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Tho4P1*caehiral0 eidarriage s ttring
itifooeo of Semite 'end Pritecoe-h• Fetta,of
Ph•ttenhft will add s another dietin-
. nuishett country tto the list of PrItnirea-'
releinoute thy /*muleteer
Many Centinenied rtilerS during to
last fifty years, have secured their lerides
from ,amenee,the'neembere of• our Royal
AnntlY, andras a reeult, iring Edward
and:Queen- Alexandre..are comeeeted
the closest ties Of kinship to the Sover-
eigns .of nearly all the principal States
el Europe. King Alfonso •haz gals
Many precedents - to go upon in Ina
resolve to niarry one of 13riteinre
daughters, and all loyal subjeets of the
EmPire will echo the congratulalione
that will be showered upon him at his
wedding. It is interesting tonote that,
by this marriage ,tie King of Spain will
also become related to the Tsar, the
.German Emperor, and the monarchs of
s Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Greece, and
Numerous minor Royalties.
OUR COUSIN -GERMAN.
As the principal object af a Royal
Marriage is hi strengthen the Inter-
national position of the monarch and
his country,, it Must be admitted that
King Alfonso bast -chosen wisely and
well. There can be but little doubt.- too,
that his montage is a love match, and
lovers of romance will remember for
many years to come the boyishly ardent
Wooingot Spain' s young King.
. A strong effort is being made to bring
ab.our an Anglo -German eidente cor-
diale, and if blood be thicker than wa-
ter, this movement should receive- the,
hearty support of the German Empertoth
As most persons are aware, William II.
is the eldest son of the late Empress
Frederick, who was the first childborn
to Queen Victoria. When the Princess
Royal of England married 'the Crown
Prince of Prussia in 1858, it seerneh as
if the two coantries were destined- to
the chid factors in, preserving the peace
of the world.•, The premalure widoev-
hood of King Edward's sister 'aomewhat
altered •our relationships with Russia,
however. In 1888 Queen- Victoria's
eldest daughter enjoyed for . a few
months the proud position of German
Empress. But with the death of her
husband she retired from public life,
her • son, :the. present • Emperor, • taking
--up the reins of government. • •
BRITAIN'S LIVELY RELATIVE.
h King Edward's, nepbew has now
ruled Germany for eighteen years, and
In that time has beeorne one of the
world's greatest personalities. Ger-
many may be described as *Britain's
nephew, .and a very lively relative it
has proved, too.
• The Tsar of * Russia is a nephew of
Queen Mexandra, white the Tsarina is
a niece* of King Edward. 'The Tsarina
before hermarriage-which took place
• In 1894 -was known as .Princess Mee
Victoria, a daugheer of the late Grand
Duchess of FIesse, who was a sister of
our King. The Tsar's Mettler -the pre-
-sent Dowager Empress of Russia -is a.
-sister of Queen Alexandra. Owing to'
• numerous restrictions that bind the
choice of a prince, Bohalties • marry
and 'intermarry in. huch a limited circle
• thin it Is often difficult to define their
relationships. In addition 16 being a
nephew of our Sovereign, the Tsar is a
cousin; while the marriages of „his
numerous uncles and cousins have com-
plicated matters still further.
No -matter what their actual kinship
may be, reigning sovereigns aleva.ys nd-
dr'ess each other as "Cousin." When
King Edward wishes no communicate
with his nephew the Germari--Emperon,
the Boyar missive is addressedolo, "Our
Well -Beloved Cousin," and the answer
I$ to "Our Cousin." •
One' of Queen Alexandra's brothers is
King George. of Greec3e, who necended
the 'throne of that country_nfter an Eng-
lish peer -the Earl of Derhy-hed re-
fused it. To further •strengthen the
good feeling between the twe countries,
the eldeit on of King' George married
a niece of King Edward: As the brother
of Queen' Alexandra, the King of Greece
will alweys be esteemed by Englishmen.
The King of Denmark is another of
Queen Alexandra's'brothers. His seeond
sine married Printess Maud of Wales
King Edward's daughterand their re-
cent elevallon to the throne of Notway
was especially, gratifying to „nrnons.
King Realtor -I and his it are thor-
oughly tritish. For years they lived in
England, and, indeed, they had eettled
down to lead the life of an ordinary
County family. when the Seandinavian
• dissensions brought Pleat a throne.
• ALL TIIE WORLD'S SOVEREIGNS.
