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. LINEVITCII A UNIQUE MAN
HAS SHOWN HIMSELF TO BE
A BOASTFUL LIAR.
Plundered Sumner Palace at Pe-
kin, Then Complained About
Duty on Loot.
In the event of tar between Russia
and Jup:cti being continued for uny
considerable length of bele, there is
ono Tauri who gives promise of leav-
ing his imprint upon the Russian
military system. and that is General temperate man. a plucky but pr•.e'►a fore my royal master ate i1• Fur-
Linevitch, says a Berlin letter. lily by no means a great general tunately I was born "a happy Irish
Kuropatkin, when he was first Euless assisted by a must able stair buy." and although my life assur-
given command of the Russian fumy he would have little chance Of lieut- once premiums have naturally been
against Japan, had at least one lug the Japanese. As for the .lap- heavier than those whose lives aro
enemy in his own ranks, General attest., they will be delighted to heat laid in easier places. I have not had
Linevitch refused to serve under the him, because he treated them with. to run daily risks of death by poison.
new ctnnmander, and was given n so tituch contempt in 1900, and in-: In Englund, tuo we have little
separate command at Vladivostock. variably said that any (hateable' dread of revolutions, the monarchy
Now his enetuy has succeeded him, matter would be settled by the Eur- is our utast popular institution, our
f } •• f 'n
one of the general's most pr,cln'ls!WELL-KNOWN DETECTIVE
possessions is a message front his
Sovereign, courant( clot hits I:( en
the "rapid occupation" of Pekin and HOW KINGS ARE GUARDED
conferring ug him the Order of FROM BOMBS AND BULLETS.
St. George. It is thought that the
jealousies of the ltussian generals, By John Sweeney, Fatuous Detec-
which have been the cur(° of 'tussle, five Inspector of Scotland
since the war began, have been seer -i London.
laity marked between Kourouutl'.nYard,
and his successor.
A (1001) (HUSBAND.
In one way the general is a rata
avis, so far as Russia is concerned.
Ila is it good heehaw!. told lather; a
lite. I have no space to toll here 1)'r 1^. r j��t
of the numerous alleged plots which BRITAIN'S 13 Cl �.�,�LUti�
1 investigalcd while on duty in the
capacity of guardian to royalty. It COUNTRIES WHF.PF. THE EMI -
wits always a must onerous task. !t1 GRANT GOES.
was u great responsibility to report GRANT_
that lie my upiuiuu them was iso Moro Went to Canada and 7ewer
danger, although generally this torus to : outi Africa L sS
Year.
the truth. But in some instances
there was undoubtedly some genuine
desire on the part of foreign con -
It I had been a detective inspector An int crest nig anal, sis ut (entera-
1
ent ra-
or the local 4.yuia def tivfor it in sante spiruturs to obtain local cu -opera- tion and immigration from find 11. 0
lion im their tle plots. It is. how -
oast ern countries my daily task the United Kingdom during the tear
would hat been to upend at the over, difficult for foreigners tower-
royal
EMI has been compiled by the I:u-u••i
royal tables and taste every dish L� Pertly acquainted with our language eef Trude. and published by order of
LEADING MARKETS
111t1•:ADS'1'UFES.
'l'oro►to, JIlly !8. -Wheat -The
market for Ontario %%heat has an
easier tendency. No. 9 red and white
being quoted at 914c to 96c, goose
7 4c to 80c, at outside p ts.
it heat -Manitoba -No. 1 nurtheru,
$1.19 to $1.13; No. 2 northern, $1.-
ua to $1.10; No. northern, 92e,
lake ports.
and customs to avoid exciting rasp%- the (louse of Commons. , Elour-Ontario-'90 per cent. pa -
1 in such cures, and still more •t'hu yetis• 1001 shrncrd a:m ir.cr•8sde t�',tts are quult'tl at $1.'20 to tt1.30,
difficult for them to find Englishmen , in the 0)181 passenger moveuwnL 1 buyers' sucks, oust and west; 1 Se to
sufficiently degraded to as.iist theist. both out ward and fnt%ard. The fig -''21)I t"erre for choice• 3lnnil)ha-
THb: CZAR'S SAFJ7l'\'. ures for three years for travellers to Fire' patents, $5.30 to $5.(,t), sec,:
In 1896 the czar and czarina canto and from countries out of Europe and pat e)e's et $5 to $5.3u, bakers'
to England, and 1 ant boned to soy are:-
that this was the most anxious per- 1901. 11)0:1. 1!►02.I' 'tlillired-Than, $11 10 to $12;
•
iod 1 have ever experienced. lialnior-. Outward.. 4:,3.877 44!1,00(1 884,77`) short:., $14 lis 814 Su. Munitob;
al has Many Pleasant memories for Inward ...2.11.896 199,685 170,87-1 bran. $17; shorts, $19, at '!'uronto
and equal points.
