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Exeter Times, 1905-07-20, Page 7i • 1 e • fORiS WERE EASILY SILENCED Details of the Jap Landing on Saghalien Island. hIANY BUILDINGS BURNED. lug the fitting out of the second awl A des;tatch from '1'o'-io says: An eyewitness of the Ja;'ants* bombard- ment of Kursulols.: wires that the Russian forts wore silenced on July 7, after the exchange ut a very few shots. Tho piers, warehouses, an other buildrttgs were set on lire, ant the confrugrntion was reflected by th toggY atmosphere, converting th sky into one mase of blood -rel color The Japuue a urn►y landed maids tho-fire, which was fast spreading t the tot ts. 'the infantry quickly cap- tured the forte, front the tops of which the bewildered inha.:,itants were seen fleeing in every direction. carrying what property they could remove. '1 he tires were not, feta d:ted for over 48 hours. The sunken Russian cruiser Not Ik which tins destroyed by ti:e .Japan eso at lintsakorsk last August, ant the ruined town end furls are sat witnesses of the rapidity with which destruction is wrought. in moder► warfare. third foci (c s Iuad runs. "7 he scent ►,hocking events in the Black Sea," the r:•script says, "prove total laxness of de -hipline among the crews. and indifference to their duties d on the part of the officers in iintrttdi- 1 ate cowman:!." The Czar entrusts to Admiral Itir i - o Ie(T the duty of strengthening the discipline of Ors navy, improving the t personnel of its officers, assuring the defence of the Irtnastan (masts. tool gradually reconstructing the navy. DYNAMITI7 FOR 'TILE C%AIt. A despatch from Vienna says: A mailed report has been received here from St. Petersburg stating that u hundred kilograms (220 roams) of dynamite were found in the cellar he - 1 neat h the imperial apartments in the castle of the Tate Grant! Duke Sergius at 111 ns':eye, near X10 cow, where the Czar was expected t o taka up his CITY A VAST RUIN. Despatches to Tokio frotn Awo- mori describe the capture of Karsak- ovsk, Saghalien. 'I he Russians tired only three or four shells in reply to the .Iaianeso bombardment. They then blew up the fort and magazines and set fire to the jetties and bar- racks. The Japanese found that the heavy guns in the fort were not damaged. The evacuation of the town was carried out in a most dis- orderly manner. The troops and citizens. in mingled confusion, fled from the place, currying their belonc- Ings with theta, as the invaders canto in sight. It is stated that numbers of the Itussinnv looted and set lire to houses. The city burned for two day's and a half, and is now a vast ruin. The Russian troops consisted of 8,000 infantry, artillery, and en- gineers, including, volunteers. OFFICERS BLAMED. A despatch from St. Petersburg says: A long imperial reseript was pulflishecl on Thursday, addressed to Admiral Birileff on his appointineflt to succeed' Admiral Avellan as Min- ister b -.Ister of Marine. It points out that a succession of disasters has made it hill o-:cible for the navy to assist the army. It acknowledges the energy shown by Admiral L3irilelT dur- residence. -Many arrests have been made. The Czar's visit has been abandoned. SAILORS* MUST til: DISARMED. A despatch from Revel, European Res;;ia, saes: Being apprehensive of mutiny. the authorities have ordered the sailors of the Russian cruisers Minim. and Kronrl to he relieved of their amts. Serious discontent has been manifested wrong the crews of the warships owing to the quality of . tho food supply. The officer who is held responteele for this stato of affairs has been placed under arrest. SACK (GRAND DUKE'S ESTATE, A desi'atch from 1)lrnitrovs!