HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1906-03-15, Page 3SACRWIGESOF .gOYALTy.
PATHETIC LOT OF DETHRONED
WAAL COEPLES,
lien Renounce Their It'eliglotal.. Lgara
a Foreign -,,Latiguage, and Live
In a Strange !mid.,
In %Apr to marry 'King Allan's° la
Vpaind Princees, ,Ena ofeltattenberg "hat;
comp,eiled to repaunce Protestant -
tail; 8114. to embrace ttie Roman Catbolie
'faith, says Pearson's Weelely. f'or some
lime now e site ha e also been spending
several hours deity in acquiring a know-
ledge of the Spanish language and of the
manners and customs of the country
'which is Soba to be her hem% 1.to become
the pride of the King of Spain, Princess
Iiia must leave the country in which
she was born and educated, musteleave
the benne and friends, and Scenes she
!eves, ,for a practically unknown lan(l,
with atrange scenes and, strange faces
on every side, and whet* nothing is
,
It is the hard lot iof many Royalties
Who must be wadded: No other= brides
and bridegrooms eacrifice themselves t)
a like extent. They would rather not
• wed at all, But to .those born of Royal
parentage Marriage is an absolute neees-
. say,
" you DO ' NOT LOVE. ffiK" • "
Religion has had to be sacrificed by
several Queens now sitting on'European
thrones. This was the bar which sepa-
mted. the present Tsar and TSaritea of
Russia for 4 long time. He belonged to
the Greek Orthodox Church, the national
religion of Russia; she WAS a Lutheran.
° When as Princess Alexandra Alix,
'daughter of the Grand Mike of Hesse,
Nicholas, then heir to the Russian
throne, nest met her, he immediately fell
deeply in love with the beautiful and
accomplished Princess. -
His, father,' Alexander JII., refused to
sanctian' the betrothal, on the ground .r.1
the Princess's religion, and she herself,
even after the Taarevitch Ilea ardently
wooed her during her sojourn with her
brotherein-law, Prince Louis of atatten-
berg, at WaltarteoneThamee, still hesi-
tated to become his royal bride. The
, Kaiser of Germany and her relatives,
Urged Princess Alix .to accept,
'"Yott 'do not love 'hirn then," said the
,
Grano Duke of Hew on one 'occasion.
"I3ut r do, -inked 1, 'dal" she -protested,
ewith tears in her eyes. Then at last she
gave way, was receivedinto the Ortho-
dox Church, and became hy marriage
the Tsaritsa of RUSSIM •
In Greece a strange state of affairs ex-
ists: . Queen Alexandra's brother, ging
George, is a Lutheran, but his heirs and
successors must be 'members of the Greek
Orthodox Church, which is also the re-
ligion of .the Queen -Consort.
• :THE BAR OF LANuteWE.'
,
,
' In consequence, when Princess -Alice
'of Battenberg was betrothed to prince
Andrew, the King of Greece's son, some
three years ago, it was necessary that
she shoal(' renounce her` own. religion
. and millirem, the faith or her future hus-
band. . • t
By the terms of the Dutch Constitu-
tion, Oxen Wilhelmina was not allowed
to marry a Romp -I. -Catholic or a Greek
Orthodox Prince,' and thus her choice
a husband was exceedingly limited.
Language is a, common obstacle that
has to be surmounted in royal marriages.
Before her marriage to the King, Queen
-Alexandra spent several hours daily in
perfecting herself in the English tongue.
The talenteci t"Caemen Steve," Queen
of Roumania, who was before her .Mart
riage Princess Elizabeth of -NellWied,
learned to speak the Rournanien lane
gu.age in the short interval betwpen her
betrothal and wedding day.
. This feat, in learning the Swedish
tongue, was. similarly aocomplished by
Princess Sophia, the orphan daughter
of the Duke of Nassau, the beautiful lady
who is now. the Queen of Sweden.
VIIAT,HE WILL SACRIFICE.
•
Only those who have left their,native
country to live in a foreign land, where
nothing is familiar to them, can obtain
a small idea, of the 'persoeal sacrifice, a
princess makes uponmarrying a for-
eign royal Wooer. But hreater sacrifices,
of course, are made by those Princes and
Princesses Who, against their parents!
renounce;aank, weelth, and every-
thing in order td marry. the person they
-really love.
.Even as title' article is being written,
comes news that Prince Bimetal, tile
eretmgeet son of Prince Oscar df Sweden,
like his father before hint, is abandoning
his royal status to marry a diva of oper-
'elle with whom he is itifatudted. lie
kefers • the happiness which true love
brings to the primp and pride of royalty.
Prince Oscar himself renounced 'his
rank and claim to the throne of Sw,eden
to marry a maid -of -honor in his father's
Court. The King was furious with his
son wheri the young Prince* announced
hisantention to marry so liumbla. Miss
Ebbe. Manch, the maid -of -honor, wile
had won his loves -so that the heir -appar-
ent might forget her, left the Court, and.