Outs -No. 9, 41Ic to 46c outside.
Barley -Demand active at 45c to
48c, according to quality. outside.
Ryes -Nominal. Glc outside.
Corn -Canadian. 54c to 55e. Chat-
hant freights. American, I144c for
No. 2 yellow and Ole for No. 3 yel-
low, lake and rail freights.
Peas-7Ie to 72c for No. 2 wrest
and east. 75c for milling.
Balance in- hulled Oats -$5 for cars of barrels
ward .. 84,389 114,540 137,313 on track hoe and $4.75 for cars of
ill the 543,877 persons who sailed bags; 25c more for broken Rets hero
from the United Kingdom for coun- and 40c outside.
tries outside Europe. --that is, emi-
grants -'171,435 were nativeborn. of COUNTRY PRODUCE..
whorl 65 J'or cent. were English, 14
Butler -The demand for all kinds
tally disensed doctrinaire, an al'en The Bear never seemed quite at his per cent. Scotch, and 21 per cent.
misanthrope, may cause royalty in- easo-l►is eyes twitched nervously. Irish.
c)nvenieti('e •even a madman t'nn kill. his hands trembled, and he seldom
seem,
II:tLT' OUTSIDE EMPIRi•:.
'Then again, paradoxical its it will abstained for long front anxious Forty-four per cent• of these otni-
seem, one of the reasons why royalty glances right and left wherever he grants went to places within the
must be watched by detectives is to went. I had on this occasion many British Empire. British North Aar
protect any assailant or madman or opportunities of comparing totes erica tool 26 per cent., British
suspected person. The auger of a with members of the Russian secret South Africa 10 per cont., Australia
mob, righteously indignant when it service. Overcoming the difficulty of and Now Zealand 5 per cent., and
sees any snspic loom nloven•ttt which understanding their exceddingly bud British India and Ceylon 2 per cent.
ft fancies is antagonistic towards the English, and at length thawing a v p
object of its enthusiastic plaudits, little of their native and oliicial re-
does not carefully balance its judg- licence -1 learned many things of la-
ment. A fool choosing the moment. teres) from association, for I was
of a procession to present a petition their temporary host, 'Their meth -
and General Linevitch is fn cunt- °peen generals, as though the Jets king and hlx late %nut u•r lute ,tx meth -
me, but the time 1 now refer to tour Balance °W-
and
of the entire Russian forces. roles%' were not civilized. 110 is tie- personally loved by the masses, and a perfect nightmare. The recent his- ward ..211,981 249,321 215,905
Whether the future makes for peace loved, it is true, by his sten-that -well, the political assassin is a rare tory of Russia, the stories told us it will be noticed that for each of
or for war, tho personality of (:eller- is the troops from Eastern Siberia. bird, indeed, in tho British empire• i by the czar's secret police olllciuls the three years there is a balance
al l.inevilch is interesting in the The troops from West Siberia and (1uA111) PROTECTS PUBLIC. %%Ito attended him here, combined of outward passengers. The reverse.
extreme. Trout Furopcnu Itussiu as a general , with tile news of our own agents however, is the case when it comes
General Linevitch (Nikolai Petro thing know comparatively little Queen Victoria was in the habit 111 who reported) mysterious movements to passengers to uud from European
remarking that there was one colla- front three distinct centers, all added countries: -
try in the world where monarchs and, to our worries. 'l'o follow rho czar 1901. 1903. 1902.
the monarchy were safe, and to this wherever he went was in itself a Outward ..7i8,50O 1199,901 (130,1111
might be added that her persunulity sufficient anxiety, and he was never Inwar(1 ..602,9.1') 814,441 773,(124
_ bud much to du with )taking this left nlone. Shooting, walking, riding
Gossip About Interesting Men and generalization true. But. if monarchs.,rating and even mla•ping, he' had al
Women. are safe in Englund, and if, us I ways close at hand one of our st
1 believe, they have nothing to feat' trusted officers. generally Supt. Mel-
Iendy Murcut Rereaford, who found- from political murderers, there is al- vino or myself-vo indeed often
cd the English Cut Club, has about ways the chapter of accidents to con- placed ourselves ono on each side of
ILO felines. cider. Some stray lunatic, a sten- the oar's carriage.
witch) is an infar:tr;y officer, who has about hien.
seen 110114. of tho big campaigns of
the last half of the nineteenth cen-
tury, but ho has acquired a groat PEEPS AT PEOPLE.