<. Itus- s'a. says: Peasants have overt -un and destroyed a large amount. of property belonging to the vast estate of the lite (;rand Duke Sergius near Dub- insky. S'POFSSEL UNDER ARRFST. A despatch from St. Petersburg says: 'I he Naslnlshisn prints a report that Lieut. -General Stoessel has been placed under arrest at '1'sarskoe-Selo, in consequence of the revelation. made by the commission which has been investigating the defence and the capitulnt!en of fort Arthur, and that the sword of honor donated by a number of French admirers of Gen. S tocssel will not be presented. NAVAL OFFICERS AT PARIS. Over 100 From British Fleet Cor- dially Welcomed. A despatch front I'aris says: -Over ono hundred British naval officers front the visiting squadron at Brest arrived here at noon, on 'Thursday, and were met at the Invalides rail- road stat' by representatives of tho 5linister of Marine. and a large party of French officers. Rear -Ad- miral flay headed the llritish delega- tion, while leading French admirals were among those who received tho guests, who were shown about the teety. President Luubet gave a recep- tion in horror of the British officers on Friday. Tho boulevards display ninny British hogs. The British and French sailors con- tinue to fraternize at ilrest, where a joint celebration of tho French na- tional holiday took place on friday. FIVE HUNDRED PERISHED. Wholesale Drowning of Chinamen at a Dragon Fete. A despatch front Victoria, 11.C., says:: --News was received by tho Em- press of India of the drowning of more than 500 Chinese ns a result of the collapse of an overcrowded mat shed on the banks of the West IUver, near Canton. Outside Head City, north-west of Canton, a large .trathering had assembled to witness tho dragon boat festival. Tense crowds flecked to a mat shed built over tho river. 'Phe structure gavo way and precipitate) all into the river. A few saved themselves. -1 CRiME TiIE RI;Sti:1' OI' NEG- LECT. c "Sometimes a great deal of sur- prlse is shown when a child goes e astray and con units some Overt act t that brings him meter the attention t of the police officiate," writes Mr. J. J. Kelso, "but just as the blos- som of a plant takes months of cul- ture to develop. so the crime com- mitted by a child 113 userl'y the out- come of long -continued neglect. in nearly every ensu where children have shown n derided tendency to- ward crime there hos been a steady Segjewt of a hurtful rlmtracter going on for years. Absence of religious or moral training, late hours un the street, truancy from ncl 1, hod cornpnnionship, are some of the FIGHT WITH A SHARK. Man -Eating Monster Killed at False Creek, B. C. A despatch from Vancouver says: - The most vicious fish that ever came out of the sea in tho waters adjacen to British Columbia was the shark which was killed the other night at. the mouth of False Creek. The fish had chased eight-year-old Harry Men- zies ashore. Fortunately for the boy Harty Dusenberry was wading close by, and when the buy rushed yelling to land the Hurn seized a handy pike polo and stabbed th shark in the (lank. The fish turned its formidable dentistry upon the man and promptly received the pike polo down its throat. When the measurements were taken it was found that the pole went eight feet into the shark. 'I'he shark was over eleven fest long, weighed 1,100 lbs., was probably ten ye►rs old, and Came front 1lawaii in the wake of tho Australian steamer Miowern. It took twenty teen to haul it out of the water above tho reach of high tide. Captain Anderson of this city, who has sailed the seven sent, says it is undoubtedly a shark of the genuino man-eating Hawaiian variety. CANCER CURE A FAILURE. Report of the Committee of Ex- perts Unfavorable. A despatch from Paris says: -The report of tho committee of experts who have been investigating ;)r. Itoyen's anti-cancer serumfor five the has been presented to the Surgicnl Society. Itis distinctly un- 11101nb1e. 1t admits that the appli- :at ion of the serum pose lbly caused a temporary improvement in some ages. thereby lessening the danger of ubsequent operations, but It never ured the disease. 'Twenty of the 26 ,see( examined became worse under he treatment. Tho report concludes ,y expressing tho opinion that 1)r. ►oytn. like -either invoutorn, has mis- taken his desires, fur filets. THE WORLD'S REPORT:; FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese, sad Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. Toronto, .duly IR.- V1:eat-No. 3 'shite and redWinter are quoted at 93 to 91:c at outside paints. N0. 9 goeso is purely nu:t.inal. Manitoba wheat is steady. No. 1 Northern quoted at $1.12 to $1.13 at Georgi - tut 111Y punts; No. 2 Northern ut el.