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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1906-06-07, Page 3e (CABUL TRAGEDY 1841-4 , NARRATIVE OF tee teeeet ttSft,ky: of The Slattoltiter `of a ,5\nria11 Array - ' • 91ftj4Soldiera' • Afaltanistane t,A beaten Britiele army 'is terribl, twee, that* Clod, rare eneufeh, This etitivet -rabble was" Ina only beaten—it IA as aisgraeed. Incompetency- aanmegst 'etellfaera, naliecipline amongst went VMS its 'record.. 'A record, to be atoned for t by the direct, suffering for entitle out epreme sacrifice for many, and individu- actS of such high courage and pa- t ent endurance- as may take front rarik tier all time in tbe annals of our race. itt is sorry reading:— tette 'The scene of 'slaughter was dread - Jul. All baggage, was abandoned. The •tenemy not only 'toured in a Murderous fire from every rock and cave in the heights on each side, but descehded in to the Pass and 'sIeW men, women and. ,children. Tbe whole . road, for a dis- tance of five miles is covered with dead .and dying. Our loss this day wes corn - •;puled at about 3,000, or one-sixtb, of our People. The 37th N. 1. lost more than half of its men, and other eorps in pro- portionlevexi those who ° 'remained tcold scarcely move or hotel a musket, from their feet wed hands betng frost- bittentsand. to add, to our misery snow began to all eon our arrival at Khur tecibul, . . "Every man among us thought that' 4tre many hours he was doomed to die, either by cold or hunger, or butchered by Our eneraies—for' if attacked, al- though we might for ashort time hold tout. nothing could eventually save • us. "Hundreds of poor wretches, men and 'women, who had not been fortunate enough to -seize any animal • to carry ltietee, or having done so had been dis- possessed of them by others stronger 'than themselves, were Jen, to lie trigs'the remnants of .6,,n army that had loft Cabt11 Seven days e previously, cora- posed of 4,500 fightiing men and 1a,000, canep followers.' e--Frotna "The c abulTr3. eedy," in .131ackwoodst, Magazine, . ...a—tette-tee LIKE DOGS IN THE ROAD, or to be butchered by the, enemy. The sight was fearful." • • But set against that ...such an incident ,as the stand made by a handful Of tan- teers to give the infantry a chance:— • "On arriving within two miles of Jag- alalak, where the descent into the valley ' 'commences, we observed the hills on • each side of the road were occupied by the enemy, who With their long je- •zaits fired upon as the wholo way, and ,again the road was covered with dead •and dying. We were so thick a rpass that 'every shot told on some part or r ,otheof our colunen. • On the advance • arriving in the valley, and being hard pressed„we took up a position' en the 'first heightewa came to, arid near some aruined .walls. , As scarcely any Euro- peans of the advanee now remained, • and the enemy were increasing, the -General called • several .• officers, about twenty of us, to form Stine and show a tftent, We had scarcely ebone so When eta •my friend, Captain Grant; who was next to me, received a ball through, his cheek„ •-which *broke 'his jaw. I lifted him off his horse, and seated him on the • ground. Nothing t could exceed the bravery displayed by Brig. Shelton,' ho commanded the rearguard. He • was like a bulldog assaulted on all sides • ty tut lot of curs trying to. get a snap at tiis head, tail, and sides. Shelton's amen band was attacked by horse and foot and although th.e teeter were fifty • lo one, not a man dared to come close. 'The eew of us with General plphin- • storie, who had formed line to show • front to the enemy when we were await - lag, were so' delighted, not only, at the ,courage displayed by Welton, but at •his manoeuvres to keep off the enemy, that we cheered hint in • • 'TRUE ENGLISH. FASHION as he descended into the valley, not• •we at • the time ;were. 