Laois a minor position at the Stockholm
Charitwalospital. Thither Prince Oscar
followed lier, sacrificed Ms rights of
stiecession to the throne of faweden by
marrying her, and"settled down to a life
of religious and philanthropic work
among tb.e people ho might one day have
1
ruled.
The Grand Duke, Mickael of Iluesia,
uncle of the present Tsar, similarly
married a lady of obscure family against
the will of Tsar Alexander llf., his bro-
ther, who took bis command in the
army away ftiom lain and officially dis-
graced him.
Theugh the present 'rear restored the
Grand Duke Michael to hie Uoseesettone„
mid raised his wife to. the rank of 9
rountena, there are 81111 other members
of the litinelan 'loyal lama who bate
been haunted efrorit theta 'country ae-
calico of their marriages for love.
t The House of Ilapslatrg has furnieletal
.61110 of the moet remarkable' royal
romancee the world has known. Many
of its memberseliave made enormous
per:anal nacrilieee in order to wed the
liereon 6f their chelea. • '
WLIATrCAME OF A PICNIC. '
The Arelidulie Iol‘n, nephew of the,
Ila ',roe Prariela leseph ot Anetria,
inarraal htilly :31uhe1, a dancer in thei,
MItrit. she eale plenieldie?, with het' i
!titirelit`; ill the V.1,0e1,1 9;°!4nt 1110 eireleinlie
first emav her. Aa Jehatiti Orth, an anal -
wee of Vienna, ho made lave to' brr; but
discevereal tie rank; One day„ when
he reVieWillV, the taeops in the uni-
t -am of a held marehall,
A hitter quacrel waa the result of the
Arriolitke peatiouing 'emperor to
allow lan1 to marry tie.; deliver, end .he
is disnaseed frOnt the artoy and ban-
ished foam the country. Later a recon-
ciliation, was made between them. The
Archduke 'WAS giaeri permission to give
up his *link and tiesume the name of
ObiUfl Orth, en condition that Lei ree
tailrace(' Ids Auetrian eitizenstaa.
hann Sarah married- Miliy,Stubel, and
bought the sailing snip SaMt Merger-
etka, which, some years tigo fouadered
in the South Atlantie with the royal
party and all aboard.
.Many mare instanced could be -given
of Royalty who have eecrificed U. for
love. The elopement of the Crown Pin -
cess Of Saxony and her "brother, the
Archduke Leopold Ferdinand, is still
resh in the IneniorYi Whether conven-
tional or s' unconventional, royal mar-
riages ,,are invariably pathetic, despite
their heave show. They also entail a
vast amount Of personal vaerifle on one
side or the tether. •
0
IS A SUB -AMERICAN KIND
LIFE OF. TITE...CANADIAN AND THF..,
YANKEE.
What An Englishman Sees In Our
'Cities -Influence From the'
South.
The difference between Canadians and
Americans are mostlyof degree, writes
John A. Hobson in the London Clition -
toe. The superb self -Confidence of the
average American woman, as she'wallis
abroad,' the licensed obtrusiveness
childrea, • the perpetual degeneracy of
conversation into story -telling ---inhaae
characteristics are .loss marked in Can-
ada than:in the States: In feet, Canada
presents as 'yet a sub -American variety
of civilization, though in -sofne.ways
rapidly assimilating to the States. '
Physically the Canadian ,seema to be
a sturdier stock of heavier build,:slower-
moving, and Jess- nervous than the
American. This is particularly. appli-
Cable to the women, whose movements'
and conversation are quieter, and wile
are without the hunted look in the ey' es
which marks so many Americans. The
colder climate may. exercise some mod-
ereting influence, but ,probably the chief
explanation of these differences Hee in.
Abe' fact that most Canadians are coati -
try -born and bred; there are few, lorge
cities, and even the dwellers in the cities
keep up, a- more constant contact' . with
country life.
. MILLIONAIRES" ANB. OTHERS.
Nowhere in Canadian' dtieshdees' one
see" the profusion of luxury and waste
visible in New, York or Chicago; though
mast persons seem to 'live in fair com-
fort, • there is no class of mihlionaires
-dominating "society" anamakirig the
form' and,, pace for servile imitation
among the less -wealthy classes. Hunting,
lin the Arnerican sense pf ellidotitigY and
'fishing, With their. -accompaniments of
Camping out, play a large part' in the
national life, .port not having' degener-
ated into the merely .gambling and spec-
tatorial habits. Altogether the Canadian
lives a healthier lifc, even busy' cities
like Toyota() and Montreal conduct their
Mishits& lifeentore quietly. than allies t
corresponding calibre in the 'United
States.
WILL „COME FROM STATES.