- 09 to $1.10, and No. 3 Northern at 02 to 03c. ('a's-No. 2 whits quoted outside at 16 to 47c, and on track, Toronto, they ore quoted at 481 to 49e. Barley -.No. 2 quoted at 47 to 471c middle freights; No. 2 extra at 45 to 411c. and No. 3 at 43 to 44c, mid- dle frt ights. Peas -No. 2 are quoted at 72 to 73c outside, and milling peas at 71e. Corn-Canadaul is Iinum at 51 to 55c, Chatham. American No. 2 yel- low, 1141e. and No. 3 yellow, 51c. lake and rail, Toronto. flee -Prices nominal at 130c outside for No. 2. and - None offering, un Prices nominal, at 60 to 61c outside. flour -Ninety per cent. patents are quoted at $4.25 to $4.30 in buyers sac!•:., cast or west; straight rollers of special !sande for domestic trade, in Mae., $1.60 to $1.73. Manitoba !lours un+•hanged. No. 1 patents, $5.40 to $5.60; No. 2 patents, $3.- le to $5.30; strong bakers', $5 to $5.10 on track, 'Toronto. Jlillfccd--At outside points bran is quotee at $11.50 to 112, and shorts at $17.50 to $18. :1lanitoba bran, in sacks, $17, and shorts at $19. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples -Choice stock, $2.50 per bbl.; cooking apples, $1 to 11.50 per bbl. Beans -Prime beans sell at $1.65 to $1.70, and hand-pic:.ed at $1.75. Ilops--Choice lots quoted at 24 to 27c. Honey -Prices firm at 71 to 8c per ib. Comb honey, $1.75 to 12 per dwelt. Hay -Car lots of No. 1 timothy are quoted at $8 to $8.50 on track Here, and No. 2 at $6.50 to 17. Straw -Car lots quoted at $6 on track, 'Toronto. Potatoe»-stow are quotedin bar- rels at $2.25 to $2.50, and at 80 to 90c per bushel. Paltry -Chickens. 12 to 13c per Ib.; turkeys, dry picked. 13 to 14c. 7111: DAiRY MARKETS. Butter -Pound rolls are jobl;ittg at 10 to 17c, and Large ilairy rolls at 15 to 16c; medium peados, 13 to 14c; tubs, good to choice, 15 to 16c; creamery prints sell at 20 to 21c, and solids at 181 to 19c. !eggs -The market is quiet., with sales at 17c per dozen. Splits, 141 to 15c per dozen: C'hers0-New cheese are quoted at 101 to 10:c per lb., the latter for twine. 1100 PRODUC'i:S. flacon -Long clear nulls at 10} to t 101c per 1b. In case lots; meas pork at $15.25 to $15.50; short cut, $19,- 75 to $20. Cured meats -Trams, lig)t to medi- um, 13 to 131c; do., heavy 121e; rolls, 101c; shoulders, 9} to 10c; backs, 141 to l 1c; breakfast bacon, 18c. 0 Canines that tend to produce et; ality in a child." ILAltMt►NV. Hire. Weelaa--'•'1'lmre ran 1.0 no do- mestic happin"RM amts+i there are mutual cenr4'Rgions." Mrs. atronu--"Nun • nee! Me and my hnsf.nn 1 get matte all right. and 1 male hits make all the conces- aliens. Ti! T. YOU D ATER BRITISIH SQUADRON COMING. Under Command of Prince Louis of Battenberg. A despatch from London says: - The arrangements for the visit of it British squntiron to Canada, in com- mand of Prince Louis of llattenherg, aro progressing rapidly. It is tu,der- sloud the first port of call will 1 (tuebec, afterwards Montreal, then earie,us outer Canadian parts will be visited. 'Ile squedo it will pro!:ably Imre G'brattier in three wreaks. ITURLED INTO FURNACE. Employe of Booth Mill r.t Chnudi- ere Rleets Horrible Fate. A de'.pntch from 1)1 teen sayse- i'rank Elliott. eget, about 16 years, met n horrible death on 'Thursday night. 11e wan engnced rat .1. It. Booth's big mill rat Ihte (').tie here Ends, nee! ons cnugl,t in th. carries �'d'oitei,-i1,�•n 1:1.h n ? 11114111 cowry the env:Oust to the in - .1,:11! try--th h' h. cinerut or. carried to the top, nes 'rummy -re eh 010 thin.;" hurled into 1114' fnrnnce. 1115 cheered .Johnny'-l)unao; ctn't been home body trn1 taken out at the bottom et. where the ashes aro removal. Lord -Tierces, 91 to 9;c; tubs, 92 to 10c; rails, 10 to 101e. HUINi•:SS A'I' MN OTREAL. I •., do good to 111k - (Unlit do others ... ... It„ I. ..... .... Co s lit.t het s', !1t.'td goof' to choice . fair to good .... do common ('0 COWS .... Bulls . I .•c(1 tea . ('u teeth uut ... . du bells .... .... '-toe: ers, do rough to common .. .... Bulls .... Mitch cows, each Export owes, pt'r cwt. do bucks, per in cwt. no culls, each Spring lambs do each !lugs, selects, per cwt. (to lights .... ... dofats .... 