'acting' as targets 'for the marksmen of • 411'e enemy on the hills." • . • And in that last appalling struggle' in the shambles of Gander/talc— "Our troops atelength got to the top 'of the pass, • where a barrier of trees • and bushes hau been -forced across the road. The ,Qhilzie were lying in. wait ler the result among the hills; -This eeas soonaapparent. •The greatest con- . Insion ensued—again were the horrid yells of the enemy heard and •again were more victims addeeto those who ,• head already fallen. "Onwattel" was still• . the word. About a mile further a sec- ' •ond barrier was encountered, and the results , were similar to •those of the former, the bnemy , stilt puesuing in ien creased numbers close upon the •rear. • When near Surkab some- officers,* soo- •ting an chance of escape was over, push- , ee on by theMselves •for Jelalabad, f‘'erv one of whom, with the exception r f Dr. •, Brydon, • was killed. Three ,•(among whom was Captain Hopkins, cf the Shot's 6th, and one Whose friend- ship I had enjoyed for years past) had • renched within sight of Jelalabad, When •elfeeked and murdered." Wheri day broke on Jan, 13, some 20 offieers,- 45 European soldiers, and a few Sepoys had reached Garidanutice-- "flere wee a fresh body of the .enemy • . . every hut in the country had poured forth its Inhabitants to murder and plunder. Our men had not above one or two 'rounds of arrimunition left. They still, though. So small a band, de - tern inert, NEVER TO SURRENDER tt to the enemy while life remained; their numbers Were Rs 1 to 100, and most of teem W6 already,e wounded. "A inessengee feom the- cheef of the district'. arrived and , inquired fer the Ger1101' 0111Cer. 11118 WOS Major Griffiths, 37th N. 1.. who acoinpanied the tries. eenger in the hope of persuading httn te exert 1118 inlittence to savet, the lives of the small' band of EhroPeans that etill remained. , 'Before , Weever, the Major had reached tag chief the enemy had ealled upon the Hump/ewes to our - render end give, up 1110 11' mime. Ax at. tempt was then made, by a few to din- ner!) them by force; 11 1:; ft5 resi ted, bleate Wer exelianged and a eo est between Me, two parties wets that; brought on. A rush was tnade byl the infuriated end savage mob. leuether re- aeistanee W1I3 of no avail, add lit the spinet, of live minutes ettery ;nen, with exeeptam. of Captairt Soutar, of the 44th Queen's who had wrapped around tent hi n regimental colors, and five eol- Wore taken prisoners, weee mestaiered. ' 4111ine, perished, after dreadful suffer., A HOTELS THAT ARE FREE DAY'S WORK OF THE KING ATLATTIG IN THREE RAYs [MEV ARU SCAiTFIRED MX OVER TUX MORE. Vellabliabed by Variotta "Govgnetients and Supplied. With a Steele " ' of Provisions. • When the .proposed Motortcate dash to, the South Pole, fie actually attempted, the adventurerecannot do better than start from Hut POiria, at the foot Of Mount Erebus, where is a substantially , - built house, furnished with. 'every modern appliance a for withstanding the cold weather, and stored with a good stock of provision, wines and spirits, • and medical comforts, This unique cara- vanserai was lett standing—of course, for the benefit. of future explorers—bY Captain Scott's party, who passed therein the winter of 1902-3, • Another "Antarctic hotel" that is cpen to occupation by all corners is situ- ated at the foot of Cape Marc, on Rob. ertson Island. It was occupied by the Southern Cross exploring party in 1899, and when left by th.em was in excellent condition, well -stoked with a finely - selected store of provisions q lin kinds. Almost certainly these two refuges are still intact, for they were specially con- structed to withstand the clithate, and there are no prowling land mammals —as in the North Polar regions—to in. terfere with the provisions. R is not, however, only in these ice - racked and inaccessible seas that free hotels of this kind are to be found, They are scattered • ALL ovEn THE GLOBE, . many of them being kept .upby the various governments which claim juris- diction., over the places wherein they are situated. , Thus, France Os •erected on *Kergue- len Land—a large, uninhabited island iu the Indian Ocean—a, substantiel •tuilding of hewn • stone, replete. witb! ery convenience. Here are stores of tinned soups, vegetables, meat, etc., and also nets for • catching fish, harpoons for killing the seals and vhales which abound thereabouts, axes for felling timber, and even a small • library of nautical books and current works of fiction. All -this; of course, is design- ee for the succor of any destitute cast- aways whu may chance to. be ship- wrecked on . Kerguelen's inhospitable shores, and must on no •account