•It ie worthy of ride that two Kings of
' Denmark -King . Christian and King
• , predericit„-each had sons who ascended,
thrones before their parents; and thus
eould' elnim Precedence oter their fa-
• thers nt floyal functions. •
Sweden will one dny, have for He
queen h nieee of King Inhvard. It will
lei remembered' that Prineess Margaret
of Connaught married less than :twelve
months agoethe eldesteson of the, Crown
• Prinee of Sweden. When the daughter
.of the Duke of Connaught ascends the
throne she will have the pleasure 6f
knowing that her first cousin is Queen
of Norway, and this shout& unite the
devo countries in affection,* if not in
• gevernerient. Queen Maud's', only r3on,1
the Crown Prince Olaf, wee born 01
Sandeinghtion three yeare ago, and flute
• the,elnture King of NOrtvay is a grand-
am of King Edward. • •e•
'Pee Greven prieee Ferdinand of Bolo
Mania Married, , thirteen years ago,
None/eat Marie, daughter of the late
of Edinburgh. and niece: of King
Edward. Botraitinie will iherefere be
another of the •reauttriee, that are, den -
tined, in the ordinary cource of event,
' • to have an,Enetlish queen. •
're ltihhill'Y DYNASTY.
renee-Coburseaollia, pile Of the Ittnq
el flie 1:,;:atee ihret coditea
the German Empirct.. is ruled by a rte.
pliie.w of ging Monad, -who Iwo eau.
Ceded at gton. But then, nearly all the
^^,
y2:cn;rchs efteany eve, Fele-
treee tS the Ufvtg y rhariAnc;e,
The groat iA2e3:MCO Ning Rolvimrd
cnercism oat the destitlies of Europe will
he ttnderElood when one cOnsiders how
iiirelatives Mt the principal thrones of
.F.:nrove. its nephews rule Diflosia, Cxer-
raany atztl is to have his
,fer i queen. Orreee artl Dea:.
mar% aro covornea. by -his brothers-in-
law,,rwheF,a heirs have in turn men:lel
.n4:ar E ICIC u Hing,lEdward. One Of
his daiigIttors iS Queen of ,1>lprway
th.e rn. Ncdenv alrecCe,
and Bointihiale, In addition , to ',,•.iteirte
ethil end day 10 shared by atir..-Tes•of 'the
ittinn er Eneeland. •
80.46tS,
l'he Fatal Feat Thar Is Rarely Tried by
' Acrobats..
•
• Acrobats who risk their necks •for the
public's umusement and their own
livelihood are seldom aVerse to 'attempt-
ing new dangers if there is only suffi-
cient money in them, but probably 999
out of .every 1,060 would ilatlyedecline
to try a -triple somereault were the sug-
gestion,made them: - As a -matter, of
• fact, a tgetple somersault usually means
death, and it is no exaggeration to say
that scores of lives have been Sacrificed
in teying it.
Yet there is one man who has lately
accomplished this dangerous fetit and
lived -Daniel O'Brien, a clever young
Irish acrobat, well known in England.
This acrobat Is a splendidly formed
,young fellow, slender but beautifully
proportioned, and a wonderful per-
. Ile holds ihe recordor e
double somersault (32 ft.), and he has
received medals in every country he has
visited. For the purpose of his great
effort the straw bed, intended to receive
the acrobat, after he had hurtled through
the air, was placed 8 yards from the
spring -board.
•When the signal was given the ath-
lete dashed doeen • the plank, hit the
•"spring" with a. tremendous bound, rose
between 15 ft. and 16 ft. in the air, his
-knees pressed closely together with his
hands, revolved twice, se,erned to hesie
tate, then, with a supreme 'effort, made
a third revoltition, and landed safely in
a siting positioh on the bed. •Everyone
rushed to his assistance, wondering ff
he had'hroken his spine, but before he
could• be • reached -he had risen to .his
feet and was 'bowing his acknowledge-
ments of the flattering silence (born cf
fear) which had greeted his wonderful
performance.
"That's the lest time attempt' the
triple," he said, when he had recovered
his breath; "the double is enough for
me after this. I was afraid I was going
• to strike the back of my head, and if I
had it would have been a case for the
coroner."
SPARTAN TRAINING;
_
Japanese Parents are Almost Cruel 6
Their Children.
The, Japanese ccide of moral princi-
ples which the knights were required sr
instructed to observe is called Bushidoe
It is a code unuttered and unwritten
Writes Inazo Nitohe in ,his book,•"Bushi-
de the •Soul of Japan," yet it is the foune
dation eof national courage and personal
rectitude. Anecdote's �f fortitude and
• bravery abound in all Japanese nursery
tales, altheugh stories of this kind are
not by any means the only method of
eerly imbuing the spirit with the prin-
ciples-, of Bushkin.