4 SO to $ 5 10 4 0 to 4 SO 4 uu l0 4 SO :3 5,) lie 4 04) • to to 3 7.i 4 • u to 4 Ko •1 _.i to d co 3 GO t o 4 00 2 7:1 to 3 50 2 e0 to 3 75 2 50 8 50 •1 (5.41t tet') 4 25 3 40 to 3 1)0 2 50• to 3 50 3 5 to 354) 250 to 300 1 75 to 2 50 30 00 to 50 00 375 to 400 300 to 325 2 50 to 4 00 31 to 51 2 00 to 10 00 6 25 to 6 00 to 6 00 to O 00 0 00 O 00 BOUNTIFUL CORN CROP. An Indicated Harvest of 2,651,- 110,000 Bushels. A New York despatch says: the Journal of Commerce says: Tho July retort of the statistician of the 1)c part:acnt of Agriculture promulgated on Tuesday evening, was a particul- arly favorable document. Tho report contains the department's first stato- ruent of Lilo corn crop, which starts with a condition of 87.3, against 86.4 last July, and the area, 94,- 011,000 acres, has been but twice ex- ceeded, namely: in the years 1902 an'i 1899. On this acreage, the sta- tistician of the Now York Produce Exchange, Ilenry lleinzer, f,gure9 an indicated crop of corn 2,651.110,000 bushels. which comraring with last year's harvest, is an increase of 183,- 600,0(10. 83;600,0(10. The 1899 crop (as com- puted by the census bureau) showed 2,666,440,000 bushels. • IMPURE MAPLE SYRUP. Out of 212 Samples 116 Were Found to be Adulterated. An Ottawa despatch says: -The In- land itevenue Department has com- pleted tho analysis of 212 snntples of maple syrup and sugar collected in February Inst. Of thls number it was found that 116 wero adulterated, 88 genuine. and 8 doubtful. Two col- lections were made, ono previous to the maple sugar season, and ono after. In tho first lot only 21.3 of the samples were found to be pure, while 63.4 worn genuine in the next collection. Syrup was collected in all parts of the Dominion for the ex- periment. Where tho samples were found impure, tho cause was always adulteration by foreign sugar. GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC. Western Section Construction Will Soon Begin. A 'Winnipeg despatch says: Con- struction on the western suction of the (trend '!'run': Pacific is to pro- ceed i:nmedfately, anti tenders will bo calledJoethis month. The rout,: is definitely lorate(I westward to the intersection with the Regina & Prince Albert brunch of the C. P. 12., and provisionally to Pennon t0,1. Construction will begin in the viten-- Ey of Portage In Prairie, and the first contracts will cover a section 400 miles in length. The reason for sterling so far from Winnipeg is tho fact that terminal (avail ice have net be, n settled definitely. Montreal, July 18. -Crain - The tearket for oats.Was unchange) this , u:•ning. Quotations were steady at It►c in store for No. 3, and 50c for No. 2. Flour -Manitoba Spring wheat patties, $5.30 to ;3.60; strong bakers', $5 to $5.30; Winter wheat !patents. 85.30, and straight rollers, ICI to $'3.15 in woad; in hags $2.40. Rolled oats,, $2.421 per hag. MilIfeed -Ontario Lr►ui 111 bulk, nt. *15 to 1316: shorts, $19 to *20; Manitoba bran in hogs rat 816 to $17; shorts, COMPETITION IN DAIRYING South Africa•lt coking for Opening in World's Markets. An Ottawa .despatch says: Mr. Kittson, Cena(liun rnmmiet•vial agent. n South Africa, in a report to rho 'rade and Commerce Department, totes the fnrt that co-operative ermine. is being entered upon, par- Icularly in dairying. He asks (-'nn- diana to keep their eyes open for with African competition in dairy- ne. products in the markets of tlio urld. 4o'ith African wine produo- rs, he says, are looking ftp' -,open- ings for their wines. _ 120 to 521. Beans -('l o'ce primes, I,1 81.60 to $1.65 per bushel; 11.55 in t car Iota. honey -White clover, in f conch, 121c per welkin; in 1-1b. se:- t Hone; extract, in 10-11.. tins, 7 to 71c: in 00 -Ib. tins, (1 to 61c: buck- a wheat., 6 to 61c. Provisions--ifnavy ('nf1(UIinn short cut pork. $21) to $21;. w licht, short rut, $18 to 119; Ameri- ran cut clear fat backs, 118 tq $18.- 50; compound lard, 52 to 61c; Can- adian lard, 91 to 101c; kettle -render- ed, 101 to 1lc; 11ane, 12c, laic and 1lc, according to size; bacon, 12 td 14c: herb killed abattoir hug, 19.25 to 10.50; 'dive, $0 51) to $6.75 for mixed lots; MOM., $7. 1.:1.10 - Straight stock, 10 to 164c; No. 2, 1•tc. Butter -Choice creamery, '21 to 211e: under -grades, 203 to 2Otc; dairy, 162 to 171e. ('Neese Ontario, 9; to 9;c; Quelwc, at 90. TUNiTED STATES 'MARKETS. Minneapolis, Minn., .duly 18 --Wheat wept., 90:0: i►te., 871c; No. 1 hand. $1.11: No. 1 Northern, $1.09; \o. 2 Northern, 81.051. Flour - Eiret patents, 86.10 to 10.20; Rtec- ond pat, rat;. $5,90 to 56: first clears, 81 to $1.10; second clears. 