-(1001 of experience in conducting and
being associated %lith smaller mili-
tary operations. Whether he would
evolve as a strong figure in a cam-
paign in which nearly a million men
are said to be engaged on both sides
is something no man can tell.
NOT A I'Ott'i 1lDUL MAN,
The Bishop of Ripon travels about
In height. he is about 5 feet G 1n. 15.000 miles a year to carry out his
Ills full face, where it is clean . hav- duties.
en, has often been compared to that Lady (tarry la the registrar of
of Lord Roberts. but in profile his births nrtd deaths in South Melbourne
distinctly Muscovite -tipped nose an appointment which is worth about
spoils the resemblance. Ile is in no $750 Per annum.
way a powerful 1111111 to look at, but Mrs. Ellis Rowan. the famous flow -
lean and of slight build. Apparently . er artist, has been offered $75,000 by
he has led a less rapid life than most the German Government for ht'r live
Russian officers. lie was, in fact, hundred Australian flower pictures,
one of the few officers of his force ; the condition being that she shall
who could be said by the sportsman take up her residence in that country
to he "In good training." Iani devote her talents exclusively to
That Ito is dashing and brave is Germany. might be tort) in pieces by a pardon -
undoubted. General Stoesset could; Mark Twain once ntimscd the train ably sensitive crowd of loyalists.
not be induced to advance towards+ which should have taken hint to his '!'here is particularly good reason
Pekin in July, 1900, but Linevitch, 1 work. 1[e did not wire any excuse. for these precautions Ions in the case of
when h.: arrived, was disgusted at. Ills to legritm to his empluyor took a distinguished foreign visitor pass
the delay, and concurred at once in f this form: "My train left at 7.20. itis in stale through our streets. ig-
the \'lea's of the British, Anteeiealt I arrived at the station at 7.:1 , and norant of our national laws and curt-
ain(' .Japanese generals then at 'Tien- 1 could not catch it.." turns and a dewire to express some
isle l.ortl Minto is prof:ably the hest all- personal sentiments of welcome, or
Of the behavior of the troops under round (po•ts:nail in the peerage. ito to draw attention to a real or int-
hinevitch's command en route for Iseis not only a fine shot and a remark- agitiary grievance, a foreigner may
press his way through a crowd and
be seen making for the royal car-
riage with an un -English ardor sure
to be attributed by an English crowd
to an unfriendly intention. The re-
sult can he easily foreseen. It is to
prevent all such unpleasant contre-
temps that detectives never leave
the immediate presence' of royalties
at such times.
RULERS SE('Rle:1'LY SIIAI►OWEI).
When a royal visitor, or the presi-
dent of a friendly republic, is itt this
country, f the moment he arrives sols, and generally to make myself
his movements are watched and feel- "an .old salt." But a detective who
lowed by the: must skilful detective is not ubiquitous is unworthy of Ids
force available. lie is never left tut- profession.
guarded, and the places ho intends
visiting are made the object of vigi-
lant detective investigation some
(lays before, during, and after his
arrival. Ills program is cotnnrtni-
calt'd to the police in advance of its
becoming public. From that moment
continues active.
Creamery, prints lOe to 21c
do solids 18c 19c
Dairy Ib. rolls, good to
choice ..... ,,,15c 17 c
do medium .. 14c 15o
do tubs. good to choice 15c 154c
do inferior ...13c 14c
Cheese -Quotations aro unchanged
at 104c to 1OIc per lb.
'I'hirt, per cent. of them -were Eggs -Quotations unchanged at
laborers, 20 per cent, were skilled ar- 17c.
tisans, 15 per cent. were workers on Potatoes -New are in good demand
the land, and 10 per cent. belonged and the market holds up well at 82.-
to cnmtneree and t ho professions. 50 to $2.75 per barrel and 80c to
Only 2(1,818 went to South Africa, 9Oc per bushel.
against 50,200in 1903, but 69,b81 Bale I 11ay-The market is quoted
wont to Ilritish North Amuriea, uncha unchanged at $7.50 to $7.75 per ton
against 59.652 in 1903. for No. 1 timothy, and 56 for No. 2
After the deduction of tran3ml- In car lots on truck here.
grants and seamen, 82,845 inuni- haled Straw -Unchanged at. $6 per
grunts were entered in the aliens' list ton for car lots on track hero.
for 1904 In 1903 the number was
69,168, and in 1902, 63,471. MONTREAL MARKIYI'e3.
