Exeter Advocate, 1905-06-08, Page 8THE KING IN THE STATES
WHEN ITIS MAJESTY WAS THE
PRINCE OF WALES.
The Heir Apparent Had a Mag-
nificent Reception in New
York.
It is now forty-five years since
King Edward visited the States. and
Americans are still wondering wheth-
er he will keep tho promise he then
made "to repeat his visit on sumo
future occasion." In America King
Eduard is the most popular of all
European monarchs, and his return
%you'd ho hailed with the greatest
deli lit by all classes. ile is looked
g
upon as a "good fellow." a "true
sport," a "real man," and a "clever
and tactful ruler." and tho admira-
tion Uncle Saul feels for hips is gen-
uine.
lihen King Edward visited Ameri-
see in 1860 ho was in his nineteenth entertainment he had received and
year, and it may not lie without in- went to bed.
terest to quote one or two descrip-i The following (lay ho visited liar-
i:ons of his personal appearance ac- Horn's. and requested to be shown
cording to the paper's of that time. the wonderful "What Is It?" the
"lie is a sweet little fellow•." the; Siamese Twins, the Albino family,
ICC% York Herold stated. "and all etc. Ilo was taken through the
the ladies are enchanted with him.
menagerie and circus by i1 . Green
-
the
modest, so nice, so well brought wood, as Mr. Barnum was away.
At the conclusion of his visit the
up, and 9•p obedient to ray Lord
I
Newcastle. Every act and every risco said, "have I seen all who
look of that thoroughbred boy is a curiosities?" to which Mr. Green-
wood garland on tho brow of
wooel replied, "Yes, your Royal
ITIS ESTIMABLEMOTHER.iht of
when to the great do -
HIS of those about him the lance,
Full of the robustness of English in a tone of disappointment, said,
health gleaming through that rich "But where's Mr. Barnum?" Sub-
courplexion-emiently Prussian, with: AC/luently the Prince saw Mr. Bee-
line eyes sparkling with innocence num and favored him with his auto -
and tukening all the freshness of graph.
adolescent interest in what was pass Only one unpleasant thing is said
ing about him -it. was plain that he to have happened during the Prince's
had been taught his true position visit to the States. It occurred
under Heaven and towards his huts- when he was leaving t he Fifth Av-
blest fellow, and that the curse of erre° hotel. His carriage had just
satiety had not blighted ono well begun to move when a mat- pushed
spring of his soul." his way to the front, and, getting
It is interesting to learn that din-- near the step of the carriage, ahem'
Mg his visit to the States the Prince a blow at the Royal- head, at the
showed himself extremely fond of sante time exclaiming, "You will
that scientific game known as "nine- never bo King if you were to live for
pins." It. was declared, however. ;t hundred years. The time of Kings
that he was not such nn expert at is gone."
this pastime as he was in the hand -I The prince avoided the blow. and
ling of a gun. One paper gives the. his carriage rapidly drew out of
following account of how he and his range of the maniac. Ile was puunc-
party distinguished themselves at tel upon by the crowd and delivered
"nine -pins'-' while spending the day over to the police. and all America
at West Point: "The Prince and his expressed the greatest delight when
suite spent nonny hours at nine -pins, it was proved t hat he was not a
appearing to take great enjoyment countryman of theirs. Before leaving
in the game. The nine -pin alley is a New York the Prince planted two
long, low building with plenty of trees -an English oak and an Amer -
windows, and those who went and lean elm -in Central I'ark, and show -
looked in at the windows while the ed his tact even in those early days
party were rolling had a fine view of by planting tho latter first. -London
the Prince and ho of them. All the Tit -hits.
party smoked during the perform-'
(ince, and last evening any number of, ALCOHOL A PURE POISON.
sherry cobblers were ordered, and; --
con$umed through sticks of macaroni' Startling Statement of tho King's
instead of straws."
October 13th. 2 a.en. The Prince is PERSONAL POINTERS. true knurling to
again trying to dance. The roped 4--- !ELECTRIC BOLT TRICKS the roiling, struck her feet nee
terrified, rohourul•el mr, LEADING
space round His Royal highness has Interesting Gossip About Some
much diminished. and the crowd is
enormous. More than 3,000 people
are in the room, and outsiders have
bribed who police and thus obtained
u4hnissiun. Everything is progress-
ing favorably."