•At the ?tame time it is evident that
Canadiaa life is approximating more and
More -to -that--of -.)aer powerful neighbor
and, if the rapid manufacturing growth
.which she anticipates takes place; the
qualities and defects, indastrial• and
political, of the United States will also
be those of Canada. For it is notemerely
a case of imitation and of 'common
'needs and growth; if Canada is really
de„stined. to quick development it will be
aehieved by a largerinflux of American
mantel and labor,, inventive land organ -
!zing energy. What is already happen -
Ing makes this 'manifest.
FEARS OF FAMOUS FOLK,
•
All great peoole have had their follies,
which Is another evay•of spying that all
have had their weak points. The great
Dr. aohason, • with all his *philosophy,
was not without:a superstition. 'He was
very careful not to enter a 'atom %,vith
his left foot -foremost; if by any' chance
he did so, he would 'immediatelystep
back and re-enter with hie right foot
foremost. rale was terribly afraid, of
death, too, end would not suffer it to be
mentioned in his presenee: . Julius Cae-
sale' to whom the shouts of thousands of
the enemy, were but sweet anialc, was
mortally afraid of the sound of thunder,
and always wanted to 'get .underground
to escape the dreadful noise. 'Marshal
Saxe, who loved to look 'Open the rattles
of opposing armies, fled and screarneh
terror at the sight of at cat. Peter the
Great' could scareely be persuaded 'to
cross a bridge, and whenever he placed
his foot on one he would cry out with
fear. Like the -great man that he was,
he tried to overcome hie weeliTIOSai but
(ie was never able to do so. And Byron
would never help anyone to salt at
table, nor would he be helped himself;
and if any salt were spilled he viola('
inunediatela get up and leave.
MILITARY FUNERAL:
When such a one takes pleat in time
of peace, the ceremonial ia exactly the
sante as it, wouldbe in camp QV 011 the
hattletiled. A gun -carriage forms en fin-
provised hearse, the drums are muffled
out of reepect to the dead comrade, and
all erne; are carried revereed, to show
that the company deputed to pertain
the sad ofatee eount upon the forebear.
anee of the enemy for the time being.
In the Case of a cavalry officer being
buried; hie horse is led behind the body;
tili:3 ie a survival of ancient tints, when
an 'o liar's charger eves univereaity
I,
eaceifiaad at the graVeeide and buried
with 'te master. At the, conehrtion of
the ceremony a ealate is fired over the
pyikV0 to aliera the enemy they are once
more ready to act on Pie defensive.,
a`
."That lag dog you gave n's actually
/lei irlfit!e' fluty at our bete e." "t-432'",
'Ye.-. IL: lauds wont of his time in the
ibilehen with the cook.',
MAN Of TilE EOPLE
SOMETHING A001* FRANCE'S 14 ,W
PRESIDENT.
;Vies, a Palate and Gets $2440,09, 'a
,YeareeDreesee as Peaaaht In
Hie Old Home. -
M. Armand 'Failieres has begun hla
seven-year reign at tae Palace Elysee as
President of the . French Republic it a
salary of ta40,000 a year, writes a Paris
correspondent. Ilia election to .the
highest (Alice his nation can bestow itpen
him Is an indication of the stability
which the republic has attained. In its
days of storm and stress, when it had
to fight for CZ:W(1We against enemies
within and without, when it had to pick
its way amid snares and pitfalls, a
needed a keen -witted, brilliant, resource;
ful, masterful man at, its bead -a man
of the born -leader type. Now what it
needs, above all things is a safe man -41
man who can be trusted to keep jogging
along smoothly, to leave well enough
alone and firmly resist all dangerous. in-
novations. hi, Fallieres is that sort of
inan-clear-headed, practical, amialsae,
genial arid tolerant. Retaublictias lenotv
that in hint they have secured a strictly
constituttonal president, one who will
confine himself absolutely within. the
strict prerogative of the chiefmagis.
tracy of a dentocraeve
Though he does not rank high as an
orator, the new President is an effective
speaker. Threats' and storms --he has
been. through many -bring out all that ts
unyielding in his character. He deals
with political bullies as his grandfather
used to deal with restive horses at
n
,
HIS BLACKSMITH'S FORGE.
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He is a man of the -people -the provin-
cial, People, not the gay, flippant,
ehameleonaike Paris folk , by Whom
earls is so often misjudged, and tn. his
Own character he typifies the beet quali-
ties of that people. At the age of 65talee
Spite seven years ofliciul Polishing as
president' of the Senate,' he • still bears.
the unmistakable stamp or his peasant
origin. People who' knew- the Fallieres
family in , the little Gascon village. of
Mezin, say that the President is physi-
cally a reduced edition of his jolly giant
of a. father, the clerk of the petty, court
of Mein, 't or ot. his big, burly, jolly
grandfather, alie blacksmith of the vil-
lage in whose house " the future StAieS.