Parents. with sternness sometimes
verging on cruelty, set -their children.
t6 tasks that called forth all the pluck
thnt was in them. "P,erirs hurl their
cubs doton the gar -'e." they said.- The
sons of the Samurai were let• -down to ,
steen vnileys .01 hardship, and purred
to nigvolooshilte lasleg. Oncasional de -1
privation of fend exposnre to cold -
'was cone'dered -a highly efficecious test'
her uterine, them to endurance. CM-
dren of tereler nen were .sent among
titter strangerg ,with somh • meseage to
deliver. were made to, rise before -the
een, ami before., hrealciest attend to
their mildew exereterog. walking, to their
tenehers with hare feet in the cold f
vt inter: Once 'or twice! a menth. as en
the feslivel of a god ef learnine. they
enme together in small groups nml
reseed the nieht without sleep, in read-
ing elnud by turns.
rpn were areoglit un With niter
weresetiel of prom -env. rt was consider-
ed hod theta to swede nf it. it is trite
iseo them was enirened '1317 Bushkin.
tut eat ter (atm -tem -tient rengems meeo
ne for thr' eeerhise of abstinenre. "Less
wan en thineen seve 8 Clirrent nrc
rent. -"men muet eredge mnnev; it IS
re riches that wisdom is hindered."
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HOSES WITH HORNS.'
Curious Animal Which Inhabits Parts
of South Africa.
Did you ever hear of a horned horse?
It is called the gnu, and is a waive of
South Africa. The gnu is a. puizle. We
have called it a horse; but it is more Eke
a cow. It really seems to be a erass. be-
tWeen the horse, the cow, and the deer.
has the head and horns of it cow,
the tail, mane, and withers °Me' horse,
and the legs of a deer. Altogether the
gnu is one of the most sin altar erea
tures on earth.
• The gnu Inhabits the hilly districts of
South Africa, roaming all ovee the eoune
try in vast herds. As far as travellers
have yet penOtraled it is foond, and it
is fortunate that it is so, for the, flesh of
the gnu forms excellent food. • They ere,
however, exiremely wlld.. anti, belifir
v**ery quick In their movements, are diffl
milt to sheet Upon the fleet alarm the,
whole herd scamper away in single, file,
following le -deader. When seen front a
Wafture they look like a troop Of horses'.
Their speed is very great, but when
first disturDed they da not exert it, but
kick out theht heels and begin butting
itt anhthing that eemee in thole way, ex-
hibiting the fit•eale;51 fury. Unleee haled
preeeed tine, eeldont ehow fight, but
when brought to bey they will delend
therneelees deeperately. They dart for.
ward upon tit at' enemy with great fury,
aryl unhen m0 re10a18:3 cool end col -
1( ed he prol ably will not eecape.
catch your dog eatilkeein 0 my
ll'eltene Montt "hitee't eeld be old
't Mclean who Igetne , a heeolt WO,
ay, tO ItieifiLlOii?. e tree'
!.8i1 the neighlime "If 'be ent3 One of
ylur titichtms 'it won't he nececoory.for
to 'bhoel laa."
DEADLY COBRA OF INDIA
ItE1111,LEtS laITE IS NOT ALWM1S
FATAL.
Eneffinin Feeeieeiehre 01 41 Irrwtreit' 1171
India EnrOpcanS Siiffer
Little.
.th.tha' very fleet' awning; tis Abe
in'hiS 1€14;; armchair
Ch, cay, tee elevated vereneeie of • the
sirspintiede Hotel, Bombay, lie %Yin find
the ineyttable juggler, appealing to him
with uplifted eyes, acconmenied 11)e7 his
-lawn his; beeket and. the °thee parapher-
nalia ei his craft; - and thoughthe
nieligo growing trick may he mere
m Sterious, the fight between the cobra
and the Mongoose will he more hetet...
eetin
The inborn 'mutual *hatred between
these creaturi "must be supposed to
serve some pu pose in the wise economy
of nature, says Chambers' Journal, and
'vet' wotild look very steatige'eli(rene riot
know„ that similar' aversions exist rice
eween other more familiar creatures,.
end for some reasons not always appar-
ent. Irrespective of the danger of et,
why does the mongoose attack the co -
Ina? A live mongoose is said never to
touch a dead cobra in the way of food,
end the bristly carcass of a mongoose
is probably too tough for even the ca-
pacious digestion OP his natural adver-
sary. We can only account for it,
therefore, - on the same principle that
the best bred game clogs will not touch
the flesh of the" quarry that they are
So fond of hunting.
The active little mongoose is almost
always the aggressor, for the compare.
twely, aWkwaral cobra, unless, he got
hint asleep, would prohably never „think
of attacking his mare nimble oppon-
ent; and it Is generally the mongoose
that is victor in these , encounters.
Though the cobra rears, his head, ex-
pands his hood unbrellalike to the ut-
post, and hisses viciously, his dabs rt
the enemy seem misdirected .andg aim-
less, for the wily mongoose suddenly
becomes double -his natural size by the
erection of. liis tough, bristly coat in a
way that seems quite to deceive even
the wiee, serpent as to what may be
bristles and what not. It is enly jus
Lo gay for the cobra, though, that if his
longs were not extracted or the poison
glands destroyed, a successful,- chance
eeck -woul soon, finish the mongoose.
in spite of his activity.