be touched by chance visitors. The British Admiralty maintains ,sim- ilar refuges at Amsterdam Island and. • St. Paul's, two isolated. points Qf vol- canic rock jutting out frern tae bosom of an ocean thee is well-nigh devoid of ti attic or shipping of any kind. The provision depot at the firstenamed epot Is situated within a dry, moray- cave, wherein have been erected eots (or 'steeping. There are also to, be found cn that i refuge pots' for cooking, pre- served beef,' biscuits, a quantity of ettarm clothing; bales of. "blankets, and—sold ered inside a metal, box, .painted Fed— .BAD MESSAGE OF MAUL Curate% 'lleritiarkoblee PrOpiteeet hg Death Made in We1 Church, FORTUNATE IF RE CAN', Get TIIROUGII IN TWELVE " A remarkable incident is reported kora Maesteg, South WeleS. The Bev. Meredith Morris, curate in charge of Garth church; in the midst" of hio dise educe° On a 'recent Sunday night, '-eald that lie was charged to deliver a solemn Message. He had in the past advereely criticised those who had said that they bad seen visions. He would not do So again. There were, he said, many absentees ,from the -Easter communion, including seven young men who had promised to come, but never meant to do so, and lee subsequently •saw them engaged irt gamblingunder cc tree. The message -he had to deliver was from God. Ile had seen a vision, and in it were these seven young, meet, one of whone would be called td, reckoning by his Maker, and that very shortly. Remarkable to state, on Monday afternoon - one of the young men to whom the curate had referred was killed in a local colliery. HIS VISION. t - Interviewed by, a pressman, the Rev, Meredith, Morris said—"Yes, I have bad a remarkable experience. The state of several of our young men filled me with grief and the deepest concern. I spent my time from Sunday until Thursdey— I mean Thursday of last week—in ur- gent prayer for them. The greatest part of Wednesday night Was so spent. I was still praying and Thursday after- noon had come. I recall that I seemed to go off in a faint, and then a vision came clearly- before me, I saw seven young men. I distinctly recognized four of them, and in the vision I saw one ea the young men killed and killed at a colliery. "I was burdened with the message of warning. Until I delivered it from the pulpit. I clid not know which of the young men it would be, and, strange as it might eeem, it brought me a certain sense • of relief • when the news of the fatal accident cleared up that part ef the mystery. The warning message which came inlet- my sermon on Sunday night was, of 'course, unpremeditated: PASTE FOR ROYALTY. Cleverly Executed • Coupterfeits of Crown Jewels. • The visitor to ,the. Tower �f . London who is permitted to inspect, the crown jewels seldom kneetia that a large pro- portion of the • plaziog gems are merely paste, and that • cathouga the ,Tower might be considered a safe endugh place nest .of the' famous etoxies ere: in reality stored in the vaults' Of the Kin& bank- er6, their places being taken bv. c1v aly executed' counterfeits in paste. The Kole-i-noor is never on exhibition, end some Of the other' stones -are represent- • ed by , proxy, though the famous ruby - worn in his theft -net, by Henry When lie invaded France: and which now blazes Ir. the centre of the Maltese cross in the erown made for Queen Victoria is sh oeVri It was the early custom to provide an ornate but inexpensive crown for the Queen 'Consort, and though these circlets blaze, t,vith jewels none of them are real..When Victoria wes - to be crowned iieen Regent it was realized that it'would 'leiter do, to offer her .paste. and a, new crown was provided; for which stones were takenfrom the ear- lier masculine crowns. With the exception of the Queeri's crowie and some few stones in other Ledges Of royalty the entire 'display • is of paste and yet shows' the original stones, even ebe iMperial crown never having 'toasted' Mal jewels.