01' INDIA. the 'Eton l'hrenicle' !lout-ailedex-
eeedingly '.then he was editor. 1t is
Old ScLooh'cllow Says there Are not u journal of world-wide reputu-
Two Sides to George
non, nor has it the "largest circuits.-
tion in the world," but it con count
Curzon's Character. among its past editors and coutribu-
'1'he pupils at our Large ln11!ie tors saute of the most distingeished
schools may Ile said to be di%id, d Ili itlsh statesmen and literary emu
into two distinct sect1011,6, namely, of all time. Curzon wrote some ex -
the "brainy" -boys whei are id, al ce)h•ot (articles, both acelous and
pupils front the uatslcc'n standpoint light, while he was editor.
-+u:d the muscular -boys who win , 1 raw u great deal of Curzon dur-
the umlaute) of their schoolfellows ing ply last terra at Eton, and can
by reasun of their athletic achieves cull to mind lust long chat. \1'e
'.acute. were in one of the rooms at Vi(lal's,
It was the former class of boy to and Curzon was keeping several of
t%)iuhl 1 ural Curzon of Kedleston, us relive with u running fire of chaff.
‘,'i(1 roe of 111(114, attached himself 1 took udviantago of a lull in the con -
during his rally school dais at Eton.versa( net to remind Curzon that in a
Not that he was in any tray a dc- few days I was leaving Eton for
apieer of athletic games. In fact, at good. ile iulnlediately took my arm
foothill lie %%as quite up to, if not and suggested that we should go for
above, the average, and played in his a stroll ',y the river. When we got.
house football tenon. Moreover, he outside his manner was quite
was n Most excellent and critical changed.
judge of cricket, although he never the %vas no longer 'the bright. cher-
took games seriously. instead, he ry boy of it few minutes ago, but
fui:n;l his plain pleasure in his work, grave and quiet; and during that
mid adding to his store of knowledge ' walk, when rhotogruphs were ex -
was 10 hint a genuine delight. George (hanged. I felt I hail learned an -
Curzon was not content to learn his other side to George Curzon's chats
lcsso,:s sufficiently will to escape ncter-and a very gentle, lovable one
rcpriu:nuil, like maiiv of us, writes it was.
an old schoolfellow in tha Anglo ------♦
Anuviinn Gazette. Ile entered into WAS MINISTER OF JUSTICE.
the spirit of his tasks in all their
bearings, and was continually adding Took Money to Pay His Betting
to his store of knowledge ani pre- Losses.
paring himself for the great struggle
for faun' and fortune in which, even The lion. T. M. Slattery, member
at that early age, lie was of the New South Wales Parliament,
Uh'CI'H.11ItihU 'lY) SUCCG'i✓D, has been sentenced to three and one-
• half years' imprisonment. Ile asked
It was remarkable, too, that all that full penalty be imposed, adding
George Curzon's school -friends took that lie had asked for no mercy, and
it as n matter of course that. he was that he despised the recommendation
destined to distinguish himself in of mercy from the jury.
after -life. One of the last things I It was claimed that be had con-
Filiil to him on leaving Eton was: voted to his own use about $35,-
' George, will you swear to make mo 000 belonging to Mrs. Mary Ellen
Chancellor of the Exchequer when Scanlon. As for Mrs. Scanlon, her
you are Primo Minister?' and he own career had in it 111e elements of
promised he would. a romance. She had lived for many
But, although somewhat of u boot:- years in dire poverty, and was on
'.form, Cur,:on as a boy at Paton was
the brightest, cheeriest little chap
imaginable. Ile did not then re-
s(mble in the least the rather
austere -looking man with whoai we
are familiar at the present time. Ife
possessed a round fact, with pink
and white complexion, serious eyes,
an exceptionally determined mouth,
and a high, square forehead.
At Eton we were all mire or less
particular in our dress, and especial-
ly in our linen. But Curzon, even
as a little l:oy, was alw•iym notice-
ably tidy. In fact, in all the years
11• rtett' hint T do not re:r e -other• once
se. Mg his hair dishevelled, nor his
collars and cuffs in the least degree
soiled.