"From the ballroom. Seim -day,
October 13th, 3 a.m. •1'he I'rioce bus
again made an effort to dance, but
the space is so small new that he is
scarcely able to turn round. Peelple
aro pressing closer every moment
IN ORDER TO '1't)U('11 111M.
Ills Royal highness looks fatigued,
but is still able to keep his feet. Ile
has danced with many beautiful and
elegantly -costumed women. lsxcito-
ment is being suppressed by groat
effort."
Soon after 3 a.m. tho space where
the Prince stood was entirely cover-
ed by the crowd, when ho expressed
himself satisfied with the amount of
Surgeon.
A pretty incident occurred during
the Prince's visit to New York. it is useless for alcohol to go to
Among the flags which were run up Sir Frederick Treves for a cha•ac-
in his honor, one bore the words: ter. Ile said tho following hard
"11'elcoree. laddie. for your mither's things about it at a meeting of the
:take." This attracted the attention ('Murch of England Temperance So-
o( the Prince, who referred to it riety at the Church )louse, Westnin-
with some pleasure, and the follow- ster:
ing day n resident of New York, Mr. It IS distinctly a poison, and the
.)01111 Oliver, the author, was pre- limitation of its use should bo as
seated to the Prince. strict as that of any other kind of
it may not be generally known poison.
that King Edward had the first; It 1s, moreover, an insidious poi -
shampoo of his life in New York. son, producing elTects for which the
It was about 1860 that sha►npooing only antidote is alcohol again.
was first heard uf, and the young; It is not an appetizer. and even in
Prince was an ' s to tri what it stool' quantities it hinders digestion.
was like. here is an account of the Its stimulating effect only lasts for
incident as recorded in one of tho, a moment, and after it has primal
pc capacity for work falls cnorun-
npc•rs at the time: 1 the
(norm -
HAS HIS HEAD SHAMPOOED. ously.
That head, which so many people It brings up the reserve forces of
Imvo male 80 ray efforts to see, the body and throws them into ac -
even from a distance, one man, priv tion, with the result that when they
ileged above all others, has held be- are used up there is nothing to fall
tw(en his hands for a whole hour, 1 ack upon.
and not only held it, but handled On the march to Ladysmith the sol -
and knocked itenbout at his irleasure. cheers who were drinkers fell out as
This favored mortal is no other than though they were labelled.
M. Valet, the clever and popular; The use of alcohol is inconsistent
coiffeur whom everyone knows. Who-' with work which requires quick. keen
ever has entrusted his head to this and alert judgment.
able artist knows with what light- Sir Frederick mail that the ueo of
nowt nn(1 softness of touch, with' alcohol is emphatically diminishing
what profound philosophic perception' in hospital prnrtlee and among pro-
be acquits himself of the delicate fessionnl then oho work hard during
operation of shampooing. The Prince the clay
wits charmed both by the novelty of lye concluded his address) with the
the thing and the manner in which'
following emphatic seeds:
the operation was performed. AIi
r "I have spent the greater part of
Yater saw his tr' ph complete byi my
of shampoo Int' and one of the life in the operating room. and I
the gracious request for a bottle' can nssuro you that theca are some
excellent tonics of which he is the person. 1 do not mind operating up -
inventor. When the question of pay -on, and others that 1 du, but the
Wrent erose the artist declined to person of all others i dread to see
make n charge, declaring himself enter the operating theatre is the
amply rewarded for the honor done drunkard."
in rho('sing him. and the compli-; •
mems that had been b08(080d upon 'rni: KNO'TT'ED FLAB.
hire. -
At the Academy of Music a grand
ball was given In.honor of the
Prince, at which a series of accidents
happened, which greatly upset the
Master of the C'erenionles. The
dancing liner had been built fur the
purpose, and rested on trestles. Tho
Royal party was about to enter
when a hog.. vase of flowers fell, and
test ns who Prince was being handed
hie programme Another fell with it
r.•cnnnding crash. 'Then the Hoer
began to give way. and as the people
fled the whole thing .subsided. in or-
der to divert. the Prince's Attention
from the accident he was conducted
j then the ceiling. After buuudieg
Leading People. • LIGHTNING KNOWS WHAT IT'S thea three or four Bates, with per-
('uunt %u Euleuberg, the Kaiser'sDOING. 1(81 regularity, it finally went out
Principal Chamberlain. has just *0- ---
ce11ed his seventy-fifth decorati„n.'Flatnutarion Says It Has Kind of
lunch is it 1•ec'0rd 0% en for lieruna" y'• I Consciousness and Cause
4 I Count. von Ihreluta can wear only for Every Act.
about forty slurs utul crosses.