• ' Oddly, enoligh, most of these paste jeWels attenot, more appreciative com- ment • than the few crowns set with geuine stones, and the •sightseer goes on tis way rejoicing tor envious, accord- ing to his ternperameitaalthough any faehionable Tettelletas store will display tenatimes the numbee of real precious e- , Inirinsieally the entire display is not worth more than a quarter of a mil- lion. aaratta—t+d NO HIGI1E1 COURT, A smell town in Colorado, 1,200 feet above see -level, boasts a justice of the peace. • Recently a suit was tried before him • that stiered theecommunity to its centre, . from •the fact that one of the parties imported, a lawyer from a dis- tarit city. • • The case dragged itself out to an un- precedented length,. and the populace had never dreamed that law was so full of objectiens and exceptions, notions, protests, expostulations, and lite- as that lawyer proved it to be. ' But there was one thing he' eould not prolong, • and that was the prompt, crisp, decisive atudgment for the plain- tiff, ' as soon as the trial was fairly over. "Well, sir," said the lawyer, In tones of superiority, "we shall have to take this ease to a higher court." "You, can't do that, mister," replied the magiatrate. "And, why not, pray ?" "Theee ain't atty higheh Court/ This court is 13,100 feet above the level of the sea, and it's several hundred feet the highest court in tile country." • + HAS THE EQUATOR' 11EEN SHIFTED? While Ontario hes had a Winter eea- son, etecording to 'the calendar, ' but without any winter thrown in, the pee - pie of Mexico have been suffering in. terteely from most unusual cold. , In the city of Mexieo lightly -clad „people have actually :Rt'aished on the 'etreels, end on the plans a number of shope herd.; have died from exposure in 4 temperature that to them' waa- extretnely low. With theecold there has been an outbreak of typleuen which rtin the death -rate in the City of Mexieo from 48 Up to 00 per 1,000. /t Weak coffee often furnishea grounds for domestie eteong tion. „ ee, tans* r EVQt Jo Church ArnierMentber6 'Causes Writer. to Follow. — .Routioe. FOUR PACKETS OF MATCHES. At St. Paul's the .refuge -house has been' erected within the crater of an extinct volcano and in elose proximity to a natural hot bath, while the Provisions, clothing, etc., are contained in a num- ber of water -tight 'casks.. So far back as the year 1880 there was establish,ed on Possession Island, in. the Indian Ocean, one of the thrgest refuge depots in eaistence, and it has reen visited and replenished at inter- % els ever sinee by British :cruisers de- tailed for the -duty. It consists of five roomy huts fitted with tibiae, benches, and bunke, while in a separate air- tight store -room • are 5,000 pounds of pr eserved provisions and fifty' complete suits of clethes. At Heard Island, south of Kerguelen Land, popularly reputed by sealers — Jaeonly people who visit it—,to be the piost desolate spot on earth, is a stone hut built by a pious- whaling captain as• a thanksgiving fort:having escaped with his life from an ice -slide. It con- tains a store of provisions and a quan- tity of religious literatuee. At Hog Is- land, one of the • Crozet Group, the British Government has built quite an ornate little "hotel" for possible cast - 'mays, and has stocked it with, • amongst other luxuries, sardines in Oil tinned salmon, preset -trod potatoes, and ginger in jars. There are also a keg of rum, a- small barrel of brandy, hatehets for chopping wood, spears for Milne ftsh, blankets, and WARM UNDERCLOTHING. Some of these out-of-the-way spots strike one as being specially suited to the trequirements of amateur Itobineon Cremes. For instance, there is nose Leland, amply provisioned, though quite uninhabit ed , and provided, moreover On addition to the usual refuge -hut), with a lifeboat, in ,which the lonely -ex. tie from his kind could easily make NeW .Zealand when tired of the charms ef Maude. Snares ',eland, toe, arid Antipodes Is- land would furnish comfortable retreats for anyone wishing to be mate alone for a not tee lengthy, period. At each there are a comfortable little house of galvanized iron, provisions in plenty, a supply 'Of:4 fishing tackle, and a small library. Mereover, both the island's are visited twice a year by a Government ship specially' detailed to look out for and succor castaevey's, so that 110110 need tear being compelled to emulate Alex-. ender Selkirk for more than a corn- paratiVely brief' period. ' It would be ,well, however, for any- body- ,having ambitions he this direct. hen to avoid Pagan Island, in the Int- orone Group. Here, tt ie true, are a refugelhut (of ,asbestes) and goodly 1toro of provielone; hut on he island, which is only tt few miles in eirourtifete ence, are ,no' fewer than three aetive volcanoes in an almost constant state of eruption.