M4T1: was born., He is under the middle
aeight, but whatehe lacks in length he
more than makes Up111 girth. He rises at
7' o'clock every morning and goes for a
long walkto decrease' his stoutness, er
rather 'as he says, to, prevent himself:
from growing .stouter, for he has long
since abandoned althope ohriddiag hint-
self01 his superabundance of ,aelipese
tissue. One. reasoneeperaaps, why it
clings to him so 'persistently, is that he
is p. hearty teeter. He never,partakes of
less than three alehee at each meal, and
he would hardly ben Gascon had he.not
a weakness for 'garlic in his .food. •
CARES NOT FOR DISPLAY.
M. Fallieres was not particularly
anxious to -Obtain the highest honor in.
htsacountrymerhs gift. e Indeed, life i.t
the Elysee will be something Mee banish-
ment tots him. He loveshis own boar -
pose fireside. He hams' his natiee'Gast
cony, and his plain, comfortable, biota
oagainatteurgeoise country house -farm
housea-theee tt Loupillon. He has tiO
great *tete for the pomp and show ot
the presidential office, no love of ilic
merely conventional properties. But he
has much' ba the old Roman republican
feeling of self-sacrifice tie duly, and will
be found to endure all the ceremonial
boredom as willingly and cheerfully, as
Father- Lotibet -hiaiselfe who goestreatthe
length of attending musical festivals,
though he is unable to distinguish one
note from another. .
SIIIIAKED HIS DUTIES.
As a youth he gave scant promise f
teeter attaining to greatness. Ile was
quick enough to learn when he set his
mind to it, but, that was seldom. He was
not a bi,t studious, ,had a positive hatred
for textbooks; and his propensity for
larking got him into lots of scrapes.
"Ile taill ,riever come to any good," the
old -blacksinith ,grandfather frequently
grumbled. The father, vvho was anxious
to Make a lawyer of his son, thought
that 'hange pf Scene, of teachers and cf
classmates Might induce- him to buelele
down to work, and, with thisobject in
view sent him to the Lyeee Of 'Angola
leme. But he continued to shirle.his
studies as 'nada as poesible until the Iasi,
year of his stay, when he put on a ,spurt,
whieh just carried hinnthaough hie bac-
calaureate examination. • ,
lie was eighteen then.His fathennext
cent him to Paris to. study lOW in the
office of an advocate. The selection ef
one hadebeen left to his own judgment.
Trusting to chance 'to direet him, he
obtainedari official list of advocates.
opened it at random, eloscd his eyes,
arid stuck a pin Into it. Then lie applied
for admisSion at the °Mee of the lawyer
whoae name he had pricked. There was
no room for him thele, but all the smile
ih.would apnaar that destiny had *a hand
in that chance pinprick. Some of tire
elerka took him to a eheap table d'hote
in the Latin quarter, whets) lie Made, the
acquaintance of two other law students
for whom fame lied great things in
8tort—Leon Gambetta and Emil Loubet.
They introduced him in turn to their set
and 1515 a resalt lie become a red-hot
Republican and the lane that be should
have devoted to the study of law he
gave to polities. Of course he was
pludked when he went for examination
to thealaW school,
TURNED OVER NEW LEAF..
That was just 4i years ago. Ile wee
recalled -in disgrace to his native village,
The old blacksmith geandfather, who
was a staunch monarchiet, liald more
stoutly than ever to the opinion that the
young man would Come to no ,e,00d when
he found what revolutionary dontrinee
he had pielied up in Parke But all of a
ettdden, and 'to the old bladtsmith'e ae-
tonieliment -to, 'aireryaody'e astonish-
ment- lie turne4.1 over' a new .leaf and
ground away at 1115i law boolin with al -
meet eatratte eneegy. The teeret of that
5.12! ii change? Why,, 'Mica 111
Parie young Maetee Fallieree had Mien
in love. flatli t Parili he nava 1-
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and marry thia girl of hat ithoice. Ilat
that ne4TS,f;itateh Outlying mid qualif,eing
himself for the eserelee, of ilk; prefes-
eion that he might be able to emu a
living and set up..housekeePing.11
pasol his examination with flying col-
ors. And .11a hie' later larei he, hied 1.ini7
s(ql, to, 'his native Casvoriy„ where...4e
quickly ariatiehIS reputatio14,. es ara ate
641V0414te had a attack of winning.
eases,., FfAINWitig in 14erit yitad
he ewed: ta.that Way pin-prieit heavent
in for '„ `andbeCanie rtiaaav,
Neraee lie laal that aillice When trews
eanie to the town of the fall efiliq ena'
Piro 411ii 4Seetit..ofteGanattetta to „1L•-
i.f, tae ipteriere -lie. did -.110
whit fer'ttisteectitals to preidaini the re-
public. and,to 'order removal:of tha
imperial cipher arid ,eaaleiwom,1134,1 .i..
1i. hulidingS.:,, • • • •, • . •
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IN NATION/4,
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He t first entered Perliament in 1876.