82.7: to 82.83. Prate -In bulk, $12 75 to 313. Milwankre, WIC., ,duly dement -No. 1 Northern, 2 Northern, 31.10; Sept 1t} a -No. 1, 80 to 91e. '2, 51c; sample. 41 to 51 See t., 331 to eetyc hid, Duluth, Minn , Jul clo'ed'-\o. 1 Northern. 2 Northern, Pl. 001 .1 Sept., new, 83;c; Sept., 1R - Wheat $1.13; Nn. RR1c bid. Unripe -No. c. ('orn- t 1 R-11'hent $1.081; No. iilv, $1.081; old, 911c. ('A'rTlJ: MAiRKi•:T. Toronto. .111v 111.-1'he ran of cat- tle ole•:it.g at tpe Western Mnrket was light, hot tee elenintel for cattle tart q',ieter than it has been for some time, nod the market again had an easier lone. ♦'-'�4 - INAUGURATiON-.LABOR DAY An Elaborate Progra►nme to Mark Saskatchewan's Debut. A Regina despntch ways -The in- auguration ceremonies of (hes• new Province of Saskatchewan will be ,held on Labor Day, September 4. The programme crf festivitl -s will I+o very elaborate nnd••in keeping with the occasion. The 90tlt ltattnlion of Winnipeg will be pr4'ent to partici- pate in the parade and military dis- play. COSSACKS LOOTED. Murdered Victims in Many Cases to Hide Their Deeds. A Lodz despatch says: -The with- orities have learned thnt during the recent trouble here, which resulted in notch bloodshed. where the Cossacks fired on the people, tho Cossacks systetnatirnlly plundered) civilians. In nutny cases they notrdered their vic- tims to conceal their misdeeds. Sere n ,+hei•herds drove n herd of 11,000 deep front Ma in tato in Queensland, to Nnrbi. in New South Wales, n distnnce of 900 n+il.w, with- out losing a single nntn:al. "You say you were diechnrged from dour former place for beim; ton industrious?" "Nis, mum." "1 hat's very strange. What. did you do?" "I went Into the cellar one day and dusted Abe old wine bottles. ?CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS HAPPENINGS FROM ALL,OVEB THE GLOBE. : elegraphio Briefs From Cas Own and Other Countries of Re - CANADA. The car sho;es of the "Soo" in- dustries tray he re o,'. n The iuti-roeen:cots to be made at Pent .tura.•v harbor trill snake it one of the hest on Lake Erie. Author -General elel)ougnll has :.,Int in 1115 resieuatiun, with a re- quest for increased superannuation. Winnipeg building permits for the year to ditto total *6,122,650, an in- crease of $122,000 o.cr the seine period last year. Medicine flat well be the headquar- ters of the Stra1..tune Horse, the new mounted regiment to be estab- lished in the Territories. Islands on l.ako Teniagavni will bs leased by the Government rat *20 for islands half un acre. and $3 per acro additional up to Ove acres. Permits for milk dealers will bo issued in Brantford hereafter, and rigid rules will be laid down re- garding the use of adulterants. At Montreal Recorder Weir imposed a line of $-10 or two months' impris- onment on (:. A. Workmen, the store- keeper who hada wedding in his win- dow. The Recorder also severely criticized the clergymuan who per- formed the cerotyony. Tho trading stamp bill renders company who sells stamps to a mer- chant liable to a years imprison- ment or $500 penalty. The mer- chant who gives them to a custom- er is liable to six months' imprison- ment. or $200 penalty, and the cus- tomer who receives them is liable to *20 penalty. OI(EAT BRITAIN. At Christie's, in 1 ended, $2:35,523 was paid on Saturday for a collec- tion of pictures. The members of the rnnadinn Manufacturers' Association I to were entertained at Lord St'ath- cona's country house on Saturday. UNITED STATES. A combination of twenty-six coal companies in Indiana has been effect- ed. 'lhn Wabash Railroad leas abolished its esrfonage system. which cost $100,000 a year. The United States Government will prosecute practically all the railway companies for neglect of cattle in transi t. Rev. Charles A. Eton was present- ed by his Cleveland contret;at.oa wish a basket of potatoes, in each of which was a gold piece. United Stntca crop reports have been falsified b_y an official to suit the market, and information given out in advance to a ring of Wall street speculators. GENERAL, (trent .damage has resulted and lives have been lost by a hurricane in Samson. The Swedish Treasury borrowed $6,500,000 for extraordinary expen- diture. The French and German represent;a- tives have agreed upon plans for a conference on the Moroccan question. WOLF GUARDED KING'S HEAD. Wierd Legend of One of tho Early English Kings. King Edmund was one of the East Anglian kings; was the son of Aik- mend, a saxon king, by his quern Mirtrure; was born rat Nun inburg, in 811; began his reign 25th 'December. 