The natural animosity is no 4hutt't
greatly toned down in the specimens
Possessed by the jugglers. Familiarity
bleeds tolerance, if not contempt, on
both sides, so that they must atteelt
cne another- with lees ferocity than in
their nature' wild condition, and • must
erten laugh in their sleeves when the
farce is ewer.
I had the good or bad lock to come
across many cobeas here and there,
he most of which I kilted. lercleed
there is little to fear from a, cobra in
the open. If youdo not eillack him he
is not likely to attack-ymi,4unless
talces it into his head- that you ere
going to tread on the tail of hiS coat.
11 is a ponular delusion that a cobra af-
tci rearine birneif, can jump itt, the
enemy. This he is quite unable to do.
foi the motion ,of the head is along the
arc of a circle of 'which the radius ex-
tends from the hend to the part of the
serpent tot/chino the ground.
THIS SNAKE .MET HIS FATE, '
On one occasion, during the late war
in Upper Burmah, when resting on a
small tent -bed of an eighty pound ser -
ice tent, 1 saw a cobra walking stealth-
ily into my parlor. as the spider would
say to the fly, through the open door. I
say walking ativisedly because er-
pents do actually walk on the end of
their ribs •instead of wriggling along
after the 'fashion of worm. The. pres-
enee of this melee naturally emitted
quiets' tip Uneasy feeling, with such a
narrow compass to move about in; but
the snake did not get out,' alive.
There are such incredible stories in-
vented about cobree in India, and so
extravagant, top, that One hesitates to
rttion one's own more modest
1 lough truthful experiences, as not 'quite
thrilling enough to be placed on record.
'My own creepy sensation was at an
up country station in India.. I had 'VW/ -
FY arrived there from Burma, and wne
writing at, night time; on one oh the
usual kind e- of writing desks,,with draw.
els on elide gide and an empty interval
below and between, the desk being, as
usual, placed against one of the walls Of
the room:
itlrec3 ccograpNca3 distibuti22.
Eq-ao of the 2NT:A intezostinc, zse1.3 howl
of thif, WC25 Nr1110/V30 that WQ$
se,nt yne frcza 8tlitara of Labei, art
(Estriet 52111C Mixt froga
our outpost of Aclera„ viten I was sta-
liyiaed in that very sultry Icvality.
thought:this Arahian variet,y, was small-
lcyz than' these 3 laad scen in:
330W T1I3E' COUBA
€15onte peer* doubt if 'there eau, be 'any
recovery from the full bite of grown
cce,bra. *The plea:oohs. bere(t fangs ef
thie eeeature work on a •ieltalh of hinge,
and are folded:back on'the roof Of the
haihilth :when /he anintal' le in renehe;
but when, the cobra prepares to strike,
thr Mein mechanised of 'the 'u)per jaw
ireopereing the Mouth raises these feilded
fangs. If tiii fangs then. bit Ihe vie -
ton • etraight 1 fairiCY"I'eVOverer * utast rioe
very rare. - •
'But there is not always a full com-
plement of -poison in the glands at the
root of the langs,,,,,and evety sueciessive
stroke ,makes the quantity leas for the
time being. Again, the dress may Wen
Op the greater portion of the virusbe-
fore the skin is reached, and lastly, the
fangs may not, strike straight, end,
'theta •They -are easily doubled Up on aa,
'daunt of the joint spoken of, so thatsin
such instances the front or outer port
bon of the fangs may graze the skin
wittoeperhaps, no poison at ell.
I remember a strange thing happen-
ing, once regardiug the bite of a snake.
In a Certain part of BeloochiStan a de-
tachment* ‚.vas in search of a new site
for a temporary cantonment in • place
of the undesiriehle one we then had,
Thull Cheitalt. On our first camping
ground we. were seated at dinner in-
side the mess lent, when a sudden cry
'.'.as raised that one of the camp fol-
lowers had been bitten by a snake ab
most immediately outside the tent. The
medicel officer of the detachment, with
nut knife, he was at the time bolding in
his hand, rushed out at once. The
wound was plain enough on the man's
bare leg.
He had been, native fashion, squat-
ting,on the ground, and had been bit -
fen on the outsklc tle.shy portion of the
leg, a few inches above the ankle. The
major at once made a slash on each
Side above and below the wound, tut('
cut a V-shaped fid out of 'the poor
man's leg within"a few seconds of •the
cry being raised. As we had only gone
some dozen miles away from our previ-
s eus headquarters, and as our delacil-
ment- was going on still further, the
man was sent in next 'morning in a
dintolie to the hospital, where he ley
very ill for some thne, but eventually
recovered to a certain degree. As it was
night, time and the other natives got
curried the snake unlortutiatelY escaped
'n the dark; so I have always wondered
whether it was a cobra, and if the
prompt excision saved the camp follow-
er's life. '
.
.