One of the most. extraordinary gifts
which George Curzon possessed as tl
boy was that of repartee. I have of-
ten sat in ns' room convulsed with
laughter at the discomfiture of conte
rival writ. and I remember on ono oc-
casion a big fellow. who could easily
have administered a licking to three
boys of Curzon's size, Lofting from
ply room and slamming the door so
as not •to hear the scathing retort
which he ktiew was coming. 1 con
never quit. ,:nderstand why we diet
not kick ('ureon when he "cheeked"
us. 1 am sure we often felt it was
our duty, and set 1 never heard n(
it being d (hit then his chaff, al-
though clever, and at tiu,ns irritat-
ing. wns never ill-natured.
Another of C'urzon's roost promin-
ent characteristics was his love of
the picttrres•tue, nnrl the magnificent
Uurbnr in which be was the central
figure some time ago . t have been
to hint a sheer di light. Ile loved
TiHE INSIGNIA 010 POWER,
and was to the backbone an ideal
Conserve( it e.
As an instance of nhat I mean. 1
well remember his wroth %then 1 said
that I considered the custom of sixth
for•in %talking 1plo "(chapel" Blunt-
atsurel. To th t uni'iil tilted L utast
explain that when all the rest of the
school is seated the chapel bells stop
and th • \ oluntary commences. 'then,
from 'neer the nrchtway beneath the
urgun 1. ft, the sixth -tutu* boys, of
the point of going to the poorhouse
when it was discovered that she was
one of tho next of kin to .James
Tyson. the great A,;stralian million-
aire. Fr his enormous estate she
inherited nearly $450,000. Some of
Ole was entrusted to Slattery to in-
vest, and he ti•tudently appropriated
a considerable portion of it to make
good heavy betting losses.
Justice ('ring, in passing sentence
said that betting was responsible for
more crimes than any other vice that
he knew of. Ile hoped that one of
tate results of the shock of the con-
viction '.would be to send such a feel-
ing of indignation against betting
throughtout the eutire community
that anything of this sort would lie
checked in the future.
'1'he trial created a great sensation
throughout Australia, for Slattery
had been prominent, in polities in
New South 1V'ales for over 25 years.
i14' was on three different occasions
Minister of ,Justice, was Minister of
,lines in Sir (leorge Dibbs' Admin-
istration, and he hen sorted as
ch+tirnlan of the committees of the
Legislative Assembly and Acting -
Speaker. ile wits also one of the
thirteen centenary c 'ssioners for
rho celebrations of New South
Wales.
•
RATS CARRIED PLAGUE.
Men hired to Kill the Rodents
Regardless of Cost.
Bubonic plague, about which little
has been heard in the' last year, has
broken out at Leith, Scotland. One
elan, n rag, -picker named Hughes,
has died. Fully 25 persons, who
lilted in the sante house, have been
reincted, and the place has been
thorouhly disinfected.
Hughes was attacked by the dis-
ease after sorting rugs which cause
off a foreign ship. Ills wife, who
worked by his side, and ttha is note
Tying ill at the isolation Hospital,
her two children by her side equally
sick, declares that she saw a number
of rats running nbout among the
rugs. Some serum which wns taken
from the body of 1 fiighrs has been ex-
nn.in d by three sl:.•i•inlist', and
these (locturs are nnnnimous in pro -
u'1 dere aro only 1' t'nty, tete col- roomette- the (Usenet• he/ionic plague.
legers tool ten oppidnns (loon stn- The tin(•mcnt house in which Hughes
dents hoarded by their friends out Med tins in the most densely pupu-
of college), walk very slowly two luted portion of Leith. The hone°
and two up the aisle. The collegge•rs has been not only renovated, but
turn to the 1,0 and the oppidnns to closed, oast the inhnbitant5 of the all -
the right, and take their scats bo- joining buildings are being kept
low the choir. under strut medtcnl 4,).84'r t•4lt 010. It
Tt used to be a source of great b. ing gcnernlly believed that the ells -
amusement to us to watch our sixth- case was brought. to Leith by rats,
fora( friends walk into chapel. on ac- the port authorities have empluyeil
count of the strain It entailed on a number of rat-catchers, with Ito
ih(Ir aeras. Soma would blush structions to rid the place of the ver-
frantheilly and hang their heads, as min, regardless of cost. •
if thee had s: •thing to be nehatncd
of: others would trend on the heels
of those m front in their anxiety to IDIOTIC NfATiiI:MATi('LAN,
get quiet ty to their glares; and near-
ly nil appeared painfully self-consci_ before a Hamburg medical society
ons and unhalrl!t . 'there was always"a 1'erfl•et idiot" was produced, who
Special interest taken by us all in is a! le, it is said, to outdistance the
the detnennolrr of a boy new to the most reliable calcu!ntor in the world.