—Londen Tit -Bits. tiGINatilttO 011 DfitINKSt ' A Scierdiat says that'when people were cave-dwellera their diet eonsisted en. 1(1017 of rooter.: and feuita, and that It in not unnatural tn nupose that the food W48 'ottezi etored away. :Irt course ef time the fruit fermented, the sugar in it wan turned into pure Wolk* and the caveelwellera drank it and got fo like 11. Thia was the beginning of the use. of aleoltol. 1 UU SECUET or ELECTRRIEIC TOE FUltittaFe • lbonias• Edison Maks Sortie- For oast flow Coal Eueroy ile Wasted. King Edevarde In the Course of ate aadience granted flask week to the leadera of the Church Army movement in ling - land; MI6' are endeavoring to deaf with the diflicult problem created by the ap- palling 'condition of laboring men, in- cidentally mentioned that -he ' was obliged to work hard himself, and that hia ordinary working day was not ORO of eight hours:, but twelve hours, and that he considered himself fortunate when he accomplishedalt he had to-do in that timet, writes' Marquise de Fon- tenot. This pronouncement, • cabled to this ccuntry and published Ile the ttunerican newspapers, has excited a considerable Amount of amazement among those here who have been accustomed to loot upon the British monarch as essentially a man of pleasure; iudeed, as one of the greatest sybaritee in Europe, and the question hoe arisen in connection there- with as to what the labors of the tBri- tish monarch really were. DOCUMENTS TO SIGN. It may therefore be as well to explain that the King has hundreds of docuMents to sign on every day of the year, Sun- days included.- It must be borne in mind that as a general 'principle no adrninsi- trative act by the Government and no act of Parliament is valid in the eyes of the law until it receives the sign manual t f the sovereign. Everythin,g done by the Government of the. day in behalf ef the State and in the name of the nation es a Sovereign act, no matter how trivial it, may be, and a sovereign act -cannot be complete and therefore valid until it aas received the sovereign's signature. Fifteen years ago it, was estimated by competent authorities that the number of documents receiving the signature of Queen, Victoria averaged at least 60,000 per annum. That would give about 200 for each week day throughput the ,entire twelve months. Since that, time docu- ments requiring the sign manual of the British sovereign have enormously in- ereased, and 11 18 probable that to -day the papers which King Edward is obliged to sign average between 400 and 500 a day. • '•t NONE BUT THE KING. The comtressiote Of every officer of the army and navy, and the diplomatic corps, from admirals of the fleet, field marshalls, and ambassadors, dowil • to the most youthful subaltern or beard- less atache, requires the signature of the King, whose approval is likewise neces- sery to the draft of every important dis- patch sent out by the Department of Foreign Affairs': All the more important appointments, edminiatrative as well as "judicial, must • aave' • the sovereign's written consent. No one can relieve the sovereign of this particular tnertion • of his work. INTERVIEWS ALSO. The giving of these signatures, ar- duous as is the work entailed when a monarch is consetentious, constitutes but a part of the day's business. The Ger- man and Austrian rulers require their Cabinet Ministers to make at least twice a week verbal reports of all important matters concerning their departments, in addition to their written communica- tions., • Queen Victoria insistedon this onlyin the case of the Foreign Office, but, Kine- Edward demands that he shouldbe kept informed •about all mat- ters of 'moment, and he is constantly calling upon this Minister or that Gov - eminent official to furnish him ewith special reports. Not ti clay passes with- out several Government functionaries (being received' in audience, and the int letview. is Usually followed by some ac. ton on the part o the sovereign or :if the dignitary in queetion. , DESPATCHES FROM ABROAD. • Throughout the entire day, and often far into