„onsiderme that, over. twenty thou-
, e
think of it!--hurrian lives are
annually lost in India from wild beasts,
e very great portion of which is froni
venomous eneltes, it isat first surpris-
ing to see the almost complete immunity
fq Europeans from snake bites in that
country. dt must be home in .min(1,
however that there is only a .mere hand-
ful (120,000 or so) of Europeans alto-
gether, as against the vast number rf
natives, approaching jhe stupendous
figures or 300,000,000. The natives,
moreover, grope about in the dark and
•room the jungles with , bare feet, and
often bare everything else, a Condition
of, affairs that leaves them particularly
eynosed to the bites of snakes.' .Pc
this' as it may, it is seldom one hears.
ni a deans from snake bite among the
Etiropean portion of the Indian popu-
lation.
I' was dressed, moreover,, in thin,
hot -weather, clothing, and therefore par-
ticularly vulnerable to the bites el
enalces. Nly legs serer° irt the eMpty
space beneath the lid and' fn the inter-
val between the drnwers on either side.
But what was it that 1 suddenly ob.
eerved creeping round from the end of
the fettle to my right, and going into tile
lee now, alrribst in touch with my right
foot? It was ri vilencohra, I could not
jurrip nevey on aecoont nf the position
in which I was plaeeclosel at once reit-
loved that to Move iri (tTy way NI:mild
probably rouse serpent hirmediate-
1.7 to rear; end strilr.e. At any rate tethe-
ther it was by (mini ealculation or that
was too petrified with hot•ror mew,
it enterer (lid move a musele; till, to my
intersect reliefthe eoltra got heyoncl my
feet to Inc beet: of the hollow ntettinst
the wall.
Then 1 rneved away with less grace
than 'utility and shouted to my behrer,
'Boy! 'Boy!' Id thw. ton of my vi,', for
it is seareely needful to tell ynu thnt
net even tiie. crenrnon or gerdert „bell
eerie bee yet penetrated 'rite the
rene;(e). lacIt Nforiffntslic' tio.1 I set 81 ef Inilrfe t:absc13.1-rbnotridtinor(11:
va,rieth.
fond of Icillino, makes, nr enyliiintes else,
for that rot -titer. Indeed. they leek up.
OP. the cobre tie snered and werrhip it
in their puieblind eerier:hilly, et
iset year ofestival or Nett Panchen -lei (or
the Feast of Stuilt'es), Mtge beirmfJm
Ilindoostaneli word ler eobra.
"AL title time, however. (one er two
roy servants were Museithantei, who
lied nis grctat regard either ler (-Ana er
IlindOote an(1 we "eget hunted nut the
Cobra and eleeptitched, him forthehith.
Even the 171) hill eobea eari I,ei
taa(le a pet (tr, mirtlie.tif titi(rie Wigtl, 105
?tatrq t'ald glandSV rind tie for the
moriffscgstt, Tip1 (ale rrf flu', toast
pat-dont:MO cif wild beetotte ie
mere then 9ne verlety
tend they vary in, f31Z0 aeeorditig tO .their
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.HE KNEW HIS LESSON:
When Paddy 'Vete King Frederiek •cf
Prussia.'
. Frederick, of Pruesia, it is said, had
a ..greet mania for enlisting gigantic
sOldiers into the . Gutu•da, and
paid an enornieus bounty to his recruit-
ing officers 'for getting them. This fact
is thestasiee of the •following story from
Judge's Magazine: '
One day the. • recruiting, sergeant ,
--Chanced to -espy a Hibernian who was t
LIONS HAUNT STATION
111%ht STIGATE ilk RUNNING OF THE• :
icom5rifo. atilt -ROA%
ThiS•'llather-.Fueses" the An'elit,,Who is
Co pelted to 8en0; NianY
lilepsagese •
The lions okBast Africa apphar to"Fee
watching $1:1Q proave4,, i'ViliattiOn
With deep -interest, and Blothina,bwi
done "Aare' to arouse their curioeitn and
teeonder than Ude traing'eni the Uganda
.
'Tito railroad froth the Indian 'Ocean
to Victoria Neeniza, is • 581 milee long,
and between the terminal points are
3 1 stations. • The' line is inanaged on
the systene of the tridtan railroads, and
most of the men in the track, train and
etation eerviee are East Indians.
The Indian station agent is known
as a babu- and he leads a lonesorne life.
Strobe, for example, where the lions
tavetlirten makin'g-tigspec al study of the
railroad station, has only a station
building, a water tank for the engines•
and a sidetrack, this being one of the
place. wkeee trains pass each other rn
THE SINGLE-TBACK ROAD.