honors of sixth form, eespevinity as Ife is twenty -rive years old, of gond
the new-rnteer had to lead the pro- 1.111•11""'• but luentn113' 1nbalune(•(I,
cos'smn and regulate the pnce. I f For the bench of the doctors ho
once .as' n boy bolt like a hare when t ntultiplie:l and subtracted three,
the belts stopped and the organ le - 'four. lite, nn•1 six figure examples
gale end when he got to his pl,v.,, witho,t the least difficulty and with
he '.was in n hath of perspiration, .4111'401'4e accuracy• lluestlon el 80 to
iBut "h. t1 (:cone ('urs.,, matte his the day of certain antes during] the
dehat l:e s<eu:4-I to positively Ia'-t 'silt• Or pnsl ee'tttury, he a11-
REVI:1, IN 'gill: SITUATION jatrered after a fete moments refire-
,
11on, counting in th • leap years. As
and to nntrh hie (quiet, dilnifc•d tune) nn n(lel,ne nu••hine he dries wonders,
sedate !early,: h • alight hnre Ie,•n • bat In n11 other respects he ham no
the fru 1• ' ,. ',•el person present, r, n'..• ;• hetevrr•. His grente•'t delight
trot -eel • i t:. ee he ra'.. the cri- is 'o h.'• Poteliiie Wulf count them.
1'' ! • 1,i, !. i thousand 1.1:!:1 ire e. track. Ile is n 111(•Illhyr of
1'.t :. ; f .., • kr. 1sed. en int-:jne teakettle of 1,200, and
of Ise c,ttduuhted mental s••,nds hire titre softie. free. one to
sore : - 1• e e,' . r the nn;ority of u, the other, conteratulatin , hire or her
Own- 'e. nothing( I.rigei•h ntieto no their hirthilay. er nit ••t.ey, nil
Cur.em w hen he wns a hors'. e n th • of which In' keeps in his hoot.
1.
contrary. he t:•av alwttyv rend wet
nntious to gine or n helping h,.:,•I
milallay i•• ill)time h• has tee, 111-:.ITet,'I'KD 1A)\(:.
and 'nut sires• i nt in verses 112114 Si. ret.'•:1:, r - •'iho man ttho kille•I
me.. or ran etre a dllllcelt (masts chi, e ••.11
tion which 1 had hcen too Ivry le Wait, r -Why vu, s:r • '
look at till just before going to l'•tsl r-' Ife et hove spent
frhnul. `three nr gots• years heed/Meg before
It Is probably not generally known 1 ho wrung its neck."
FOUGHT 700 SOLDIERStt Ufn'I lit l'l'U1U �$�bi"lie ruight'y. )'u
been able to get clear away but for
FORT BLOWN UP WITiI MELE- tho vigilance of the mayor's wife.
NITE BOMB:;. Ile said that he felt secure against a
night ussault because he had a hook
in the house in which he read that
00 legal process could be served be-
tween sunset and sunrise. He con-
strued that as barring bombs be -
1 %'.teat those hours and, therefore.
regarded 1 ' self us the victim of il-
legal methods.
11ut his defense has set France a
new military problem. 1f one Tuan
ran resist 700 soldiers for ten days
Story of a Plucky Septuagenar-
ian Who Held the Military
Off For Ten Days.
Since the Threes Musketeers held
their bastion against u whole araly.
Franco has w 11Iiessed some novel
sides, but never a sturdier defense
than made by Francois 1(oy, the
gamekeeper who recently kept 700
VISITED KING CHRISTIAN
HOW FORMER CZAR ESCAPED
AT TIMES 01:' TROUBLE.