Ills first official paiit-the under- secre-
taryship in the ministry of the interior
was given him by,aulee Ferry. Ile rose
steadily in ihe official hierarchy. Ile he -
carne minister public instruction,
minister of the' interior, minister of jus-
tice, prime minister. In 1899, after tt2
years of parliamentary life, he was
electett president of the • •Senate -with a.
salary of $20,000 a year and with the
Petit- Luxembourg as an „official resi-
dence. As Preeident of the republie he
will receive as much in a -month as ne
was paid in a year in the billet which he
will ,vacatettipa February 18t11, But be
will havelia spend so muck money en-
terteining that it is doubtful if he will be
able to save anything out of his pay.
Also he will find.the work anteh harder.
The presidency of the Senate is -not, an
arduous post, and M. Fallieres, it is said,
is fond of taking things easy. Once.
when he left one ministerial office for
another, the new Minister who sue-
ceeded him found 450 private letters,
covered with dust, in the drakver of
writing 'table. M. Fallieres had not even
opened them:,
LOVES THE SIMPLE LIFE...
loves most the simple country life.
Whenever he gets a chance of hurrying
off to his rustic Loupillon he seizes it.
He likes to 'smoke 'a pipe and'talk .vine
culture with his old 04$C011 cronies. He
rs„a successful vine grower and his vine-
yards bring him in between $10,000 and
$15,000 a year. Among his vines be
wears a ,blouse, brown leggings and a
broad-brahnital straw hat. Hie dwell-
ing-houae 'is a square, 'whitewashed,
roomy building', with green Venetian
blinds. It is plainly furnished. The see -
vents • go Wittig, in sabots, late whole
atmosphere. of the piece indicates an
utter lack of anything approaching
social ambition. M. Fallieres there is t
borne to everybody. Ile recognizes no
caste 'distinctions. It often happens
that seine co•n/1711ton, standing in the
road, will call out to Iiimaas he is prun-
ing twigs, ."Eh; you man over *there, is
M. Fallieres at home?"
" "Yes," Fallieres will invariably
answer, "just walk up to the 'bailee while
I go for him." -
lie will then hasten round by a bath
entraneeand, earning through the hall,
greet his:visitbr with a hearty laugh.
A: CAPITAL SHOT.
.,-Despite hts corpuleney, heils, an Active
man and thinks nothing- of taking a
twelvetmile iambic in the'' country, tvith
a stout stick t and 4 stout pair of' boots
and his pipe for company. - Ire is a cepa
fat shot and there is nothing that he en-
joys so much as a day'e sport among the
moors or hills. „ wife is a' woman' of
strong eloniestio tastes and has ',never
made any effoet to, .shine in society. She
is a rather sober -visaged woman and. 4n
the matter of ebonpoint, well matches
her•husband. She is not above accom-
-pabying her cook to marleet. ' She has
never employed a man 'servant, though
she will find the Elyeee full of them.
Doubtless she Will regard 'the grand
functions there a sore trial and will make
'every. effort to remain in the hack -
She has up children,
.a son,anda daughter. The former is a
'lawyer .of great promise, but unlike his
forebears tis, of. frail physique, "'The
daughter is 31 years' oho. She has 're-
fused several Offers of marriage, declar-
urig ttrat her one 'desiee is to remain et
home and look after 'heft father and
mother in their, old age. Strange to say,
while M. Fateres is one of the most
conspicuous en in tae anti -clerical
party, Mine. Fallieres is a devout Cath-
olic. Three nephews 01' M. Fallieres live
with them. They were left orphans`
when very young andatt. Fallieres bound
himself to bring them Up and care for
them. One.of them, not hong ago, strove
to get the decoration of academie palms,
the most modest of- all French deeorat
lions., His name was entered on the list
which had to be countersigned by M.
Fallieres as president of the aenate.
When it pame before him, M. Fallieres
promptly' croseea off hie nephew's nam'
with' the remark, "I will riot, have it said
that any • member of my family is ob-
taining hollers beeause I happen to...be
president of ,the Senate.
SCOTLAND'S 111111T1I RATE.
Average Per t Family is Vow' as Cont.
pared to Four and a Half 'Once.
According:to the reports to the Regis-
0%r-6e/wpm of Scotland the average
Scottish family nowadays included only
four children ea against four and one
half a generation ago. And what is per-
hapa even more remaraable is the fact
that this loss is observed among the
countryman's family, not among the
dwellers, in the towns. Two generations
beak the average family was- still larger.
'rho statistics also showing that the shep-
herd and the garee-keeper are among
the healthiest awhile longest -lived of
men. „Compared with them the residente
of the towns die young.- The reaoon "far
this is believed to be in the open air lire
of the shepherds.