The Earl of Powis is probably tho "it would seem that lightning is a then[. One touched it with his foot.
I Only nobleman1u L onion with a subtle being whose nature cuures be- It exploded, killing hire instantly.
brass mime -plate (18 his dour. The %ween the unconscious force of plants His comrade was thrown down, but
pedestrian in lk•rkelty Square can and the conscious furca of animals. lytta not hurt.
hardly foil to notice this sign of 1t is like an elementary
Spirit t0- "ten • of the strangest fancies of
professionalism. .1 brass plate has cent lie ur rational, clever or silly, lightning is for undressing its vie:
been affixed on the Powis front clear farseeing or blind, headstrong or in tiros. Once a women citessed as a
ever since the district
when the inhale,- deferent, passing fro
into extreme' lean was caught in n storm. Her
tants of the district around l'ow's' to the other. It wriggles through clothes au0t shoes were torn off by
unable to speak English, yet 14.1110
space it rx►tee among Inca with Har- lightning and t}unw'.1 afar, so that
through the keyhole.
"t:ra• day at Seeondingy two boys,
one aged 1'9 and the other l:r, were
p1401141 in the street when they saw
a ball like all orange rolling toward
The important part 1•lnyed by
flags in all maritime affairs rennet
he over-estimated. Besides signalling.
there are ninny other uses to which'
they cart 1►e put. Visitors to any
of the big senpurts, like London or
Liverpool, may often have seen n
vessel flying n flag milk n knot. tied
in one corner of it. It is not gener-
ally known that this sign is used to.
attract the ('ustoms' officer, who
knows when lie 5(8•S it that the ves-
sel wishes to ship or consume a
(quantity of bonded steres. f e., to-
bacco, h presence e•o ft 'r tm is r •m neo b •
c i ( d e
to t
, i
p
ing accessary to break the s^al be -1
to the supper -room chile the repairs,
fore such stores may be utilized. I
were 1'eing made.
1't 11: "GitAND 8l'1'pEit." WOItLD'S POSTAGE S'T'AMPS.
is it n a8 announced, was not all it
tteeht have been.
It was very kindly arranged," said
11 ';ew York Herald. "and, in feet,
t ! e( 4111 ing was so scitndal•eus that
. •„ , n few could be served at It
time, and those fete by remnining at.
the taldem rendered it necessary to
pass the food over the heads or un-
der the elbows (,f their neighbors.
Willem, creates, fluid jellies %%ere con-
sequently liberally sprinkle(1 up.m
the elegnnt costumes of those pre-
sent unit much damage done. The
Prince took it all in good part,
however. and in easy Conversation
with those around hint the supper
found its way to its dem Mitten."
The hall which followed wens re-
ported 031(1 published in the forth of
1►ulleties every hour and pasted in
the %%inflows of the newspaper offices.
Dere are a couple of them: "The hit -
t ' on the bstlroom Saturday
Tho total mentor of all known va-
rieties of postai0 staters issued by
all the Goverun>cnte of the world up
to the present titre is 10,212. (►f
this number 205 have bc-en issued In
(:leaf Britain and :1.711 in the vari-
ous Itrllish ciduniee null protector-
ates, having 13.3:,1 for the rest of
the world. E'y'eing; the totals
amongst the continents, Europe is-
sued 1,049, Asia :3,62A, Africa 4,005,
America. ir>rluding the West inbe8,
ts.u9:e, and Oconee -a 1,1'25. Salvador
has Issued more 1nrnet1,8 of pOStage
stamps than any other country, the
'number beitrg 150.
There is n great deal of pleeem e
in the world for those who don't
' hunt too hard for it.
