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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-01

by the Rev. Edwin I'airbank a mission
airy Of the American board at Nadala. In
dia
Here al Nadala and within three mites
OF us there are $500 persons on the relief
works. II was only two weeks ago that
there were less than 3ooO. People are
tiocklng 10 these camps by the hundreds.
The overseer Of the works told me Mon
day that he took on geo that day. ON 10 the
relief works here al Nadala These facts
growing extreme.
The condition of the people on the re-
liet works is far beyond description Three
years ago. at Shuiapur. at the end OF the
famine, saw less Indebtedness and cma-
citation than | see here otdav. at the be-
ginning OF the famine. People have not
recovered from the last famine rhey
have nothing in their houses To pawn bat
a few brass vessels that they have ueen
able to buy since that famine. These
brass dishes are now being pswnei by
those who come on to the relief works.
II Is their last resort TO keep their bodies
and souls together before they get relief
from the government paymastcrs Tho
merchants here and in the near VILLAGES
have carloads on cartloAds Of brass Hsh-
IS There IA great suffering from the
cold IN the nights % these winter days.
The people are not only ciothess. but al
most ragiess The wretchedness Is terri
ole But still worse IL the cancellation.
Living skeletons in abundance are In evil
dence in every side. The village kul-
karani tells me that many children are
dying IN the camp-~too far gone 10 recov-
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| hls general orders he speaks Of the great
satisfaction the conduct Of the guards has
invariah bly, given him" when soldier was
executed for maraudng and all regiments
We're TO send detachments to witness the
dread spectacle. Wellington excused the
guards. because during the previous two
years not single guards solder had been
tried by court-martial. nor had one ever
been confined In a public guard.
The present Grenadier Guards are the
direct descendants of two regiments, one
raised by Charles II. in the Low Countries
in 1886 and the other created after the
Restoration. Lord Wentworth was the
colonel OF the first regiment which was
afterwards Joined by the Kings regiment
as II was called, and of which John Rus
sell the son Of the Duke of Bedford was
colonel. II became by the kings order the
eldest regiment In the service, and its
colonel was the eldest" colonel Charles
ii. thought so well Of Il that he APPOINT
ed his son by the Duchess OF Cleveland
its colonel, in succession to Col Russell
and this Duke of Grafton, who had been
brought up as a naval officer comma nded
y al the early age OF 10. leading II at
Sedgemoor against his half brother. the
Duke of Monmouth.
The Coldstream Guards rank next after
the Grenadier Guards. although they win
never allow that they come after any 9TH
er regiment In the service. Their proud
motto. Null Secundus" is carried TO this
day as one of their most honorable badges
and the claim Is also preserved in the
Null Secundus Club" a dining club in
stituted In 1888 which still has it's regular
meetings. The origin of the Coldstream
regiment IL historically most interestinee
II traces It's descent directly TO the army
which Monck, afterwards Duke of Able
marie. marched from Coldstream south.
and by the aid of which brought about
the restoration of the monarchy. Monck's
own regiment, which came to be called the
Lord Generals regiment was the only one
not disbanded by parliament, and 1t was
formed into an extraordinary guard" to
the king, with Monck in chief command
The guards must have made a fine show
In those days. and Monck Duke of Abe
Evelyn in his DIARY" speaks of him at
a parade In Hyde park at the head of the
guards, ''in extraordinary equipage and
gallantry; consisting OF gentlemen of quail
ity and veteran soldiers excellently clad.
mounted and ordered" Monck was fine
old soldier who had fought under the com.
monwealth. after having been on the roy
alist side and prisoner In the Tower.
Cromwell had recognized his military
qualities and appointed him to the chief
command In Scotland, where. however. he
caused much uneasiness to the Protector
and just before his own death ordered him
TO be arrested, describing him as "a GER
tain cunning fellow in Scotland called
George Monck, who Is said to he In wait
there TO introduce Charles Stewart"
Monek had the valuable faculty OF gain
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ing the goodwill of the men he command
ed with such a mixture Of familiarity.
good nature and affection that they called
him honest George Monck Until the
Duke OF Albemarles death his regiment
I was st.ll known as the Lord Generals,
but after 1870. when the Earl of Craven
succeeded him in the command. It assumed
its present designation as the Colistream
Guards. Shortly afterwards II was ex-
pressly stated by the king in a royal war
rant that the Coldstream was to rank next