-
The cleanse in the birth rate is (even,
more aemarkeble when taken in cen-
neetion with •,the etatistice upon the, sub.
ject of marriage. - It appetan that 2a8,-
604 marriages have been retastered dm'.
ing tall decade, and of tilts nataber
39,270 le in exee.:3 of the reatriatette of
the decade previous. All of thesei things
are rea,a.rded (IS evidences of a higher
etandard of comfort dettiaoded by the
yr -ginger generation, the paopoatien ef
unde., marrying between the aties
teventy and tweintedive wee 14 iatiV44Y
grt at(r' than in the prklviout) le 3.14-',
While the preperlaet of Motto mavri,d
tinder tzenty and over forty was real.
lively leefT. Mira all of fide the Regiet
tonatienerel cenclutk it that the &vet -are,
naniber of, birthe per ieerriaee
tatieleslly li4,a07.1t,iiit3 that it may he as.
cutord that there i!; a true,falling off in
the futility of
FEATS OF MARKSMANSHIP
ASTOMSHISO PERFORMANMS WIUI
RIFLE 4112. REVOLlint.
Shot Tikenty Stow( With 401.ranY XII
ilaying. a Piano With
'rer6VIgible feat'reeently perform-
ed by the Prime of Wale3 in ecading
linnet through the beast of; ae running
tiger at a distance, of aqtrarter of a mile,
has probably never been eelipsed
eince Mr. Walker, 1)epl1t"-00/1119111.9.5100'
kr at earner, killed four tigere, eome
ear:; aga, with five successiveestiote
within, the epee° of fifteen olhautes,,re-
reinde one af 'many feat: of marksman -
shill, same Of which seem tittle less than
miraculoue. • •
It is not many years eince Mr. Walter
Winans, rproliably the deadliest snot at
any tirne or country, etalked a herd of
fifteen stags and, swift -footed though
they were, actusaly brought dovrn a doz-
en of theta, before they could get away;
while his brother, Mr. Louis Winans,
in a single day„ once shet, twenty stage
with as many bullets, net 4 single bul-
let of them all failing to find its target.
Lord Walsingamo, one memorable cleats
killed 842 grouse to his own gun, fifty
of ahem falling to as many consecutive
shots; and a few days earner Mr. F. A.
Millbank accounted, single-handed, for
728 birds. '
IN PIGEON -SHOOTING ,
some most astonishing' records heye
been made,. notably in a, matait whieb,
took, place about a dozen years ago at
New York between those champions,
Mr.' Et Fulford and Captain Brewer,.
The match covered three days, each
competitor shooting at 4 'hundred birds
day at thirty yards' rise. Out ef (al-
though one fell out of bolinds and wee
tints disqualified), while .Eirewer missed
only three of his birds. On the third
daya each killed ninety-four pigeons.
Thus, out of 600 shots at as many birds,
hie fewer than 585 hit the mark, a COM -
tined achievemeht which; we believe,
Las never been approached and will pro -
belay neverbe beaten. •
Another memdrable •match was that
between Dr. Carver and Mr: Scott, each.
of wfiorn has broken 500 glass balls
with as many successive shots. On
Ibis occasion, out of 9,950 shots,. Die
Carver made a score of 9,737 hits, while
his opponent was only two -balls behind
him. As a teat of endurance this feat
was almost as remarkable as an exhib-
igen of wonderful skill. ,
SOME ASTOUNDING FEATS •
in ,shooting are tredited to an American
coarboy,"Captain"Hardy, who is certainly
the kind of man one would like to keep
on 'amiable terms with. Here are some
of the featst of this deadly shot as per-
formed not long ago at a tneetinte of the
Lincoln (Nebraelta) Gun Club,' Al a diet
ttancee of, fifteen yards, Governor Savage
held an ordinary visiting -card between
finger and thurna while Haray. sent a
bullet' clean ' ihrouali the centre of it.
Another card, held at the same distance,
was pierced by a. bublet, and four other
bullets were sent through the hole made
bt the first ono
The Governor then titian a handful al
nuts .into' the air,' one after, the 'other,
every flat ',being shattered before .it
retiehea the ground. As a crowning per-
formance half -it -dozen hazel -nuts were
placed on the ends of as Many skewers
and arranged, halo -fashion, round the
head of a matt standing twenty yards
away. Within ten seconds Hardy fired
si shots, every one of which renioved
e nut withoutedisturbing the skewer to
which it was attached. a
" Such, feats remind us 6f that truly
-amazing heat' credited to Chevalier Ira
Paine, One day when he was practis-
ing with his revolver at a target twenty
yards distant, ,
A BLUEBOTTLE FLY
settled on the white ,part of the target
--a tiny peck barely visible even to keen
eyesight. LeJUSt watch me move that
fly," said Paine .to a feetend who was
looking on; and, raising his revolver, he
despatched alatillet Which hit that fly in
the middle of his back. '
After such' a feat' as this one 'is, quite
erepared to hear ()Mho marksman who
makes light of signing his name With
bullets tired at a board, what time he
glides to and. fro on his trieyele; or of
M. Bordeverry, who, equIPped with • a
number- of eepeatibg Nice, plays opera
selections with his bullets on the key.