1f it man has It big family he
won't have In worry- so much about
1u manage his lordship's name. made l
their way to the Berkeley Stinum prising wilily, 1400earing and disup- she had to wrap up in n sheet in
nuuesiun, where assistance, if just i- I eat'ing; 11 a -lightning. order to reach the nearest village.
fled, was readily given. •elft call me h actions freaks, but Shoes or clothing may bo destroyed
Mate. l:nunu Calve, the famous they are determined by causes. These or neatly unsown, and the wearers
singer. is ono of those people who causes ty( have yet to learn." left unhurt. On July 5, 1483, at
like to have their tenths ready for 'the epeaker was Camille 'laminar- Void, two workmen who had sought
them is case anything should happen. ion. the atetronuurr and scientist, of shelter under a willow were hurled
Some four years ago the grout singer Paris, aIto has devoted much of his more than ----•--•--4four yards without being
and actress gave instructions to a time to exploring the mysteries of injured.
AMBULANCE DOGS IN WAR.
Seek Out the Wounded on the Fiel
of Battle.
It is well known that dogs, of cer-
tain breeds especially, have a con-
siderable amount of intelligence. As
the constant companion of man
through generations, the brain of the
dog has been developed until at the
Present time it is rrobable that this
animal can be more easily trained
than any other. For something like
eighty years the monks of St. Bern-
ard have trained and used dogs to
rescue travellers lost in the snow. In
Europe many of the armies, inspired
by this idea, employ dogs to seek out
the wounded on the field of battle
well-known French sculptor io pre- lightning.
pare a design for her monument, and; ••I•:ach year." he continued, "I re -
though at first ho thought she was in ceived from the ministry of justice
jest. and hesitated to begin the official accounts of n11 accidents from
work, he soon found she wa8 in ear-
liest. Ile set to work, therefore, and
modelled a sketch which it is to bo
hoped will not bo worked from for
many a long day.
Canon Lyttelton, the new head
master of Eton, is an ardent food
reformer. A vegetcrian himself, he
holds strong opinions as to the rad-
ically wrong character of tho exist-
ing civilized dietary. The tnenea of
the well-to-do, ho once observed, are
lightning as described in police re-
ports. here lightning kills, there
it pusses without injuring. farther
on, it sterns absolutely frolicking. I
have hundreds of examples. And
yet it is not possible to draw from
them any conclusion as to a law.
Sometimes it gives rise to the hypo-
thesis that it is a thought which,
instead of tieing attached to a brain,
is attached to un electric current.
on the topsy-turvy system. Inetead. "All that can be affirmed for the
of being so arranged- as to milieus° pr(tmnt is that in spite of its nppar-
hunger they stimulate appetite If erat nmlepelidenee, lightning, (1)08 nut
the cheese and the sweets canto first act as freely as we might be inclined
far less meat would be eaten. Canon 10 believe. It obeys certain law's
Lyttelton points to the Japanese as still uncleterinime(1, and its actions, nIsi thus aid in the work of the am -
exemplifying the virtues of vegetar- senniegly so unregulated and so 0a- bulance cures. In Germany dugs
leftism. pr•icious. are not the result of shear aro attached to the ambulance ser -
Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace once accident. The plea of chance is n vice in many regiments, and were
found himself at a club in Edinburgh refuge for our ignorance, but it can- employed in tho Herrero expedition
heno- in Africa. In Austen, Prance, Italy,
where he fell into conversation about not explain these fantastical p
Russia with a youth who put for- !mina. Switzerland, 1tollaud, Kussin and
ward 801110 views in which he could "The only sure way to reach gener- America dogs oro utilized in ambit -
not acquiesce. "Oh." said this per- al facts is by consulting particulars.
nonage, "it is nil very well for you 'This is the method 1 invariably
to say that you do not agree with adopt in investigating nnv owientilic
tae. but I know all about it. 1 have subject. Now here are a few of the
just been reviewing Wallace's 'Rus strange freaks of lightning which I
sin.' " "And I have Just boon have succeeded in bringing together.
writing it," wits the 'TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE.
The former speaker lived to bo fam-
ous; he ons It. L. Stevenson.