The increase is largely due to an
influx of Russians and Pales, mostly Montreal, .July 18. -(.rain -Tho do -
.Jews. The numbers were 40,005 in tnaml for oats for local contumptinn
1904, 30,046 in 19073, and 28,511 in being steady at 504c for No. 2 white
1902. Some of these, however loft in cur luta. A few IDLs of sample
the country during the year. oats wale sold for 494e per bushel.
The number of Illltlllgl'Al1ts 01 near- There is setae demand for barley ire
ly every other nationality diutiuished 54c per bushel ex store.
in 1901. Flour -Manitoba spring wheat pa-
♦ tents, 55.30 to 55.40; strong bakers'
AS TO PRECIOUS STONES. $5 to $5.10; winter wheat patents,
_ 55.50; straight rollers. 55 to 55.15,
Only Six Come Under That Head- and in bags. $2.45 to $2.50.
Different Varieties. Stillfeed-Weaker feeling for bran,
prices having declined from SOc to
"There are only six precious $1 per ton. Manitoba is now quoted
stoles," said Mr. Streeter, the well- at 815.50 to $16 per tot, including
known London dealer, "the diamond, hags. and Ontario at $14.50 to $15.
emerald, ruby, sapphire. opal and ,Manitoba shorts. 519 to 520 tercat's-eye. '1 he sapphire is really tun; Ontario shorts. 519 to 820;
only it blue ruby, and though it pos- mouitle, 521 to $24 per ton, accord-
esses a (pecfal title it has tto right ing to quality.
to it. 'I ho rest are semi-precious. Ones-l)cntnud fOr rolled oats still
Pearls. of course.. r•enk with precious 1' 'ted and prices aro steady at 52. -
elopes, though they are not stones, 40 to 52.424 per bag. 'There is also
oven if precious." only a limited demand for cornmeal
Most people will be surprised to at $1.35 to 81.45 per bag.
hear how high the cat's-eye ranks, ilay-No. 1. 59 to 59.2.5; No. 2,
but then they will be surprised to 57.75 to 58.25; clover. mixed, $6. -
find how wide is the range of semi- 50 to 57.25, anti put -o clover at $0.-
precious stones. 50 to 56.75 per ton, in car lots.
Yon can buy a carbuncle as large Iieans-Choice primes, $1.60 to 51. -
as your little finger -nail for Is.. an 05 per bushel and $1.55 in car lots.
amethyst of the same size for 5s., Peas -(toiling, 51.074 to 51.10 per
and thence upwnrd, through all sorts bushel (liU Ib. bags included); No. 2,
in car lots, SOc to 85e.
Honey -White clover, in comb, 121c
per section, in 1-11) scct1 ; extract.
in 10 -lb tins, 7c to 74e; in 60-1b.
tins, 6c to 64c; buckwheat, 6c to
64c, as to quality.
Provisions -Heavy Canadian short
cut pork, $20 to 521: light short
cut, 818 to $10; American cut cle.tr
fat. back, $18 to 518.50; compound
lard. 51e to 61e; Canadian lard, Sic
to 101e•; kettle rendered, 104c to Ilc
accordinb to quality: hams, 12c to
Vic and 144e, according to size;
baron, 19t: to 1lc; fresh killed abat-
toir hugs, 89.25 to 50.50; alive, 80.-
51) to 56.7e for mixed lots and $7
for select.
Eggs -Straight stock, life to 164c;
No. 2, 14c
But ter -Choice creamery, 2lc to
21,c; turdergrndov. 201c to 2Otc;
dairy, into to 171e.
Cheese -Ontario, 91c to 94c; Que-
bec. 'Jac to 91c.
I1f'FFA1.0 1!AiU 1`T:i.
kin it is needless to say more than
that they showed the Chinese sill of
tho horrors of war. That Linevitch
in his despatches is little worthy of
credence Is shown by the fact ihat
after the battle of 1'angtsun, where
tho Russian casualties all told did
not exceed fifty, ho telegraphed the
Czar, saying that he had lost five
hundred in killed and wounded, and
much exuggcruted the altogether
minor part played by his forces on
that day.