1.0111(1 of a piano. .
• We must not, however, forget the
marvellous feats of Mr. W. Winans, t -he
finest revolver -shot in the avorld, avho
thinks nothing of sendingea ecore of
consecutive bullets into a bulas-eys not
st -large as lhe palm of one's hand at a
distance of sixteen yards. Mr. Winans
will place 'his Watch on a, table, put a
glass hall on IL, and stealer the ball evith
h bullet fired twenty yards away tvith-
out touching the watch -glass; he wilt
shoot a piece of apgar from between
your finger and thumb without graz-
g your Mein, if you have a mind to make
°Ihe experiment; or if you hold up your
visiting -card edge -wise he will cut it in
halves with a bullet from the oppoeite
end of a large return
•
HOW AMBER IS FOUND;
The meet e striking t exaMple of the
origin of u substance in every -day use
being obseure is to be found in ember.:
For four theusand years amber has been
webi known,lieing used in forming orna-
ment for Royal necklaces, in medicines;
witchcraft -and later for the mouthpieees
of various inshunients, though its exact
origin has never been traced. Tii6 most
that ean be said bf it 13 that, it is eimilar
to the vegetable resins, anti ie in all
probability derived from various extinet
maiferous tree.3, 1,1hi1e it differs from
other resinouD eNudations owing ,to, the
changes imhiced 'by the fossilized condi.
lion. Often 11 13 found to contain ex."
thclnpcciu; of insectts and plants,
though such only point to, not in.
dk,,ating, itB actual source. A oieeies of
.but it
a‘ as the angberlielding tree,.
nifer 114 been established proviUon.
has buil shown ilia many tee:al 'may
have, yielded the exudation, and theee
rat a11 neeeeearily belonging to the pine
It is obtained ia the ceeatest
'tpittutitiee chietty from the coatite of the
[1 2118. hea, whiao it it; eaia apt Ly 114
:nrhon uf the: 1,vi.,‘•e4 L4eLi11y afk°r
LEMING IL
, 4040400
1311FADSTVEPS.
Tor.„.nto, M4reli 13. - Moak
tar ---ML 2 *lute, 78c aiikact Lam.'
'per cent, freight point,g; rod, 76e 144
'attire aeiiett, missal 77c waked.
at. beet -- Munitatia a- N. 2 Nartb.
ern, ale s1et1, lob. litho porta Sao
May.
aiate - No. 2' white, 34s bid, f.o.b. '70 •
pee cent. freigliht peitite.
47Dc abrildeYfo-t: N5t4o1' 4361-ej'exgratoranN.
do45et, l'fourtide
Ni,
3. -
Peas - No quotation
Corn tA T,----,orohln'ot.
.o5 yellow, Americart, 47e
bid,
Flour - Exportere are bidding 113.65
for Ontario 90 per cent, patents, for et-
Pmearnt6inbatutiyresrts' pbaatgensisat siou.30tsidetopuoin.wts:
$4 for seeond patents.
A:, A Alm
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Butter Ileceipts are generally lev
heavy, and the market has a firmer tom
for all lines.
Creamery 4 t. 4, .04 a-, 4.0 0* .044 0 * . 25C tO Oa
(1) SOWS 0 .. 4 41 0 4 *4. 4 t II .. . .. 23e to 2111
Dairy lb. rolls, good to choice.. lase to 190
do largs rolls .-.-.... .... 17c to 18o
m
do mediu.... h... .i.. .. 16c le 17e;
Cheese-13ge for large and 14c for
twins. ,
Eggs - Deliveries are again heavy,
and the market is taking ti downward
turn, add quotations are lower, at 170
for new laid and 14e for storage.
Poultry a-- Fitt chickens, lle to 12c,,,
thin •7c tp 8c; fat hex's, 8e to Oat thin Ge
to 70; ducks 12c to 13e,, thin Go (0 7e;
geese, 100 te'lle; turkeys, 140 to 16e, far
choice small lata.
Potatoes - Ontario, 6hc to 750 Per bag,
on track here, 75e to 85e, out of store;
eastern, 10c to iltle on trek, 404 $00 to
00e ,out of store. _
• Baled Hay -Quiet at $8 per ton for No.
1 timothy and $5.50 to $6 for No. 2 :41
ear tots on track aere.-
Bated Straw -Unchanged at $6 per ton
for car lots on tra.cit here.
MONTREAL.. latARKE'rS,
,
Montreal, March 13. -Grain - llids'were ea.,
'ant of line .in Maniteiba, wifiatetaireadahathrha*
ness was quiet. The oat market, eon -
antics easy in ione; Prices unchanged,
Dailey- firm. No -change in flour. I -lolled „
oats firm in tone, and .millere have ad-
vanced prices tp $1,90 per bag in car .
tots; and $4 to $2.05 in jobbing way., -
Oats - No. 3, 29c to 39,aac; NO. 31 38a
tet383ca No, 4, 37e to 37e..