the night, there, Is a constant succession of messegee arriving for tae sovereign. In London, as also in Berlin and • Vientna, the Minister of .Foreign Affairs is 'under orders to transmit to the menarch immediately onits arrival a copy 'Of every despatch time arrives from abroad, either .by telegraph or by mail, and the reading and discussion of these despatches alone constitute a tax upon royal time arid energy. COOKS' "PERKS." Magistrate Seats :Custom is Nothing Less Than Stealing. The question of a cook's perquisites, was • raised in the Marylebone Police Court, London, recently, when Annie Slocombe • and Frank Pallett were charged with stealiiig and receiving a chiekent a piece of bacon, and a piece of • ar,si naonaisnenoddaseitm, sesibni sgei tgaapiwtntif as tire cook at a hotel in Hyde Park, and Pallelt is niPaelrfette was stopped by a in the service of Messrs. greenegrocers. On detective, when leaving the hotel, and wee found to be careeing it parcel con- taining the chieken and other things. He )(teetered that „tele parsel had been given to him by 'the -cook for his master. it, wee said that,Mr. Evans was court- ing tile 0001e, and in the evilness box he stated that he had oftet'i sent thinge over for hea to cook. The chicken, however, dld riot beloitg to him. Mr. Erke Paimer urged ote behalf of Slonombe that it had really become habit end custom among cooks to help themselves somewhat lergely fo their employees' goods, and she sent these articles over as a present to her young mane They were, left over from dinner, and she regarded" them, tee her perquit sitTlie• e magistratel said such a habit mot ciastom was nothing less than stealifig, and sent the woman to prison for a month. Pellatt was tlieeliarged. ,41E DOESN'T SEE THINGS. Finnegan — 01 can niver git nay wife to eee things as 01 GC11 011111. Flanagan — `flume foe ye! Orve heard eines niver touched a drop in her heal t"Wa. are 'groping on the verge 91 an ether great epoch an the workVs history It would not eueprise me any, moping to wake •up and learn that Qne of the 200000, scientific men who are inveeta &eating all over the twill has seized the secret •of -electricity tat direct process; and begun another practical revolution ol tatinan affairs." he these words, Mr. Thomas Edison, the world -famed inventor, begins a re- markable forecest of the future of etee•, tricity. • "The first great change in the produc- tion of electricity will a.bolisa the carry- ing of coal for that purpose. Instead elf digging gross material out of the earth, loading it on cars, and carrying it say, 500 miles, there to put it under a boiler, burn it, and so get power, we shall set up plants at the mouths Of the mines, generate the power there, and transmit it wherever it is needed by copper wires. COAL MINES ON WHEELS. • "It is preposterous to. keep on putting the coal on wheels. • lt, is toe clumsy. It is too costly. • There Is no necessity for it. We can ship a 10,000 horse -pow- er over a wire quicker and more ecO- nomically than we can send the equiva- lent in coat over a railroad track'. "Everything points to, the fact that in the near future electrcity will be pro- • duced for general consumption in great power houses at the mouths of coal pits. • "Electricity will soon have completely taken the place of horses. It will solve the traffic problem in • critica, My new electric 'storage battery itself will make electricity, cheaper than horses. • You see the new factory going up out there? Well, in the' spring we will be .ready to furnish the new batteries. Not only will they mean half the space of horse traffic, but they will do twice as fast. They' can be stored on upper floors by means • of elevators. • The „saving of stable space in New York City will cover at least £40,000,000 .worth of property. WASTE OF COAL.' • "Another thing in the future; Wire- less telegraph will enable us to reach Rny ship in any sea. That is a certain- ty "Not only, will electric -power be devel- oped at and distributed from the coal • mines in the future, but all the water .over in the world will be used for the production of electricity. That move- ment has began and is advancing rapt idly. In California they are 'transmitting electric power 275 miles by wire, ' and running street cars and •lighting flea cities toy. it. That is the sort'. of spirit that will wake the world up one of these days. • "From a practical standpoine,•the most • tremendous thing in the .problern ;of electricity is the fact that we only get about 15 per cent. of the energy of the coal we burn. Eighty-five per cent goes vp the chimney. • If we could find a way to get the ettergy out of the coal ty some direct process without wasting $J per cent. of it, 41 would so multiply and so cheapen eeeetric power as to -in- augurate a new epoch in the history of the world. It is practically impossible to exaggerate the consequences of a dis- covery that would produce electricity direct from coal, or in any 'way to avoid the waste consequent upon the use cf boilers ad .engenes., AIRSHIP PROBLEM. "I have done it myself experimentally, and soehave others, telt not in the way to make it commeeciany valuable. I have burned carbon and Chilian salt- petre together'in an eleatrolite and have thus produced electricity. direct. But that was merely a scientific successes It would cost too much to produce power in that way for commercial purposes. "When that discovery is I made, the stearri engine will be driven' out of use. ft will then be possible to have reliable airships that will ,safely carry passen- gers.- I expect to see airshipeellying be- fore my death. I do not think that they will fly" very high, but they will be abte to go a little higher than the trees and buildings. "Subtle a discovery will make itpoe, sible to drive ships across the sea. by electricity at the rate of 50 miles an hour—three days • across. •the Atlantic from shore to shore. • "The direct process will give the world electricity at sueh a low met, that electric; light On be used by everybody, and railways can be operated et a fraction et their present expense. • The city of New York could be lit as brilliantly in the night-time as triethe day -time, with- out any additional cost." DIED FOR VEN1.1Stet (121, actilptorts, Strange Adoration for Cold Marble Statue. • Ite tt dingy sculptor's studio in Chit en go stood a beautiful statute of a nude atentis, modelled, in inarbla, which so revisited the heart of the sculptor's ap- Prentiee that he became ezunnored of the cold beauty. Unfortunately foe leirn the statuette did not prove another Ga- latea, willing to be woed and able to return his caresses. She remained rehilie frigid on her pedestal. For home; ttt a time, the youth, Poni- epe tatipone, would sit tultriiring lite :work of his eniployer. Ile explained that hisinterest was born 'Of his love bt the, seulpture,- letter ite Was tweed to eall the statute "Nlatitilda.." Ile would talk to it'when alone as if it were it thing of life. Felkav weal:men,* not- ing his loVe tlf the statue, twilled wait about it, and he laid the ,,story of et Ala- thilda 'whom he lied left in Italy. Otte, day,, when all were leaning the establielintent, Fulponi „" said lie, would min them in a nonnent at a miller res. tatteant. Waett he did not, appenr iu ' half an boor another ,seulpfor event back to look tor iiim. Ile found Fulponi ly- trig dead at the feee of the Atatuo: with a revelver hi etie hand anti the warm blood $owing from a 2 evound in Hie temple.' LLJiJNEJMARKETS • fiREADSTUFFFe Torent9, Juno fleae Expellers .Nal $3.15 for 00 per ent. Patentee Jeuyers' bowie, for export; end - fere aro avea-ing $3.20, Manitoba—rasa patent's, . ntoi to *L60; ciaids, *4 to $a.10; bekerea $3.90 to_$4. , W1ieat----Ontaride-$3.6: bid ^ outside for No 2 ernieed," 8-10 c;i1AI; gOOSQ;, 75,0 bid, We asized. Wheat Manitoba --- t No. 1. NortIterrt, 85c listed, Point Edward, • et white, 3po bid,- in aterei TorontOr 37c bid outside, east: or west. Corn—No. 2 yellow-, 58e asked, Toron- to, 57ge hid. " • Barley—No. 3, 46c bid, C.P.B., 47 oak. ed, main line, Michigan Central or Pere Marquette. Bran—$16.50 asked outside. COUNTRY PRODUCE.. .„ Butter — Creamery prices are &Ms with the demand active. Creamery .. „e .. 20c to 21e do. solids • •190 to 20o Dairy lb rolls, good to ehoice 16c to 17o do. large retie., 15e to 100 do. medium., 14-ge to 15o ' Cheese—Old is quoted here at 14e for large and 14%0 for twine,- and. new at 12c to 123c. Eggs -17c' to 17%e for new -laid, and .13Me for splits, Potatoes—Ontario, 70e . to 85e out of storee. eastern DelaWares at 85e to 973c; Quebec 73c, and Novo Scotia at 750, Baled Hay—$10 for No, 1 timothy per ten in car lots on track here, And. $7t50 to $8 for No. 2. _- Baled Straw—$6 per ten for car lots, on track here. ' s • ee—: MONTREAL MARKETS. Montreal, May -30.