AN AMAZING SI'EECII.
At tho assault at Pekin on Augest
14th, 1900, its his troops filed past
him to the attack, he made an t.uutz-
big speech to them, giving theta
licence to behave like savages. It
ably skilful fis-heriniu►, but in hie
younger da}'s he rode in the Grand
National on live occasions, and on
011e occasion. at. Lincoln. succeN•ded int
riding live winners at 000 meeting.
Rumt,ing and skating number among
his accomplishments.
Prince Khilhu:T, who has acquired
fame in connection with the tl'rnn4-
Siberian Railway, renounced his title
and estates when n young roan and
emigrated to America, where he • at-
tended to a bolt -making machine nt
a salary of 30s. per week. ile then
got n position as engine -driver, and
eventually became a railway man-
ager in Ven ezueln.
Lord Kitchener had an ambition to
was Linevitch, tau, who, after 1 nt- become an n•_tor when a young 1111111.in h • at it cuntrrenre of the silted gen-
might
his d •sire been satisfied, he
ertils, elecided that the thirteenth of might hate swelled rho list of llnm-
August should be devoted to rocon- lets in 1.0101.11, altltongb his big
naimsanre. the 14th to concenlratiom, stature would doubtless have count -
5th to the asst It 1' (d agein,t him A well-known nc-
ods were astoundingly extraordinary,
to any British mind, but not more
so than ours appeared to %heal. They
never ceased to express their surprise
at the freedom which we have long
regarded as commonplace of our na-
tional life.
EMPRESS EItED1•:RICK.
The Empress Frederick's %units were
perfectly pleasant in the duties they
entailed on me. No one in Englund
ever wished her harm, and her love
of her native land was pathetically
beautiful. Site told inn um(•o that she
could , never feel at home anywhere
but in England. i shall never for-
get her tears when in 1899, after a
three mouths' visit she left England
again. Alas! that was her lest
home trip.
The kaiser's visits to i?ngland on
yacht Hohenzollern have uecessi1ated
eetrnot•(linnry duties. 1 have had to
watch seas to board suspicious ves-
ill on a any unusual incident occurring :t-
hin.
t
kin, tried to steal n (t► un his tot, %(linen the great soldier eonsulL-
cullengues, and by a rapid coup du tel, (Wei ed him a (Art as "walking the places mauled is instantly report- Gough, of the 1lrit ish army. 1n 180
main, on the early morning of the gentleman," hitt. culviS-4) the Arnly, c(1 and investigated. Even the in- rase of Col. Gough it is the cavalry
Lith, forced his way into Pekin, find , and the Engineers in particular. Tho fIu°"' of the merely curious are , which is criticized. Col. Gough says
snatched the laurels from t hose that co'.ultry owes a debt of gratitude to noted, the nrri%'a1 )f suspicious par -,that the cavalry is , the greatest
cels is considered. and the move-sUnle'ical arm, and one of tee
he had allowed to hear the bur,lel that actor. melds of strangers nre not overlook- b
and the heat of the day on the' Mr. Israel Yan;will, the .lew'ith au- most essential parts of an army, and
ed. All these things have to be done .rex tint; it ix rho special insl.ruto.• tt
match up from 'Tientsin; but he thee, was at a dine r In !tussle, i
f 1 the Chinese on the lookout for when a tunn was caught in the act.
him, (land Was rather severely of stealing n valuable hit of sifter.
handled. i 'I h.• hos' . arcs Mr. Vangwi11, remon-
When the triumq►hal march through .t rated wit!% hint, and the than, who
the forbidden City took pbtce, on t%av r• 1 pe nett nt °elrre el this aunust
August. 28111. 1900, General Line- in • ,.•,-;,..•- "(1}' .•1, tiling i broke the
vitch, having previously agreed with 1 leech ('o-nn:nn•Intent, which says.
other generals that tio war :ones- I 'Flew .halt not steal.: ilut if 1
penitents were to accompany theI refrained from Melding 1 broke the
forces, gave them permission to do ..lint 11 ('o-ntnattdtnent, which says,
so, after they had, in accord,lnee ,,
with his own instructions. been re... Thou halt nut covet.' As 1 had to
fused permission by the staff of Geer.
been: one 1cmight
ant either way,
own country's forces. This act rate 1 thought I might as well have the
rise to much unmerited conlpl,ein.t v'i%'
''r'
against lire other generals in coot-
tnnnd. AN AIT1'IT•'1('IAl. 1'A('K.