after the Kings own regiment OF foot
guards
regiment OF footguards was raised in
Scotland in 1862, and the Earl OF I.inlith-
gov was appointed It's colonel II was a
strong body OF men, so strong that three
of its companies. which had been formed
out or certain Scotchmen in the French
service, the Douglas Ecossais." were or
dered to be reduced and sent back TO
France. but they mutihied, having an
aversion to the French service" The regi-
ment was subsequently pacihed, and. still
under the command of Lord Lnlithgow.
but with the Earl of Keliie as lieutenant
colonel, was chiefly employed for a time
In supporting the civil authority against
the religious ferments which at that time
distracted Scotland The Scots Guards
fought with Monmouth Mt Boutwell, Bridge
against the Covenanters. and was engaged
in the suppression OF the Duke of Argyle's
4u~uiIttbbn. II was unutf pFuetS Tor En-
gland when Monmouth rebeiled, but was
countermanded after Sedgemoor and con-
tinued to garrison Edinburgh and the
Western highlands.
This the Third Footguards was first
brought south in l6sG. when II was quar-
tered at Greenwich and Deptford II Is a
curious fact that one of the battalons of
the Scots Guards went over to the Prince
Of Orange in 1865. hut without its officers
who remained for a little longer stanch to
James IL, and the seeding battalion was
actually commanded by a corporal named
Kemp In the years Immediately follow
ing II remained in and about London. or
was engaged with the others in the active
operations in Flanders. After the peace Of
Ryswick its two battallous landed at Hull
and marched through Berwick to Edin-
burgh, remaining the Scotch establish
ment until the union in 1901, when they
were put upon the same footing as the
First Guards and the Coldstream Guards.
The services rendered by the brigade os
Guards have ever been conspicuous Al
most from their first formation they took
their share In all the fighting that was go
ing on. and various portions of the three
tors I'm every British campaign. As they
served always side by side some repre-
sentative portion of each regiment was al
ways engaged and it is unnecessary to dis
tinguish them In recording their triumphs
ana trials. The Guards went out to Tan
gler when It was hard pressed by the
Moorish besiegers; they were in the Low
Countries when William III. thought 1t wise
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r.ysnadlers and the Coldstreamg real
~ existed earlier than the accession of
rharles H. The third, the Scots Guards.
~ the Third Guards, as they were long
Known. were formed In Scotland for duty
there. and were not brought south until
isH nor placed on the British establish
men, until 1907. The guards have had
j most distinguished history. Their stat
~ and position as part Of the pomp and
nareaptry Of the court has ever made
service In them an object of pride and en-
,lation. and throughout all time the regi-
rnents have been officered by scions OF the
most aristocratic classes Many favors
and peculiar privileges have been accord
I'd TO the brigade by royal patrons. One
stfl IN force Is to the effect that they
sbalI be only commanded by their own
osbcers. and this was seen In the appoint
ment Of Lord Methuen, guardsman. TO
me First division Of the South African
army. and Of Sir Henry Colville, OF the
Guards brigade. under Methuen. Another
and more nyidious privilege. abolished
fav years back was the double rank n
r,ile which made all ensigns In the guards
IIeutennnts In the army, and all captains
lleutenant colonels. a distinction long the
cause Of great heartburning, although I'm
its origin having some excuse. IT was
urged that when the first royal regiment
II guards was formed, there was such q
sSpcrabundance OF officers OF rank that
many accepted inferior regimental grades,
and James II. was only doing them tardy
Justice when he gave them the higher rel
alive rank With all their privileges, how
ever and the great social esteem they
have long enjoyed. her majcsty's guards
have ever been foremost In The field when
there was serious work afoot Officers
and men alike have eagerly sought oppor-
tunIties for going to the wars. In early
days the regiments OF the guards took
their turn of foreign service Mt Dunkirk
or Tangier. and fought whenever or wher-
ever there was fighting to be done. In
the Peninsula, although their pretensions
were often ridcuied. and the effeminacy
Of some Of the younger members gained
them the rather contemptuous soubriuuet
Of the "gentlemen's sons" although on
one occasion wellington derided their prac-
tice OF carrying umbrellas when In uni
form, yet Gen. Sherbrooke's brigade of
guards was always actively engaged from
the passage OF the Douro, In 1899 TO the
battle OF Toulouse I'm 1914. and always
showed M magnihcently. Wellington Oft
en- spoke In high praise of the demeanor
Of the guards, not only in conflict. but in
camp and quarters and on the march; In
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PRESIDENT KRUGERs RESIDENCE PRETORIA.