Peas - 79c 'f.o.b. per bush,e1.
13arlay ea. Manitoba, No, 3, 9c to .49V;
.No. 4, 48c to 4$3 -act Ontario, 46c f.p.b .
78 per cent, points-. .- "
Corn - American- Mixed, 50%c;-,N.a
yellow, itlage ex -track. ' ., .
Moue - Manitoba spring Wheat pat.
1 ents, $4.50 to8i.60; strong bahersh $4
te $4-.10; winter wheat patents, 84.'2 10
$he0; straight rollers,.$4 ,to $1.10; da in ,
elosis, 81.75 .to $L85; extras, $1.65 to $1..--e '
175. '
Millthed --; Mani ha bran in bags, $19;
aborts; $20 per ton; Ontario bran in bulk,
$14.50 to $15;- shorts, $20;, milled molt- .
Me 21 to 24, straight, grain mouille $25
to $27, per ton. . * • ,
Rolled Oats - Per bag, $1.90 10' $1-94.... ,
cornmeal, $1.30 to $1:404per bag._ at
iday--Na, 1, $8 to 68,50; No. 2, $7, to
a7.50; clover mixed, - $6 to $6.50.
Clinese-No change; fair trade is pass-
ing in small lots, dealers quoting 13e b
ISMe. . . . ' '
'Bui_uer i"-- SteadY, OtlOiCe selling at 22e
to 22%0, and 22c to ,233ae in small.lots.
Secoad quality is unchanged at 1%c to
22c. • ' . , , . .---•
' Eggs - Fresh 'eelling'at 19aac to 20c,
fall slock•sit 14e, to 150, and limed at 13c
to .14e., „ ,
Provisions -,- Heavy Canadian short
eut pork,e$21; light -short eat, $20e AM-
eriean short cut $20; American cut dear
fat back, $19 to $20; compound lara,Vac
to 7)c; Canadian pure lard.11Xe to lac;
bettle rendered, lieahe to 13c; hams, 12e
to 133e. according to size; bacon, 14tac;
fresh killed abattoir dressed hog, ,s $10 t1,$10.25; cotmtry dressed, $8.75 to ,$0-50;
alive, $7.50 -for selects.
,
EUFF,AL,0 MARKETS,
Buffalo, Marell. 13. - Flour - 'Quiet
and steady, Wheat - Spring 'unsettled;
No. 1 Northern, 82%c, carloads; Winter,
cadet; No, 2 red, 823te. Corn -- heeler;
No. 2 yellow, 463ac; No. 2 corn, 460.
*Oats. - Quiet, and only 'steadyt No. 2
white, $43c. Barley - Only steady;
Western, in store,' offeredigt 46 to 52c. ,
Rye - Nominal,
LIVE STOCK MhrtKpirr
Toronto, Mar. run' of eattle
offeriag at the Western Minieet this
morning was heavier titan- fort some
tinie, `bat the demand e,ontinues fairly
active for all lines and prices were well,
triaintaineda :
Export -Cattle-a-Choice are quoted at
$4.16 to $5.15, good to.medium at $t'
81.50, (ethers ttt. $3.75"to $4, bulls at $3.50
to $4, and 'eawf; at $2.75 to' 83.50.
Butcher Catile-Picleed lots. $4.50 .to
$4.75e gpoit In ehoice, $4,10 to $4.40; fair
to good, $3.50 to St; corimion, $2.50 to $3;
; cows, $3 to $3.60; hulls, $3 to $4; coil -
tiers, $1.50 to $2. '.
t,Stocicere , Fe,etters Short-l;eep
feeders tire quoted at $4 to $4.50; heavy'.
feeders ,at $3.85 to $1.15,, nietlitun at
12.50 to $3.50, bulls at 8,1111 $2.75, good
stoelcers run at $3 to $3.65, litait at :32.75
to $3, rough to coinniori nt $2. .to $2.75,
and hulls atal.75 to
Mitch Coeva -Trade is steady and the
range of prier,43 ofit-i'iui: is uncliatteied Itt
$30 to $60 each. ete
Calves---1)riees were generauy maine
tattled Mad are (Noted unchanged ttt
33ac to haac per lba
Sheen midLanabse They tiro gabled
et, $4.1-5 to sr) per- 3.'. 11, and Welch tit
$3.15 to $4.10. I.arnbe are eteedy
to $7.10 for grain -fed and $5.ii0 to $6.50
for mixed:
fio*g6 •,.Selects are quoted at;
cwt. and lights and fats at $6.60.
A VEMININE JAM
"I'm told," ;:aia Mi22 Nnr,x., "that your
titalcr the intiiittie ,,f wine: at
the ditinpr the °thee u 111, tieelared
haft aniteried attetette arid hrairisa
htaalit Willa' seatireed Bridey,
"how °
"NI geloag to invtAgatot
Lvidently he'ti a bigarniaL" •