The trouble began at Shaba eleven
months ago, when the traffic manner
at Nairobi one morning 'received this
astonishing telegram from the babu at
Simba:
"A lion has been. bothering me for
three nights. Ile comes up on the •St
tion" platform and, goes to •sleep. The
he walks up and down*, seratche.e
the wall and door and tries to get int
the office. Please send cartrid.ges fo
a Snyder rifle by fleet train, for "rti
protection. 1 haye blank cartridges
but they are‘np good against. lions:'
Thi g profound observation has • th
eartnarlts of sober truth. -Whether .0)
boh desired to buy a ticket or ,whethe
a fellow feeling for the lonesome bale
induced him to try to cultivate hi S ac-
quaintance is not known, but it is quite
ccrtain -that blank cartridges were not
tippropriate.• annuunition, and that bat
cartridges were in demand.. e
It, is• to be supposed that they wer
hromptly• supplied, but, if so, they di
not make a, deep impression upon th
lions, for in August another hair-rais
ing telegram reached •the traffic nian
ager, as •follows:
• „.
• August 17, 1.45 a, m.
s ,
Urgent. To Tra Mc Manager:
A lion is on the platform. •, Please in-
struct guard, and driver (engineer) t
froceed carefully and to make po sig
nels in thee yard. Tell the guard
advise nessertgers not to get gut •her
and 'to he very teneeful himself When h
cc:ince into the office.
It is not quite certain whether. ill
1 ithu Whis chiefly solicitousefOr the safe
Ay of the ..gtrard or whether. he though
that the •lion might take advantage
• the open ;dope to, , .
COME INTO THE ,orricE.'
However this maybe, the distress sig
nal from Shaba had the immediate •e
--suit of starting • a 13ritish speortsman :r
that direction. -
lee took the.neXt train for-•Ssimba, etru
under the water Jar* he end :the rail
re:ad-men ereeted a platform about ten
feet • above the ground, where the nim
rod .spent several days waiting for the
visitors. . His patiencelength
.
rew,arded. •• ' . •
The first animal he sew was *a lioness
that came walking out of Ille scrub
very likely for the purpose ,of quench
_ing her thirst at the little stream that
was leaking from the tenlehaaathen she
was 'within nhout 150 feet of the plat-
form the hunter put a. COMP Q bullet :n -
to her and, stretched her nn the ground.
The hunter did noteleave, his pont),
for he thought shrieething more would
be doing. • He was not mistalcen. A lit,
11. later -two lions eame out nf the high
press and were • soon in „great mental
distress over the strange attitude of the
dead female..
They lteat eireling nround her body,
-new growline, than whining. They hit
he hotly with their pews, nod eite last
teean to drag It, away. potions& with the
-idea- • of awakening her.
Just then a bullet ended the life of
one of • the brutes, and the other
wounded byethe• second •shot, •
• SPRANG INTO THE BUSH.
• For half an hour the sportsman
awaited on the platferin any signs el
life, in the bushes, but, detecting to
movement he descended from hie perch
Ile had hardly • reached terra firma,
however, before the wounded lion burst
rut. of • the with and strew% the •huntee
o blOw with its haty'which tore the flesh
of his -arm to the bone. The hunter eves
knocked to the ground, and hhe
which west, evidently grewing weaker,
rolled over on • the ,gress and then
dragged itself back. inte*the hush, where
It'S dead body was fonnd little later.
The hunter *gave .up watching for
lions and sought a 'Inienitni at the eoast
and the poor bebu Was left again 'In the
wilderness. Ile told the train bends.
every dey that, he could not select) nights
and his 'nerves were Welly elialten.
There Was nothing doing, however,
for several weeks after' the groat day
when three liens had been laid low
n1111111' asfew rods of the station,' Then
came anther nervous telegram:
Extra Urgent - .Treele hand was stir-
.
rounded by tevo lions while, returning
Warr signal box. ,He climbed tele-
nrapinpole n !err-1bl water tartlet fie is
up there yet; Order train to elms there
and lake him aboard. The train Man.
itg0r Win , please make necessary late
reel gement s.
The traelt Man euceeeded In reedit ig
• the station before relief errived. roe
several,* days the telegraph wire, Wit;
hilt(1080(1'only with routine desnatenes
Then. another episode was proclaimed
in the following *ape; o
TO Guard and Driver ,Of Down Train:
Carriage of secretary is on the siding,
‘vhere shot a lion just new, end
(Ahern ore roaring on Mat.:,indu
OriVer must proeee4 without signatt
and stop engine opp,osite station. Guard
must, get out of Alt& bake van.
• Later tulviees havel tiot yet 'Come to
• band, but if any ritailion roaster Is find,
WC life tnenotonoute aind lenge -to have
)1:318,11 trini 1)1), le;r1 aptieroolli wiiiltahy lonfeilatir4i tinot
to swap jok-; With the halm at Sitahli.
1 ee
a- Poultry -- Choice dry plucked tur-.
LE ABING IIARKETS
13BEADSTUFFS.
Toeon(e, May 1. - Flour - Ontario,
Iser cent, patents are eeiling Qt.