When Sir Hiram .ltaxim, the fan-
"Abbo Spallanzini eetatee that
Aug. 29, 1791, a peasant girl was in
ous inventor. first left school he was n field during a storm, when sudden -
employed as a carriage -painter, and ly a globe of fire, the size of a billiard
his ability with the brush wens plain- ball, appeared at her feet. (hiding
ly shown by an incident which oc- along the earth, this ball reached her
curred one afternoon. A 1111111 called bare toes, which it appeared to ca -
to see his employer while the latter reins, then res° under her clothes, small cask of brandy or rum, and u
wits out. On his return iliramn in- opening out her skirts like an um- bell for use after dark. If the
formed him of the visit. "1
forgot ►elln, and canto out by the middle
wounded man be strong enough he
to ask his nnnu'." the boy said. of her bodice, leaping into the air may take the bandages and tenpor-
"and so drew that," pointing to with a great noise, and still retaining artly hind hie wounde, and he can
a sketch on a board. So lifelike was its globular form. The girl fell also help himself to stimulants. Sup -
the hasty sketch which Maxine hadbaekttnrds. Two witnesses ran to Posliig him to be ton weak to take
advantage of his temporary assist-
ance, the dog barks loudly until he
attracts the notice of the search
party.
Several o(ilcers of the British ser-
vice have teen experimenting with
dogs in order to satisfy themselves
whether they are calculated to be of
a value in the role of ambulance its-
sistents. 'These men have reported
favorably, but as yet the British
War Office has made no mote, How-
ever, ns the. British War Office has
the reputation of being the most
hie- bound and conservative of all
t he notoriously conservative state
departments of that country, this is
not to be wondered at. Asa mutter
of fact, the scheme is but in Its ex-
perit,_ental stage and needs to he
weighed carefully before it is adopted
on a large scale. its humanitarian
side cannot but appeal to all. rind
if the use of dogs is found practi-
cable and of value, it will be an-
other step in the direction of ameli-
orating (1 . horrors of will,
lance work.
The British Jfedical Journal of
December 10, 1901, contains n special
article un the subject and describes
the methods pursued in training and
using dogs for this purpose. With
the object of rendering first aid to
those %nen who are not mortally
wounded. the writer says, the dog
is e(pui{►peo with a water -proof can-
vas saddle, with a pocket at each
side. 1n these pockets are placed
eight triangular handagen, while
slung around the dog's neck is n
done that his employer at once re-
cognized his visitor.
King Leopold of Belgium 18, per-
haps, the only loan in the world who
has power to bequeath n kingdom
in his will. 'This remarkable bo -
quest, however, is not to bo volun-
tary one; by a stroke of his pen
Leopold II. en bequeath a nation
her assistance. She was uninjured.
Medical examination proved that
there was only a superficial erosion
stretching from the knee to the mid-
dle of the chest. and that her clothes
were cut through where who hall had
{ used Out.
"In 1897, at Liguy, trance, n hus-
to a nation -or. to bo literally cor- band and his wife were sleeping
rect, a State to a State. Should h.• quietly one night when a formidable
die before the Congo Free Slate has noise awoke thein. The chimney hart
been finally annexed to Belgium. fall U. filling the room with debris.
Leopold must leave tho State, which Within the house the effects of the
ho now "runs" us practically a bus- bolt had been as terrifying and re-
,iness concern, to his people, who ntarkably eccentric. Just bennth
have the right at any time to an- the ceiling. near which hung a har-
nex the country if they desire. row with kitchen utensils hookeO on
One of the slowest of literary it. the stones of the wall hail been
workers isMr.whoprojected J. M. Ilarrie
p horizontally with such vio-
likes to write for two hours a day, 1 Ience 01.0 they stuck in the wall op-
en(' no more. Ono of tho fastest wnsi posite. While all the glnyse•s in the
the late Mr. Guy Boothhy, who! windows were smashed, a mirror that
tens able to dictate 5,000 or 6,000' had become detached from the wall
words a ,lay into a phonograph. Mr lay un:nlurerl on the floor. A chair
Jerome K. Jerome works whenever with clothes thrown on it. had been
he feels like it; sometimes he Connor taken ftp and set down near the en -
Crockett
a •word for days. Mr. S. It•; trance door. A sinall lamp and a
Crockett's daily work on who type box of matchers were found en the
writer was formerly n hull 8,000
words, but he 110w dictates. Mr.