Alexander III. Visited His Father -
in -Law in Denmark to
Escape the Nihilists.
Nicholas II., the ltresnut Ciar of
Russia. while beset %%ilh many dan-
gers, remains within his own king-
(:or11. 111 this respect he show's a 1it-
tle more bravery than trait character-
g;4'udarin s ttnd troops at bay for ten how aunty men will it require to ex- 'stir of his father, Alexander 11I. The
days. (•cult- la revanche on Germany and latter frequently found it to his
Hoy is tt peppery temper -co olcl fel- lake Berlin, to say nothing of all peace of mind to retire fromhis
low of 70, but still remnrkadly spry the farts that lie between it and the kingdom to a haven in 1'ennutrk on
on his legs and tough as hickory. ers'1 1 Copenhagen. As an
Ile hail been a soldier in his earlier frwlti-`T excuse'. for these visits Alesun(lee 111.
the outskirts of
days. Later he had become game ENGLAND'S TREASURE. presented the (act that his wife, the
keeper and was suspected of using ('/nrilla, wag n daughter of King
Christian of 1►e►tlhal'l , and that it
that office to facilitate his own ex- Row the Millions in Gold in
plans as a poacher. Anyhow, he Its Bank are Guarded. wits to visit his father -in law rather
was accused of preying 011 the game than escape the nihilists that he went
he was paid to protect and lust his Officials of the }lank of England are to ('oputhagen.
situation in consequence. ile swore said to he worried for tho safety of' The castle, or rather the villa, that
to bo revenged on these who had the hoards of wealth stored in thew ' the Russian emperor occupies( in Den -
caused hint to he deprived of his strong boxes. The bank station of mark was tt little seven -roust cot -
situation. At the first chance he tho new underground railway in Lon-, tag,. It '.las built by a prominent
tired on one of the men who had don is close to the vaults of the wholesale merchant in (k•nu►ark, but
lodged information against him. world's greatest institution of Lti- owing to reverser: in business he had
That brought the law down on him ante. At a recent sleeting of the to sell the home. Alexander 111, wits
and n warrant was issued for his bank directors it was suggested ',hat the hieliest bidder for the property,
arrest. some brave but wicked person lnieht: and the villa became his. It was
Roy declared that like the Old set off a quantity of explosive in the' close to hriedensburg See, or the six -
bank station, wrecking rho foun'Ict-; mile lake that spread; itself before
lions of tho stately buildings above
and sending the bars of bullion midi Frcidensleirg Castlethe largest
,
castle in Denmark.
the streams of gold coin leaking out(
When the czar and his wife sought
on to the Station platform. T'I,e peace. and rest in Denmark the inl-
feasibility of this scheme has been
conceded by the bank governor. It
1 (•ria1 party %vas always accuntp,l Miffed
is figure (1, however, that the by two or three war ships. 'Their
as tho underground railway is cal{- presence with the royal yacht was
ed, is a little too deep at this point.' more to impress the Danes than any -
To reach tho bullion vaults of :he thing else Ieeausr the kingdom of
bank the conspirators would have
icing Christian bus ever been the one
to drive a shaft nearly one hundred le'as't
feet and then they would face a mass INFESTED WITH ANARCHISTS.
of concrete, thick masonry and steel. While in Denmark the czar was al -
At one time the flank of England ways closely watched by his own
was the object of conspiracy. From *Peelle Fcrvice, and with this protec-
a church tower close by the bank; tom he felt quite date in his little
was bombarded. Afterward the moth-, %,ills
orifice hail the church and its threat- (lis a,auner while in Denmark was
ening tower destroyed. Officials of d,muu•n(ic and he frequently walked
the hank do not like the tunnelling,+•with the ,repress in 1ilcdensburg
going on in the clay beneath thsirj
foundations. The constant pumping gai'denx Oil thn
`he w8t foritiJ'isai(l o1
of water h,ls affected even the solid g
Guard he :night die, but would never
surrender. Ho retire(( to his little
cottage and prepared it to '.with-
stand a siege. Standitig alone on a
slight eminence in the village of Us -
sem, near Chatellcraut. it was well
situated for defense. Roy laid in a
stock of ammunition told provisions
PIERCED 'l'tI} FOUR WALLS
with loopholes and took pot shots at
all emissaries of the iaw who ap-
proached within range. The discreet
civilian authorities thereupon turned
the job over of capturing hint to the
military.