*a.1p, buyeri$' bags, oursido for .mport,„
Manitoba - .$1.30 ,to C.50 for first p4tr-
Mts and' $3.9() to Si got' ceeonds.
Bran aol:ed, buyers' tags; To-
ronto.
Vsiheat Ontario No. white, ,T40 -
4L -Iced. bultiidc; -red5'803o asked; No. 2-
mixede 'isahre asked outSide,, • °
eWheat Marlitoha -1- No. 1 northern
Eree,reettslted, Owen Sound and Poirdt •E'd?
ward, 81%.,0 bid, track, Midland. NO;
2 northern, 82c asked,. track, Pr t Hue
.ran, Owen Sound or Collligwoode
Peas - 16c bid 1.o.h., 'it3 per coat,.
freglit pellets.
Oats No. 2 white; 3630, asked, 78e
Por cent. points, 38%c asked, Toro/nap
ta arrive; mixed, 35%c bid, main line,.
*M C. B. '
Buckwheat --e• 49c bid, 51c asked, oute
side.
figtaza,lipeo
. COUNTRY PJIODUCE.
Batter With heavier receipts the tnareo
,
,het round . ire essuming an easy tone.
Creamery .... 're 22c to 230.
do solids 11••• ••••• •• 111••• 21c to 2201
PairY lb, rolls, good to choiee' 18c to i90 -
do large rolls - . 17o to 18o:
do medium .... .. . 16c to
Cheese - Old is qtloted **** 14c for large:
and 14•Xe for twins, and new at 13e. •
Eggs - .The demand is rather more -
active and the tendency of prices Is; •
firmer. New laid are quoted at 150 toe
16c, and storage are quiet at 13c.
keys. *16c to 18e; fat chickens 12c to.
o 13c thin 7c te 8c; fat hens 8c to 9c, thin
yr 6cptoota7tc0;esdulkso, nlfacritoo, 1653% t(;. ---;•5-g per»
bag out of store; eastern, 70e to 80e on
" track and 10c more out of etore.
Baled Hey -1- $9.50 to $10 per ton for
e • No. 1 timothy in car lots on tgack here.:
ur Norint,Liesintgralt7_toonrt.5a0174.5toetret; 86, per,
ton for car lots on track here. •
MONTREAL MARI.CETS.
Montreal, May 1. - Grain --
1
ness quiet in local grain circles. Oats -
e No 2, 410 te 41Xc; No. 3, 40c to 40%4:
.(1 No- 4, 39c to 39%c; peas, 740 to 75e, L.
e o b. per bush.': „barley, No. •3 extra,.
. 52c afloat, May;. 4, 50c; corn, No. 3•1
.`miXed,, 56e; No. 3 yellovv, 56%c, ex.
track,
Flour - Manitoba, spring wheat pat-
ents, $4.20 to $4.10; strongehteleersh $3.-
99 to $4.10; winter wheat patents $4.
tu $4.25;• sleight rollers, $3.80 to $3.90t -
o do., in hags,$1.5 to $1.85; extras, 81-
40 to $1.60'.
o -- Manitoba bran, in bags,•
ee--$19 to -$19.50: shorts $20-1-.6 $-21'per tono
e Ontario bran, in bulk. $18.50 to $19.50;
• shorts. $20: milled mouille, $21 to 824;
; straight grain rnouille, 25 to $27 per
e ten.
- Rolled Oats - Per bag„ $1.95 in car•
t lots, $2.05 to $2.10 in email kits.
f Cornmeal - $1.30 to $1.40 per bag.
Hay -- No. 1, $9 to $9.50; No. 2, e8.
$8.50; clover mixed, $6.50, and pure•
; clover, $6.
Beans --- Prime beans, $1.65 to $1.70e4*
e• pc' bushel; hand-picked,. $1.80 per bush -
1 el: •• •
.
1 Hooch --• White clover, inecomla 13e•
1 to lie nor pound section; e•xtraet, :70 -to, •
1.73‘e; buckwheat, 5Orc to 6e. '
terovisions Barrel's •heavy Canadi-•
-la,. short, cut pork, 822.50; light short.
(eit, $e1.50; barrels clean. fat back.
40, compound lard, 7X(i, to .75gc; Canadi-
an pure lard, 11Xc to 12,c; kettle reit-
, dered, 12Xe to • 133c; •hems, 13%c to,
•
loc, .according to step; breakfast batten,
- 16e t� 17eerWitidsor bacon. 15c•to 15%c; •
• fresh killed abattoir dressed hogs, $10.- • '
'25' country dressed at $9.25 to 80.50, •
alive, $7.65 to $7.75 *foreselecte,
'Eggs - New laid, 14c to 15c per doz-
en.
at least seven -feet ing,he- He accosted
him in English, and proposed that he
should enlist. •The idea Of a military
life 'anda large. bounty • so delighted
Patrick that he at Once consented. .