A COLOSSAL LIE.
ARMY CRITICIZED.
Col. Gough Says British Cavalry
Is Weak.
The latest severe critic of the army -
is Lieutenant-Colonel It. de la P.
A nm•ntorihle incident took place
shout this time. At a conference of
the allied generals General Linevitch
stated that he had 18,000 men in
and nr 1 Pekin, whereat (len-
ern) Chaffee, the commander of the
American forces, (dapped the table
with his list and said, "'That's a
colossal lie, anyhow." This was in-
terpreted to Linevitch, who knows
no language other than Ids own, but
An old soldier et 1470 has 110 n go-
8Ith the tit most circumspect Ion. 114. in the bunds of the chief of 'ih
aro not living in Russia with all its, %thole force. Col. Gough sale thatahontivable and utterly inelToctnal iono of rho most serious danR,is
system 01 e.;' go 811(1 polienI which would beset the army in the
papers. Our net hods must always noxi great campaign undertaken
be consistent with therights of Engwould Ito the appalling weakness In
1ishmen to travel free from suspicion the cavalry. He said that the army
and unmolested with impertinent in -I required from eight to ten more
m
quiries froofficials. cavalry regiments. Another itnpur-
1N(ll'ISl'TiONS UNNEEDED.i tont matter which demanded the
The i:nglish police have no righlm i careful consideration of the chiefs '.1
of inquisition, and we have never. armies and their headquarters slob
soughtsuch rights. Generntioes of was (he economical etnpluymolt 01
well trained detectives have proved cavalry, which should be used only
in England that we ort• able to cope when there was some useful object it
with all our iuvt•st.igations without could fulfill.
Infringing the spirit or 1he letter of Cul. Cotgh is in receipt of un in -
perfect freedom. I have, never known (cresting; letter front Lord Roberts.
ire; about Paris for thirty years with a complaint to arise tinder this head, lit this letter Lord Roberts says:
• and yet I make this bold chulleng,• (hero ons, 1 believe, an idea nt
no . hiivins, uyer, cheeks, tis, lips and ' one time that the introduction of
ease, bitten, suffered severely by the t" the nuthnriliem ntnongt•s our friend-
explora;on of a shell. Mod •rn science ly rivals, in the detective forces eat long
range
use fttl weapons
oins would drr ender
has resi
hiv tile...A mavk wag Iterlln, Darts. and Vienna: can the}
h t fact i that the duties
made. g art of silver, part of wax, point to a single came in the last
whereashe uc m c tint
thirty years where. under the Eng; which will devolve on eavulry ill the
neap% t n oat twit eyes in .hlelip an fish police Inas. we have failed to future will be even more important
rubbe r' erre• and servlceahlr lips ill obtain informations and clews and in than in tIto past. It will be more
rubber. 1 which their boasted superior powers difficult to obtain inforn►uliun of rho
♦""� I of search would have bettered our eie•my's muvetnentm, %%hick, as you
he rncrely sutid, "1hn-de .la du. '
WHAT iIA'1'l'LI•:SII11'S ('(151'. ! record:' Repeated proofs to the coil- se). is
the
it twill hav(ae lo Try,
1:0
When the Summer Palace was ac- 'filo c„'t of a bat li'shi , seems ,i,, Crary exist. and I have proud ren' greater
1 on to know for a turf that. th,• t.raversod, requiring horses to la
copied General l,intll•itch and the stifled to ever increase A few yearnmore careful) looked after; and all
ago if mimefrom $ ;weir► 000 to gG 4.i •trtI I Yard force Is re 'inlet
Y
Superintendent of t Itusstnn Red
Cross Society (specially deputed by
the Czar) stripped it of practically
lhrougl t the world ns the most ranks must. be more carefully train -
94)0,000, 1hcu th4. :Secretary to the .,6lcieut. s,,,g of detectives in the ed. Armed with a modern rifle cav-
Admiralty stated that the King tror)d. i nlry has an independence hitherto un -
everything worth taking. and •shortly 1•'dwnr•I VIi. battleship would runt iii":11th1?n MANY RULERS.