No fewer than 600 infantry and
three brigades of gendarmes sur-
rounded the old fellow's improvised
fort. Such formidable measures to
subdue Ono man would have excited
ridicule in any other country, but
Gallic sense of humor is a queer
thing. I(ailway companies ran ex-
cursion trains to the village to en-
able visitors from afar to witness icy of the clay, and front this tails,' the little lake in trop!. of the castle,
the imposing spectacle. At one time one of the we which is within the
and at such t(nu's the rowboats of
there were several thousands of them three acres comprised within the the cotnmott -people were allowed
present. '.her, was no shoot- bank's precincts ham dried up. • close to the royal yacht. 'rile czar
ing going on they entertainedtothe hent- Those three acres are valued et was frequently seen on deck, and it
selves with open-air dances to about $5,000,000 each, and the seemed that while in King Ch'ristian's
music of (eddies and gramophones. treasures within them are guarded in' domains he was not alarmed as to
A French general of division -Gen- fitting fashion. On either side cf his safety. About three months of
(real Radia, 0110 of the 'Tonkin heroes the main entrance to the bunk are every year was; spent by the Russian
-was put in charge of the siege two small glass houses. In one ►e crowned heads in Denmark.MON'FIIEAI. MAIIKE'I:S,
operations, Ile conducted them in poses a stately beadle. In the other On the occasion of his visit in 1889 Montreal, June 20-blear-,innt-
accordance with the latest and most aro ttvo widenwake detectives. Other an incid, nt occurred that showed the tuba spring patents, $5.60 to $5.80;
approved methods of scientific war- detectives are in and out of the disposition of Alexander 111. ile was strum. bakrrri, $5.30 to $5.40; wine -
faro which is opposed to all needless rooms, but always unobtrusively. At on board the royal
risk of life. A cordon of troops wasolicerceisa J yacht one after- ler wheat patents, $,, 60 to $;,.70,
posted froaround
the
ehouse to
olire zone.iv- one. Every night the pevening na compact bo,ly blood.eavy noon t`ceiving Awongl'thc►ntany l'w'418 a princeces of e ait�wu(><I,' 111 bags 52.5 ,'to $2 5.95,
crossingof men, commanded by a lieutenant, of England. With him was the pre- Rolled Onts- 12.224 per I n
Sniping went on at long range on and including two' sergeants, two1,
either side for several days without gsent ceche, Nicholas 11. The czar car- Alil►fte(1-Ontario hrc►n, in bulk, rtt
anybody getting hurt, but was drummers, a bugler and thirty !air- with 111111 two pedigreed Russian 518 to $18.50; shorts, $19 to $20
quite as lively as the averagebutit Trench vates, marches from Wellington lar- w'olt hounds. The prince of the Eng- Manitoba bran in bags, 518 to 5111;
racks to the bank. They aro in lull Leh family insisted upon g shortie 2 b21.