—Grain—The feature of the local grain' situeiti9n wasea fur- ther advance in oats -as a. result of- con- tinued scarcity of supplies. . No improve- ment in demand from over the cable for Manitoba wheat. No new features in flour; demand • continues only fair, but the market is still- firm 'in tone. Millfeed continues he fair demand, trad- ing in mouillie and shotts being active. Bran is moving slowly. The market for rotate:I oats continues quiet and steady. 13a1eet • hay, continues firm in tone, though cable advices received this morning • reported Liverpool and Lone don markets to be -easier, with a down- ward tendeney. • Oats—No. 2, 43c; No. 3, 42c to 42%ce No. 4, 410. • Peas a78c f.o.b. per bushel. • Corn—No. a. mixed, 57ea�; No: 3 yet. low, 5830 ex -track. • Flour—Manitoba spring wheat patents, $4.60 to . $4.70; strong bakers', $4A0- 10 $4.20; winter wheat patentS, $4 to $4.25; straight winter patent$4.20 to $4 40, straight rollers, $3.90 to $4t10;, add, in bags, $1.85 to $1.95; extras, $1,50 , to . $1.65. Millfeed—Manitoba bran, in bags, $18, to $19; shorts, $20 to $21 per ton; 'On- tario bran, in balk, $18.56,10 19'.50; s1trt5, $20 to $20.50; milled inouillie, $21 to $25; straight grain' mouillie, $25 to $27 per ton. '' Rolled Oats—Per bhp:. $2 to $2.10, in car' lots; cornmeal, $r.30 to $1.40 per bag-. . Hay—No. 1, $9.50 to $10.50; No. 2, $8.50 to $9.50; clover, mixed, $7.50 to $8.50, and pure clover, $7 to $8. BUFFALO MARKETS: Buffalo, June 5. — Fleur ea- Steady. Wheat—Spring, dull arid easy; No, 1 -, Noethern, .80%c; winter, •unsettled; No. e red offered 950 to atrive on track. Corn—Firm; No. 2 yellow, 560;" No, 2 mixed, 55yo. Oats—Dull; No. 2. wbeee, 39c. Barley•—Malling, in store, quoted 47 to 52c. • Rye—No. 1, (i6aac. Cana) freights—Steady. • NEW YORK WHEAT MARKET.' Nev• York, June 5.—Spot steady; No:- • 2 red, 93%c nominal ,elevator; No. 2 rea„ 950 nominal f.o.b. afloat; No. 1 Northern - Duluth, 92%c nominal f.o.b.' afloat; No. Nerthern Manitoba, 89gd f.o.b. afloat. • CATTLE MARKET. Toronto, June 5.—A. good briSt trade was doing in all lines of cattle at the • city market this morning. Export Cattle—Choice, $4.00 to a5.20; medium to geod, $4.60 to ,$4.75; bulls, $3.50 to $4.; cows, $2.75 to $4.25. ' • Butcher Cattle—Picti lots, $4.60to $4.70; good to nholtet $4.40 to $4.60; fair - to good, $3.75 to $4; common, $2.50 to $3; cows, $3 to •$1; bulls, $3.25 to. $4; canners, $1.50 to $2. Stockers ;and Feeders — Short -keep feeders, $4.75 to $4.85; heaVy feeders, $4.40 to 84.00; medium, $2.50 to -$3.50; bulls, $2 to $2.75; good stockers run at $3,75 to $4; light at $3.25 to $3.70; rough' common, $2 to $2.75, and bulls at $1,45 to $2.50. Mitch cows —T h e Market is u,pied un- changed at a range of $30 .to $60 each. 'Calves—Prices were easier at 3e to 60 per Ib. • • Sheep and Lamhs—Export ewes are quoted at $4 to $4.50 for shorn and 44.50 10 115.25 for unshorn; bucks. at $3 to 83.50 for shorn and $3.50 to i4 for, unshorn. Grain -fed yearling lambs are quoted at $7 to J7.50 and springs at $3 to $5,50 each. Ilegs—Are quoted steady at $7.30 per ewf. for 'clunee lightweights and $7.05 for lights and fats, fed , and 'watered. • THE PET" OF TUE 0 REGIMENT. Tho,• 2nd Battalion of • the Duritain Light Infantry recently celebrated the twenty-first birthday of "Jimmy Dure ham,' a Soudanese who plays a clari- net in the band and has had a romantic career. During the Sondan campaign of 1885 a body of Dervishes flea, leaning a naked .ehild on the hanks of the Nile. It was picked up by Lieutenant Delisle, Mw the adjutant, and ever einee he hag boon the pet , of the regiment. When three years old 'lie eould prattle in Ara - Iola and English, ride the 11.6r808 bare- back • to water, and give a sdng and dance on the barrack -room table, lito was • allowed to aeaomparty the troope fa India, ,nral in 1899 opecitel cartetion was given by I.ord Itoaerts for him to ieht lite tatintent. "1 MIT told, professoe, that ou littvet mastered nearly all of the MOderti lane pages."