' "But unless .yerti can speak- German
the King .will • not give you so much."
• "Oh, be jabbers," said the Irishman,
"sure it's. 1 that don't know a word Of
German.".
. "But," said the sergeant, "these you
can learn in a short time. • The King
knows every man in the Guards. As
soon as -he sees you -he will ride tip and
ask 3r011 IlOW 'old you are; you will
ecty Wenty-severil next, how long you
have been he the service; you must, re-
ply 'three weeks'; finally, if you are
senvided with clothes and rations, you
answed, 'both.'"
Pot son learned to pronounce • ells
answers, but never dreamed of learn -
inn the questions., •
• In three weeks he afipeared before die
King in review. Ills Majesty rode 1:P
to him. Paddy sloped forward with
're,regent arrnst" •
"How old MI 3i011?" said •the King,
"Three weekee," said the Irishman.
"How long have you been in the
serviee?" •asked his Majesty.
• "Twenty-seven years.'
• "Am I Or you a fool?" roared .the
King. . •
"Winn", replied Patrick, who was in
stantly taken to the guard house, but
pardoned lee the King „after lie undre
stood the facts of the caAe.
.14.,•••••••,..4.4.4•••
ANGELS DESCENDING.
lohnity was so deligbled with his first
p�1?' of Suspenders that he'insisted upon
placheg•' therti • On hip pillontewhenehe
went, to botd.*, Whenenie mother came
to 'tuck the little 'hap 111 he had fallen
asleep, so shelasterted the bracea, to the
owner's small 'trousers and left them on
the chair beside hie bed- .
ejohillirs.firet Morning question was:
• "Do the' angels evittch over ate every
night, mother?"
• "Yee, dear,"
, PAM do'' 'they come all around My
bed, mether?"'
eyee, Johnny, they ' are retold about
yono bed every night," •
"I thought co," snid jeltriny, grintly.
"Somei of them havel been monkeying
• with Iny ,braces,"
!!
Butter Choicest creamerY10
20c; under -grades, 18%c; darry? 16c. to
•-h• I 6,e
1.8• Cheese -Colored, 11Xc to 1234c.
BUFFALO MAII• KETe
Buffalo, May 1. - Flour - Firm.
Wheat ---, Spring easier; No. 1 Northern,
83%c;• Winter, no offerings. Corn --e
Dull; No. 2 yellow, 53Xe; No. 2- corn,'
53c. Oats - FiennsNo. 2 white, 36 to
36%e. Barley - Quiet.; spot offered at
4^. to 52c. Bye -,Stronger; No. 2 held,
66Xc. carloads. - •
NEW YORK WHEAT MARKET.
reldw York, May 1. -Spot firm; No. 2 •
red 'nominal elevator; No. 2 red, 90%e
f.o.b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth, '
885c f.o.b. afloat.
• CATTLE mAnKET.
Toronto, May 1. --Moderate deliveries
of cattle were recorded at the Western
Cattle Market to -day, and prices were
steady to strong in the better grades.
About the usual number ,of export •
cattle were brooght forward, and prices
ringed from, $4.75 to • $4.90 for fair
loads. A -few extra clibice loeds brought,
$5.15.to $5,20.
Choicerbutthersh $4.75 to $5; medium
$4.40 to $4.00; cows, $3.25, to $3.75; bulls,
$3 to $3.50; canners. $1.50 to $2 per cwt.
Short keeps', 1,150 to 1.250 Ilre, .$4.40
to $4.b5; feeders, 950 to 1,150 1bs, $3.85
to $4.40; stockers, 70e to 850 lbs, $3.75
to $1; etock calves, 400 to 650 be, $3 to
$? CW.
ecwetse $4.75 tO $5.25; culls AO
butts, $3.50 to $1; grain -fed 1=141
$5s75 to $6.50; ettrvi,S. 83 to 86' 13er Mt;
Spring iambs, $3 to $6 each,
Quotation' for mile& cows andispring-
ers-was pi) to $55 each.
Hogs were offered in larger munhers.
Ouotations were as follows e-Selectes
$7.15; lights and fate, $6.00 pctcwt.
iris ma) •sAvEn.
In the 11011he of. Comitions no 'incident
is greeted with Imre hearty' laughter
than that of a Member who, after : 411
cloquerit oration,, plutnpS down on 1113 °
silk* hat On the bench behind Iiitin A
yeaing rnenaher who had just made 10
maiden speech :at upon his new silk
1.81,. There woo roars of laugineP. An ,
Irish, inetober immediately ttrOOO MA
giyavely So.itt: "MriSpeaker,, permit Inc
in certgratulate the lionorahl ' gentlenum
upon the happy circunistaric that when
he rat on „his hat his head vas not in
11 r. Thin ternarl upset filo dignity gg
Ilie liousei and the Speaker called s .1r. -
der, Order," amid roars of laughter