duel. It was first intended to starve 1 on tcusin one 8' O to
marching order, and before they (li-
tho I. nos -Choice primes, $1.70 to
fortncr soldier into surrender, but of the hounds. 'Twice Czar Alexan-
ter the technical limits of 'The
It was concluded after the lapse ofCity" exercise that privilege of rho
guards of fixing bayonets. 'They are (ler 111. reproved the boy for teasing 51.75 per bushel, $1.50 to 51.60 in
more than a week that process would his pet. The admonition, however, car lots,
take ton long. As an experienced on duty for twelve hours, and but tuns unheeded. honey-Nhite clover in combs, 12ccampaigner and forager (toy had hod for the recurring spells of sentry -go Final:y in a fit of anger the dog to 121c per section in one. -pound sec -
his pians to keep hunger at bay for have an easy time. snug( e(1 and caught the arm of the tions•; extracts in JO -JI►. line, 7t- to
an indefinite period. Inc made it ap Otftcials of the bunk provide moo- royal teaser in his jaws. 'the prince, 74e; let (30 -Ib. tins, (Sc to 6jc; buck -
parent to the besiegers that he was crate refreshments for these guards. 1enraged. kicked the dog overboard. wh:nt, (e to 6,t-, as to quality.'.cell provisioned by the liberality In the guardroom,which is of reggu- The czar sate the act, and without n I'iucisiuns-lleavy ('nmul(an short
with which he scattered food from lotion patter, are the usual Shelf (`ord he rose front his steamer chair cut fork, 516.50 to $17.50; light
the windows of his fort among tin and blanket, sufficient accontntudu- anti caught up the prince. As if short cut, 516.50 to $17; American
binds. and the fowls in his yard. lion for a soldier's intermittent (ia4/ handling a fent her he tossed hint cut clear fat. bees, $20; compound
And the spectators began to murmur ing when 00 duty ut this kind. '171e toe erl•onrd. 'I h at he walked to the lard, 61': to 7c; Cana dine lard, 61c
that they were net getting their officer has a suite of rooms at his gungway of his yacht and called the to 74c; kettle rendered, Bic to Ole,
money's worth. service -thee dining room of panclled•dog. The wolf hound was lifted on according to quality; halos, 12c to
A COUNCIL, OF WAR WAS iIELD. oak, a neat b('(rnnul and a 11a(h- )leek by the czar. But the prince re- 11c; bacon, 12e to 11c; fresh killed
The idea was seriously entertained room. '17tero is hidden away in the ceived no such attention. Ile was abbatteir hoes, $9.50 to $9.7.5; mix -
of bombarding the cottage with ar- centro of the bank one of the most left to sane himself, and when he e(1, $0.50 to 5(1,75; select, 57 to
tilhcry, hut to that the civil authori- pleasant gardens in London, where w•(1s (shed into the rowboat of a 57.25.
ties objected unlesm the military meaner dinner cigar '.nay be enjoyed' Danish peasant he was nearly ex- Egggs--Str,ci,ht stock, 16c to 163c;
forces were prepared to give a gu•lr- on a summer evening to (he full ;'tausted. I.ater Ile was tal.en on the selects, 17e; No. 1, 151e.
antte that no other property wouldwhile the roar of the great metropo- local yacht,but was Rutter -Choice creamery, 190 ... creamery,
be injured. 'Then it was decided to lis nroond has died away to (nartl ivS't'.1\I'LY SP;N'1' '1'O Iif:1. 19.c: under grades, lfilc to 19c;
plow up the dwelling with melenite. collate murmurs.
The railway companies declined to fl Although Czar AleSunder I11. '.vas dairy, 16c to 101c; rolls. tole to
transport so dangerous an explosive. TRAIL SIGNS. a sora -in -Ins' of King Christian, Inc 1(1 c.
They had a pecuniary interestin pro- missed missea chance to inlpretei the Cheese -Ontario, Ufc; Quebec, 01e.
longing the show. Arrangements How Indians and Hunters Keep Dane with the magnitude of his king- Ilav-Xu 1, F!) to $!►.fi0 per ton
were then made for transporting the: the Right React. dom. More tion 011ce he drop' ed sar- on track; No. 2 FA to 58.50; clover,
I 1►m by napier cars. 'I'hi;y were ac- first among the trail signs that castle reniarko upon the diminutive
$(t '10 to (6.75; clover '.nixed, $7 to
congmniitt by a detachment of sail- me used by Indians and white hunt- I()ssess.ons of his father -in -Into and $7.3(1 leer ton.
pees. host. 114' ogee vlsitcel a 'Danish
cps, and most likely t1 blazes
of use tree
JICI ('ALO aIARKJ'I:s.
9n the tenth day after the begin- the traveller, are ax blazes on tee, castle ttllh King Christian. Ito was
ping o1 the military miige, al 1 trunks. 'These • vary greatly with shown many points of interest from liuffnlo, June 20.-Flour-Firtn.
o'clock in the •ping•, nn intrepidlocality, but there is one evurytwhere the tower. :