T•'rnnkfort Moore writes his books
at a sprint and then goes fur a long
holiday. Mr. %V. W. .Jacobs cousld- ning maintain an appearance of life.
ors 1,000 words quite n good day'(s;staving in the alt ituele which they
min -
work,
had when stnnrk. An English min-
i.ord Si. Helier, bitter known nm ister named Butler witnes8(01 the fol -
Sir Francis ,loupe, was 011ee aske,l lowing: In the town of Et -melon ten
what had impressed him most in his Itnrwr•stors had sought refuge under
and
experiences rn the Divorce Court, a a hedge (luring a storint. Lightning
and he surprised the inquirer not a struck and killed four, who were left
lime by replying, "710• goodness of .
human nature." A friend says of ne if petrified. One was bound hold -
him that., thorough an was his ing in his lingers the snn(T which he
knowledge of mets and women, was about to take. Another had a
Shrewd ns was his judgment of char -111(15e dead (Ing on hie knees and had
actor, he never allowed rap unkind one hand on the snimare head. while
remark to escape him. Itis prubw-1 holding in the other lined some bread
Mona! nc,lueintence with the seamy( with wh;ch hie had been feeding it.
side of human nature, and with the, A third was sitting with itis eyes
possibilit 108 of um-pencily as dis- o{r(n and his head turned toward,
played in the witness -box• had quite the sl 01111.•
failed to impart oven a tinge of "%I'e sometimes find lightning uak-
(tnirism to his (lisposition. 110 ons ing n pnrt in jndirini matters. On
Nor -
simply tolerant end lndulg, rat . ! .lois 20, 1872, a w•gro namedNor-
♦_---_ rim wan to be hanged for murder in
LIFE AMONG THE PIGMIES.- Kentucky. ')rust as he was stepping
Ion the platform a formidable stroke
Women Are Men's Superiors in the of lightning kilted hila. 'ihd' sheriff
African Forest. toile 8n in►prasw'01 by this occurrence
floor, undamaged.
"PF:I'i1ll'1i•'`" A (1110UI'.
"As n rule. 'home killed by light -
('01u. , 1 1larriwn, who has arrived
in London on after his memorat,lo
search in the Congo Forest for pig-
mies. has been giving some further
particulars abu.lt these remarkable
little 1eople.
"'1 how seem," he said, "lo have no
religious instincts, and puskacss no
Wee of a Supreme Being. Their
average height is iromn four feet. to
four feet three and a half. and. cur -
tousle enot:gh, its n rule the 1 en
are taller than the men.
"A noteworthy fart wile the pre-
valence of a terrilde (•uug:h, (lite per-
haps to the daupnees of the atmos-
phere. All the pigmies utile, stl(.cre1
from this to molt n degree that. it
wens difficult to sleep at night.
'They are trem. n•io•1s d,lneerie
and they %tin perforin four home at
a 81retrh without fatigue.
'•,t striping chnrart••risti(' of 1h.•
projT. lie their extraordinary mil• nee
that he resigned.
AS A PHYSICIAN.
"Or, again. it piny play the ph%- '
September, R.R
I , , er 1 i t Ro-
. , t all e n
s'e'en. In I c
Ito -
maims. Prance, n tavern keeper
named Pinot oils et nulling nn his .
duoretep watching the storm when it
81:4rke of lightning upset him end
threw hits to the en'l of the rnotn.
Ile rernaise1 ttncenscio:um for a time,
and blind for ten hours. 1lnwing had
ritem rnl iem for sone years. he ('11)11(1
nut take s step wi1hnnt. 1110. aid of a
stick. Since the lightning episode
he has been able to walk without the
St irk.
"Ilail liulan1111 is the Inns1
mysterious form of lightning. it
sometimes Ii bases lite a stenll neu-
tral
% (%-trnl with the most evil nature. Ile
i shape is not ale nye spherical.
1 though generally =0. Sometimes' it
jis oval, son:,•tiara it ham n iinme lite
, p Rh. !I If often loot.. like 11,
1 • wi'I ail for horn's withu•:t ' • ='n►•_••. and I, 010; :-0 el,wly that oa:•
•
0.: a ward.
(eons.: it foe eeverat t:•in':t,•M.
I ; I,. nnrttndic, and their , ,I. TOE 1t tl.l. (11-' Plitt:.
P.•.t'mews. The n''tntor of "Once al `'. nrv-illes itrat err(1 n
re cats 0 , i rem the nn'oher , f ! h.eeme iii a rt hull of tire the raze of n
1 the disgrace of dying rich. wi.ct, t' e;de enn 'iflord." r•
p1ete, +:reek tFe feet of q girl who
PROSPERITY IN EGYPT.
Good Results of British Policy -
Land for the Poor.
"The past year wit.. one of unex-
ampled prosperity in' Egypt."