I known. Ax pill remark. 'It. posxesves
afterwards i.in4.vilch complained to 57.`tou,'e)u. Thus it stems likely 'the power of defence or of nttack on
everybody that he feared that he that before long the value of a hat My charges at different ti ;nes have foot, without in the least degree los-
was a ruined man, because there was tlt:ship will be little under $10,000,- included, besides our own king; and ing any of its offensive value when
000. the late queen, the present kaiser sad mounted. f agree with what yon
+ his late mother, the czar mud czarina urge about a greater proportion of
)':\N-MlHAP'ED CLOCK. the king of Italy, and hers ,4.f cavalry being required than in the
other royal princes and princesses.' past, its econotniral employment, and
A London. Eng.. watchmaker mhows be:vides President 1Amine. and nnt1" the necessity fur an int inlet know -
in his window n novel clock. It is other foreign potent ntus of exalt e.1 ledge on the part of commanders of
lehnpod like it fan whose leaves are rank. It is naturally gratifying 1,., the proper use to make of their
numbered. The leaves of the fan be- me to he the possessor of the matte' cavalry."
gin to open nt 6 a.m.. and grndu.tlly valuable souvenirs i have received at
expand trot i1 at 0 p.m. It is fully. the lintels of so many of thus° to
open. The fan then closes, and ho- whom i have acted as tempurnry
gins to open again in the sante man- hodygitnrd in this way. It Is only
gait his soldier's life in the Crimean mer. the simplest truth and justice. how -
War. and was conspicuous by Iris 4 ever. to odd that i have nlway( been
services in the 'Turkish war ieenty 'Italian soldiers are supplied with equally gratiih•(I to t•ecoit•e the ap-
years later. once during that cent- two cigars daily as part of their ra-'preciative thnnks of those laboring
paign he distinguished himself great- (ions. i mender unjust suspicion rele•ote by
1%, in spite of settee wounds, by 1'he number of cnttlo destroyed.by carens
fel nit paitaking; anxiety to
some tells of levying rust ons •Ii►tics
nt ('ort :Arthur on the loot that he
had shipped. Thine ho complained, if
exacted. would amount 10 so im-
mense a sunt theft he would be Hope-
lessly bankrupt.
NEARLY 70 YEARS OLD.
General Linevitch Is anything lint a
young; man. ile b-, indeed. nearly
seventy yeasts of age, K uropatkin be-
ing his junior by ten gents. ile !)e -
forcing the 'lurks to retire from a g I 1' I t , he cert -tin of my forty. 'That. Is,
' year ex -
too,
position.. Linevitch served, trill he1"'"`" n nt ut As
.l, (ceded 9Qt)I)0. however. another stor',
too, in the Caucasus. amt it teas he +,\ON1 \Iol'S 1.1 1-1'itiitti,
who first led the Russian army into Best cork comes frntn Algsnria.
ldattchetrin. 1Ii' raised t he first bat- 'i'here nre 2.'')0)1,4)00 acres of , cork( The police do not undertake. to In- to Appear a tnes'engh'r Arrived) to which devour fruit so voraciously I Do., each
t t that count nn' ve'sliente every alleged pint brought say that the Indy was ,,altering from that some of the fartners declare that. Hoge, melect
Cho nucleus • man
C orp,, and hod command of the fence of penal servitude for furrr••ry tither ee'treypnnde•nts. Iteu whenever had to excuse her to the nu.lience, fruit -growing unless the �tnrlingts -♦
can c !h '1'h(+ li 9
tablets of Siberian sharpshooters,
•
The game of chess Is included In
the curriculum of eltnssiaul :it•hoole.
i.ontlon's birth-rate Inst year aver-
aged 3:,1 per day. The dentltratc
averngevl 211 per day.
A little singing. ons to be indulged
in by some of the mettlls•rx of a
social gathering, and about half -way
down the programme the name of
Miss Slolenly-Rrott•n figural. Alas!
however, %when the time conte for her
of unheard-of stones, to the topaz
at L'1.
lint the precious atones themselvets
retnk only as s'titi-precious stones at
tines. For instance, here is at sap-
phire 7 inches across, which only
ranks as 8 s%'mi-precious stone be-
cnnx'e it. is not properly crystalized,
and cannot be cut -and a ruby as
Sig as the letek of y our hand. 1f
they were the real thing they would
be worth cnlo1.1 gold.
Another thing which Mr. Streeter
pointed out was that it wag 110 use
trying to say what shines a jewel
was by its color. All jewels aro all
(°tort`
'1 hen, too, a jewel may be black
just to well ns colored. A black opal
is far more beautiful than a white
one.