855; was crowned and anointed King of Fast Anglia by Humbert, Bishop of Huhn, 2eth December, 856, being only fifteen years of age; was pur- sued by the Danes, near 'Thetford, and a bloody battle ensued between hls forces and Hoose of Inguar. Ed- mund escaped to Erttullinglon Castle; was pursued by Inver, who, on Ed- mund's refusing to give up his king- dom, had him lashed to a tree and beaten with wVhips, and afterwards ordered his head to he struck ofT. Thus he died, on the 20th November, 870, in the fifteenth year at his reign, and twenty-ninth of_ his age. The Danes east his severei' ead and body into tho woad of 1?gle''1t'rte. On the departure of the enemy tho East Anglftins assembled to pay his corpse the last aole )a..alutias. The body was diseo*Ored, but the stead could not he found. Dividing themselves, they searched every quarter of the wood. '1'erri:ied 1:y its thickness and darkness., they called out to each other, "Where aro you?" A voice answered, "Here, here, here!" and they found tho Long -sought head in a thicket of thorns, guarded by a wolf. The people, overportcrcil.1sith, Jov, took the' holy head. anti carried It to the body, the wolf following in the procession. The retuning were hurled in the earth in a wooden chapel rat Hoxne, and lay for thirty years, when, to the astonishment of nlI, the body was found perfectly fresh, frith the hand united to it, and afterwards removed to the ( hunch of St. Edmond, rebuilt by Canute, and deposited in n splendid shrine, enriched with Jewels and other costly ornaments. 44..444.444.44444 Patience -"1, lhnt ting he gavo you feet 'with precious stones:'" ilea - t rico--" Yes, pre: ion►( few at oM's." Doctor-"P(rhnt's the child has caught cold. lid 1011 have hitt out to -da%?" Mother -"Only at his (r,ttel:t n!hor'$.'' Doctor -"Ah! Over- fed, that's all." ltelgiutn is making preparations to celebrate thin yens its tliantnnd Jubi- lee, the sieventy-rath nn'tiversa►v of its ine4q•0ndeneo from the Nether- lands. CELESTIALS WAKING UP RETURNED CHINAMAN NOTES CHANGES. Free Schools, Windows in Houses, Steam and Electric Rail- ways. "('hina people all wake up! Asleep before," said Hoy Jan, who has just returned to 'Vorut,to from a visit to !its home in (Stilton Proviute. "0, many clruuges in my country. Free schools there now and Chinamen cul - ting ori queues. "I cut mime off in Yokohama. You like it?" Being assured that the curtailment was an improvement and urge) to tell something of the changes in China, he explained thut, instead of paying from $2 to $20 a year fo -tuition, the schools were now fret. BROADENING OUT. "Chair, house, stove and teacher just liko English," he declared, "and teach pupils 'bout Englund, .lapau, Scotland and other countries. "When I seven years old 1 go to common school six years. That cost three dollars year. "Then when I thirteen I go high school for four years. That six dol- lars year. All that time just teach mo read and write Chinese and tell me China history." When asked if it was customary for Chinese children to bo kept in school ten years, be said, "Sonto go fifteen or twenty. Not tunny. Most go three, four, five years. Luria Chong go eight years," he added, indicating a friend who accompanied hint, "and they only teach him read and write." LONG SCHOOL HOURS. BECAME SUDDENLY RIGH DAME FORTUNE IS GOOD TO SOME PEOPLE. The Printer's Boy Who Became a Millionaire -A Poor Dentist Left 65,000,000. That the days of lucky uindfal:s aro by no means gone has been prov- ed recently by tuany a dr.:uuttc ciao tr1101-0 1'uute fortune has loured riches into the laps of people echo Were among the last to expect such a flattering attention. '1 he most recent Case is that of Mr. John K. Lightfoot, who, atter many vicissitudes, had taker a situ- ation as a compo'Jitur at Ilull dur- ing a printer's strike. 