Thus, in a Renton, • . Lord Cromer,
who has had twenty-eight years' ex-
perlenee of Egypt, slime up his most
pr(hensive report on the finances,
adminetratinn, and condition of the
country.
Lord (.'r•►nter refers to the Anglo-
t•'rench agreement of 1004, with
which "a bright and new era in the
history of Anglo -Front -11 relnttoes
generally will commence." ile dwells
on the promised withdrawal of the
British garrison, and state* that clr-
Cumslnnees of nny (lovernment. ren-
derers It quite impossit le to fulfil this
engagement without disastrous con-
scgttettces.
At last came an oppertnlity to
meth, the question with France. The
1901 agreement was signed. and with
it disappeared causes of friction be-
tween the two countries, to both of
whi••h ndvantnges have accrued.
In relent -if to the sale of (foern-
inent land. which i9 Of pipet -int inter -
cot at the present n4on.o',t. Lord
Cromer says thatgoltd land. which
h
requires no rerlantation, will be void
in small lots so as to give the fella -
h ern n foie chance of 1 urefin'ieg if.
h.• ease of land which nrquires re-
elan'nlion Is more difficult. I1 must
n an1(. , e ly ho mild to individuals of
w-. al 111 r,r in cOmt.anies who are In
a pie it inn 1n .eprod capital 'open it.
reeler the hcndir'e of "frriee,tion."
Iord Cromer mentions that the Nile
flood of 1901 ons the lowest but one
ter, r(10d. Aa on prove 118 occaei 'ne
of a low n:ttul.'. the filum' wait
WIN VII I.% the werl.e COnstruete,l der -
in; rre.9r' w' ars sold t'8 the zeal and
ability of the irri_ntion staff.
-4-
i'0 VI.-('ATClliNG 1)0(1.
A farmer in 1'seex, 1•;eglnd. haft
a novel way of catching feels Inc
c'r••tomere. A dog performs the.
lank. Tho farmer welly painte to
n fowl, and Oils the dog to rntch it,
which he dnem in a v.'ry skilful and
renrnrenhle it -rower, always catching
rind hntdine It he the neck till the
feru:0r approA4-11%s to 1.111 it.
MARKETS
13RI•:AD$'Ti 1 -'FS.
Toronto, ,1uno t1. -IV heat -Out ario
-No. 2 red and white is quoted at
96c to 07c; goose is nominal ut 85c
to 86c. Manitoba -Ono -half cent.
easier; .`:o. 1 northern, 9tllc; No. 2
northern, 911c; No. 3 we -thorn, 8940,
lake ports, tic more grinding 111 tran-
sit.
Flour -Ontario, dull; 90 per cent.
patents are quoted at $4.35 to $1.-
45. buyers' sacks, east and west,
15c to 20e higher for choice. 'Mani-
toba, $5.40 to 55.5(1 fur first Pu -
tents, $5.10 to $5 2(1 for seconds,
and $5 to $5.10 fur bran, and $20
fur shorts.
llillfeed-13ran lower, $1.1 to 511.-
50; shorts, 517.50 to 518; Manitoba,
$18 for bran and $20 for shorts.
Marks -45c for No. 3, 43c for No,
3 extra, and 4lc for No. 1 malting
outside. Toronto freights.
ltyn-690 to 70e for No. 2 f.o.b.
outside.
°n -.
nominal; American
kiln -dried No. 3 yellow, 581c to 59c,
at Ontario points.
Oats -No. 2 white, 41c to 42c west,
42c to 43c cast.
1(011481 Oats -x$4.35 for cars of bags
and $4.60 for barrels on track here;
25c more for broken lots here. and
41)c outside.
Peas -bite to 70c for No. 2 west
and east, and 70c for milling.
Jbcckwheat.-59c to 60c cast or
west.
COUNTRY I'I(ODUCE.
Mutter -Quotations are unchanged.
Creamery, prints .,, ... ....140 to 20c
do so18c 19c
Dairy Ib. r
choicelidsolls, good to 16c 17c
do largo rolls 15c 16c
do medium 1.le 55c
do tubs, good to choice1.1c 15c
Cheese -Quotations for new are un-
changed at lOte to 104c per Ib.
I' ggs-l''irnt in tendency at 15Ic to
16e.
Potatoes -Ontario, 60c on track
and 65c to 75c out of store; eastern,
65c on trc.ck and 70c to 75c out of
store.