This had led to n great deal of
trickery, and numbers of people are
polite about wearing ::tone%% which
are not at all what they imagine.
'there is one well-known member of
the II•ritl„h aristocracy who fondly
imagined that her rubies wero worth
about d:30,00u till she showed thent
to Mr. Streeter, and f.tintnd in the
stint. on hearing that they were not
rubles al. all.
"'the ...eel test. of precious stones,"
as Mr. Strother quaintly put it, "is
that they scratch each other all the
way down the list." The (Minuted
scratches tin- emerald. and the emer-
iti,' scratches the ruby and sapphire,
end 4.o down to the snntl-precioiw
stones-jn'rgoons. (divines. hidden-
itex, eireorlm, nntl innumerable others.
But. 1h•• semi-precious (tone Is hav-
ing its day just now, T•h• present
taste for "art -nouveau" jt'wellrey is
the cnt'xe. People nre beginning to
tiny jewellery for Its beauty quite as
touch res for its value.
1t11(I) '1'1'It.AN'i:K•
Not tinny years ngo a few' pairs of
English (darlings wore Imporle.I into
,\ustralia as aloes to the termer/1 In
the war on destructite insects. Nov
the birds have increased to minions,
and have become themselves a pest.
other useful birds, such ns king-
fishers, diamond -birds. tree -swallows , Cull sheep. per cut
and tre.'-creepers, are driven from Spring Tenths
their netts by /overlie, of starlimga, i ('elves, cwt.
llafthlo, N.Y., .tiny 18-1''lour-
Stendly. Wheat Spring. No. 1 Nor-
thern, 51.141. Corn -Strung: No. 2
yellow, 61 le; No. 2 corn. 604e. Oats
-Steady; No. 4 white. 371(; No. 2
mixed, 341e. Ityc--Dull: No. 2 In
store, 77c. ('anal freights -Steady.
LIVE M'TO('iC 'i1AitKT:'l'S.
'rtrentit, July 15 -Quotation(' wero
as b.11085:-
1•:xport cattle, chuice.$1.75 55.15
1)o., medium 4.50 4 75
1)o., bulls 3.00 :t 7.5
Ito., cows 3.00 3 25
Butchers', picked) 4.50 4.85
1)0., choice ... ,.. 4.00 4 "eat
Do.. iii 'linlfi 8.75 4.4,)
1)o., e•utntnott :1.50 11.75
1►o., cows, choice 2.5(1 3.00
1►n., common 2.00 8.00
1)o., bulls ......... 2.50 8.50
1•'mlere. short -keep4.25 4.50
In., medium 4.00 1.25
I)o., light ...... 3.60 4.01)
Stockers, choice 2.75 350
I)o., common 2.25 2.75
Do., bulls 2.25 2.50
Export ewes. p••r cwt3.75 4 )t0
lee, bucks :1.00 :1.25
2.54) 4 110
3.54) 5 15
3.50 5 5t)
2.00 111'')
4i '2.5
41.))1)
erewis t 1 u .
{ of theSiberian Army A 1 who had incurred a sen to their notice by anonymous or n cold, and therefore the chairman they will be compelled to abandon Do., lights and fats
h destroyed. 'The Ito I Agri- nt. Lnke. District of
cull ural Society of Nsetnrin and Zealand includes seven lakes rengint
ing in a request to tho government square
other similar nv(na iuHnnm are
unit -1 in area from thirty-one to 1.hree
wales, beside men), of small•
to abate thu OWsnnce. (0; s*ze.
i' 1 ,•• tl h i' '•l
(Russian troops at the relief of they referred to the period. when address- the lire of an hnpeutelf pe•rson( aa .
n(te •n4. t.•ne Of amen. a x11 ,
J.estatinn in China. it was from big ancone ig •n, t of his in••nre•er• is c-'nceiel•d, however, rein dote- the have to nnnnunre thnl. Alien Brown
j.inevitch that the Czar received n mien. es "his .et,, year.' ‘tidy of rumors of a conspiracy or threat are will be unable to sing. as announced,
telegram, saying flint his tr,o•ts monasticism nt the re:lucst of hes ci(refnily sifted and all n,N•esenry pre- and 1hr'refnr•• Mr. Grevewill give us
wen) the first. :4 enter Pekin, uud Suvervignl"• Icautie.ns are taken to prevent trou- 'A Song of 'Ihnnke it ing.'
New