31r. Light- foot, ahs is tho son of a Scottish r newspaper proprietor, had already lost a fortune through unfortunate s,n•culation, and hied reconciled Man- uel( to a life of hard work when news came to him one day recently that his grandfather had diel in France, and that ho was heir to the suestantial and quite unexpected for- tuner. $:100,(X . Mr. Lightfoot i0s but one of a large number of lucky Wren who have simi- larly been made rich by relatives of whom they had lost all truce, or, in Rome cases, of whose very existenco they were not arra*e. It is not long since a Huddersfield warehouseman awoke ono morning a poor man to learn that his father, who had die - appeared years before, had died in America and left )tint $400,000. Tho fortunate heir to this unexpected wealth was engaged to a young and pretty factory worker, and was in- dustriously saving a few pounds on d which to start housekeeping when o- this windfall camp to make his mat - 1 rinionial path Y LITERALLY GOLDEN. About the same time a German dentist in Ekaterinoslav, who was Y earning a miserable pittance by his • profession, received tho bewildering and gratifying news that he was heir • to $3,000,000 left to him by a dis- • tant relative in California of whom g he had never even heard. Of this n `enormous fortune *1,500,000 was .' s I waiting for him at tho Konigsberg Hank, and the remainder was invest - t tel in gold mines. Equally unexpect- ed was the surprise Fortune prepared for .lames Russel, a Vancouver me- chanic. o- chanic. One day, a year or so ago, Itussel was glancing through a news- paper while he was eating his tuodest luncheon, when his eye tell on an ad- vertisement in which his own nano appeared. It was an announcement that a fortune of *5,000,000 was waiting for "James Itussel and his wife, if the latter, who is the daugh- ter of Robert Millar, of Douglnstown, New Brunswick, would communicate in writing with Mr. 'John Spencer, of the Royal Arms." "Half an hour later," we learn, "Rustcc'I aIP*'nred in his working clothes with the re- quired marriage certificate, and when the proof was found correct Mrs. Russel, overcome urn) joy, fainted, and Russel spent tho day in colo- brating the advent of prospective fortune." It was a little earlier that the fol- lowing romantic etor;v came from Liverpool. When Mr. Henry Kcclev, who hod carried on a lucrative busi- ness as a chemist in Scarborough, died, an inspection of the premises led to the discovery of A NUMBER OF BAGS OF 001.D weighing in all a hundredweight, and of copper of the value of $250. No will was found, and the money, to- gether with some valuable property, passed to Mr. John Eccles, 0 sea- man, and brother of the deceased, Who had been working for some lino in the (locks at Liverpool. The for- tune to thkh the dock laborer thus became heir was valued at over $50,000. More re:marka! le still, perhaps, was the good luck ora men who a few years ago wee translated as if' by magic from poverty to riches. A wealthy Indy died, leaving, in addi- tion 10 peerscfnnlity '01410(1 at ;7:d),- 000, inuperly in the West of IA:rrdmn worth $800,000. For two years this substantial fortune of $1,500,- 000 went ►t-beggiu„ tmt11 tt ('18i1nnnt was at last diseovcred in the nephew of the deceased lady, echo at the thou of his discovery was actually nn in- mate of a London workhouse. Almost the time Fortune thus smiled on tho Metropolitan pauper, a man culled Hughes, who was earning et few dol- lars w week as porter in Newton (Montana), received the welcono news that he and his sister were $350,00(► richer by t he death of an uncle whoa) they could not *remember to hove Sten: and lt. tvnfe mm�uuncal that. ,Ills A(lelaide Wright, an ape•- ator employed by the iVestern 111 'i'elegrn; h Company, had inherited >f5,0D0,(,00 from a maiden aunt, Miss Adelnidr. ('orycle. iillss I';rndtln 1.el 1•'e oda l.eeeda, a pretty girl who cornet her living behind the ierfume counter of a largo store in r St. Louis, learned . n0 tiny, not., long lugs; thnt she was ono of the direct heirs of the !tall estate in 1'hilndelphla, ahkh Is 1'AI,U1:1► AI' 1.1.000,000; and "Mies Drelro} de," a char 1i53.000,000; young at•tress, known in private life as :Hiss .holly Delano, repo was a promising member of a travelling company of actors, crowned herr dra- tnntlr carter by inheriting it furtuno of $200,000 from Colonel 1Vulter Delano. 