Ilale(l flay --$8 per ton for No. 1
timothy and mixed and clover $6.50
to $7, in car lots on track here.
Baled Straw --$5.75 to 16 per cwt.
for cru' lots on track here.
,MONTI(I•:AL MARKETS.
Montreal, Juno (i.-1Vhent-'There
was an unproved demand for Manito-
ba spring wheat, but as it rule bids
were low.
1'luur-.Manitoba spring wheat pa-
tents, $5.10 to $5.50; strong bakers',
$5.10 to $520; whiter wheat pa-
tents. $5.50 to $5.60; straight roll-
ers. 55.10 to $5.25, and in bags, 1'2.-
45 to $2.50.
dlillfeed-Manitoba bran in hags.
shorts. $20 per ton; Ontario winter
wheat bran, in bulk, $18 to $18.5(1;
shorts, 519.50 to $20.50; mouille,
$24 to $28 per ton, its to quality.
Rolled Oats -Steady feeling in the
market for rolled oats under a fair
demand for smell lots, at $2.221 per
bag. The market for cornmeal in
quiet and prices are unchanged at
11.85 to $1.40 per bag.
11a!,, -No. 1, 59 to $9.50; No. 2,
$8.50; clover, mixed. $7 to $7.50,
and pure clover, $6.50 to 5(1.75 per
ton, in car lots.
Means -Choice primes, $1.70 to
$1.75 per bushel, $1.50 to $1.00 in
car iota.
ifone;y-White clover in combs,
121c to 13jc per section in 1-1b. sec-
tions;
eatious; extract, in 10 -Ib. tins, 7c to
71e; in 60 -Ib. tins, 6c to 610; buck-
wheat, (ic to Mr. as to quality.
Provisions -Heavy Canadian short
cut pork, 510.50 to 817.50; light
short cut, $1650 to $17; American
cut clear fat back, 520; compound
lard. (ijc to 7c; Canadian lard, fijc
to 7)c; kettle rendered, Slc to 9c,
according to quality; hangs, 12c to
14c; bacon, 18c to 14c; fresh killed
abattoir hogs, $9.75 to t•10; mixed,
$7; select, $7.50 °IT cars.
Eggs -Straight stuck, 16c to 101c;
Reelects, 18c; No. I, 1810.
ltutter-Choice creamery, 19c to
10Ic; undergradem, 171c to 181c;
dairy, 1151. to 101c; rolls, 151c to
16)c.
('heest'-Ontario, 9:c to (Pic; Que-
bec, 9c to tilt'.
CAT'11.1: NIAItKI:'T.
Toronto, June 0. -The quotntions
at the City Cattle. Merkel. were as
follows:
Export, heavy $5.10 to 55.75
do medium...... ... 5.25 5.35
Feeders, short -keep ....., 4.401 5.15
Ihu1Is. expert 4.041 4.25
hulchcrs' picked .. 5.110 5.15
do g 1 to choice
loads
(10 fair to gond
do mixed Intl. med
(lo good cows...
rlo cows
1.75 5.00
4.(01 4.50
8.00 8.2.5
8.50 4.00
3.50 3.75
do common and
rough ...... 3.001 3.50
(10 hulls 2.50 3.50
do gond 4.01) 0.11)
S(.'rkers, gond 3.25 4.00
do light......... .. 2.110 0.00
Milk cowm, each ...20.00 40.00
Export ewes 1.75 5.25
hocks :3.50 '1.00
Lambs. per cwt 5.410 6.50
Spring lambs, each 3.00 5.50
Culls. each 3.51) 1.25
Calves, per 1b 3I 6t
do each 2.00 12.00
Ilogs, selt•4:ts...... 6.50 0.00
do fats 6.25 0.00
ONE OF LONDON'S MYSTERIES.
•'AstWinding" Is the only word to
apply to the statistics el "myster-
ious (ll!nppenlatteio" in London last
year. No less than 35,262 cases wero
notified to the police, and in less
than 11n1f woes any trace of the miss-
ing per8one discovered. in other
words, something like 70 Londoners
disappear ••we►y day of the year, 80
completely ll:ut nothing more is ever
heard of them. No doubt a certain
proportion "f this total have their
own t 1ft"Pn.- for vanishing. Others
may remail s'uieid(• hr such n man-
ner (hat their re►nntn8 are never
foiled. lint that can nut account
fur ail.