31r. anti Mrs. Conway, of Sheflield, received 1150,000 on the death of a rich maiden Indy in recognition of their kindness to her end to her sis- ter in their clays of adversity; and 4.11'i;+n, 'lurren, a printer's devil of Ilost on, l,loesomid into a fourfold millionnire on the death of his great - mole, Mr. Fronk A. Mouritzen, of ('aliforn1n. So little disturbed wog the Intl by hie sudden accession to wenith that he completed his week's work as if nothing had happened. "11.' hotted ted about fr it h proot1, Ra- sw0rnl tJPe telephone, ran errands and performed the vnrious duties of the printer's 1et1l Just the salvo weal."-Loadoa Tlt-lilts. "Wu had to tako own chair an own tablo to our school," suppl mentod Leon Chong, "and go schoo seven o'clock in morning and sea till dark. Sumner time we go hom supper and comp back." "Different now," explained Ho Jan. "Co liko English. Moro girl go school, too. "In Witt San there's newspaper ru by woolen. No men 'tall. Fat Ss bigger than 'Toronto. They mtak11 street railway there now. They make street railway in Gong 3lu Canton, San Woy and San Ning thi summer, and got telephone, telegraph electric lights in Canton and 1'a San. "13ig steam railway, several hun- dred mile long, all those places. built last year. Call it Yet Hon Railway. Lots more boats on rivers, too. Night boats and day boats, with two smoke -stacks. WOOD FIIRES, NO OVENS. "Just beginning mine coal in China now. Just burn it in factories "Pretty soon people learn make English stove and burn coal. Just Ilat stoves now, no ovens. Cook rico cakes on top of them. "People start dig for gold now, too. Lots gold and silver in moun- tains. "Canton City have sewers now like Toronto, other places just open sew- ers like used to have. Everywhere now build two, three, four storey houses with big wlndoliko here. Several families live in em. Before just one storey, no upst irs or win- dows, and two skylights glass in ceiling 'bout 8 inches square. All houses in China built brick and clay. No wood; tiled ceiling and tiled floor. Wood very scarce. Burn wood all time. BEEF ONLY FOUR CENTS. "Livo very cheap China. Reef eight cents pound Chinn money, that be 4 cents here, and pork 10 cents, 5 cents here. "(let house like I used lice in, four roosts, 310 a year, and new house with windows 115 or 120 year, China money. No pay tax on houses. .lust tax on fields of rice and grain anti vacant lots. No poll tax. "Our soldiers just liko Engelsh now. March together, salute and thrill. Wear red coats with white and yellow stripes on cuffs, wear pants ike English, and boots -no slippers "Before walked Just like chickens. 'very soldier go the way ho like!, ike crowd on street.," explained Lunt Clt(mg. "Now all soldiers have long guns and use powder that not smoke," ontinued 11uy .tan. "0. lots China - nen cut off queue and go help Japan. Russia not know difference. "Our people been sending thou - ands their young men Japa andgl ':nand to learn trades and they ave comp back ant! wake China up. Nearly everybody that- part. China ow wear English clothes, -Only but - on coat righyup to neck. WOULDN"1' LEAVEMOTHER. 1 n F 1 c ► s I h n t "Ladies not change. Ladies dress like used to. I want my wife tomo back 'Toronto with me, but she gay too far leave her snot her, father, sister, brother. Some day I go back start dry goods business there, and she he glad. "Marriage very different China now. Now lathes like men, men like Indies thug marry. Not pay mother wand father for their daughter any more." "i not go book there to live," de- clare) Lune Chong. "Canada best." HANG, ,KSI' I,I1CS1 ENGLISH. "Lots bicycles there," continue! iloy Jan, ignoring the interruption, emit no nuturnobilcs. Not even in ifoeg Kong. They tau new, but rte get th.•tn next. "Yoe knew executions?" he asked, brightening ngnirt ratthe recollection of something they had. "'I?tnt changed too. Now, instead cut man's bend ofT for highwny robbery, hang hire 01st English! Not hung first time; put hint in jail. Put hint in jail second time; third time hang hint up." 'fife Indy rens making some re- mnrks about the kind of clothing /torte other ladies 0t church had on. "Tho finestiorment. a women can wear." said her husband, "Is the mantle of c•hnrity." "Yea," she snapped, "anti it is nhout the only dress, judging by the fuss 1ht•y :rake over the bilis, that some husbands Want their wives to wear."