make ready and charge drove all before
them
Peace was unbroken in Europe for for
" years after Waterloo, and the guards
saw no service beyond buckingham PAL
ace, st. James and Windsor There was
warfare in India and at the Cape, but
the household troops were not permitted
To take their share in lighting. Their
next chance came with the Crimea when
by their splendid physique and discipline
they charmed every eye, and when they
showed that they had lost none OF their
old military prowcss, AT the Alma the
guards helped most effectively In carry
ing the heights. and they DID much TO
stiffen the desperate resistance 0f our
oVerprcssed troops at inkermau. when
the Russians We're as four TO one. Long
inactivity was their portion after the
Crimea, but the guards were too eager
for service to be left out Of the first cam
paign In Egypt. and IL they did little ut
Tel 81 kehir IL was not their fault while
their aid at Omdurman was much appre-
ciated. II Ia now fully acknowledged that
when there is serious business In hand
the guards may be confidently counted
upon. and We have seen within the last
month or two how well they support the
brunt OF the fighting AT Belmont, Enslin,
and the Moddcr river, and they have been
closely concerned in the renewal OF the
Transvaal campaign on that side.
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cr Many men and women have also died
here: the only reason given is lack OF
food, Last night "a man died In the camp
who. they say. had not had anything to
cat for three days.
This famine IL undoubtedly far moro
severe Ia these parts than that OF 1873 or
that OF iSa5 One OF the worst features
Is the lack OF water Rivers, usually now-
ing full AZ this time. are dry beds of sand.
Wells that have never failed before In tho
memory Of any one living have not a
drop OF water In them, The wen that wat
era our garden and has never failed since
my father came here. almost forty-rve
years ago Is dry, The village well that
was supposed 10 have large living spring
has nothing in Il now our little town II,
however well on in the matter OF water.
compared with most of the towns ana
villages IN these parts.
Government officers tell me that the In
dian government looks with the greatest
apprehension on the famine. They already
feel themselves unable TO cope with II,
so great are It's dimensions and prrpor-
tions AZ the very opening. and without
any doubt for nine months more the FAM
Inc must rage.
Undoubtedly private philanthropy must
supply great help In this famine, far
greater than IN the last famine 10 mill.
ions IN these and other parts OF india are
70 ne saved from starvation
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THE FAMINE IN INDIA.

More Distress Than In 1876 or IsoJ-
The Drought Also severe.
The following account OF the fam
inc I'm India is given in a letter sent
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drowning Purchases Abroad.
Thr United States imported more mer-
last year from every quarter OF
the globe than il took in isss
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he three famous
regiments Of Foot
Guards, part OF the
royal household.
and the personal
escorts OF the SOW
ereign. date practi-
caIly from the Res
toration, although
two at least, the
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- English Catarrh Cure

One package will you Three treatments day. at you
Two cents day is all it will cost to you.
We refund your money if the medicine fails to you
Even yours Of the very from to month
This the only Caarrh Remedy that be guaranteed to
Apply it locally with DR. Macenzes Nebuzer and it will CT
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-03-05
THE WHEAT MARKET

Chicago. March 3.-Wheat was strong and
active today. influenced by higher cables and
talk of crop 1amage, together with the report
Of farmers reserve. May closing 131fsc over
yesterday. May corn closed 1sa1kc down and
May oats unchanged. The rovisions market
at the close slightly improved
In the wheat pit bullish feeling was awak-
ened early by the frmness of Liverpool and
further encouraged by the strength of Paris
and reports of a severe frost in France There
was considerable oessimistic talk concerning
domestic crop damages. The report of statis-
can Snow. making formers holdings of wheat
40 600 600 bushels less than a year ago. was
also Incentive TO buyers who in some IN
stances overlooked the fact that last year ex-
copied. the quantity now in reserve = the
largest since 1894. With this announcement.
and hacked by reports Of 100000 bushels OF
cash business done here yesterday. shorts hur
ried to cover Foreigners and the northwest
We're also buyers here and trade generally De
came animated May opened a shade up AT
652sT651sc. touched $50 and then rallied .
65TsG66c- The bulge was met by proflt TAX
ing sales. which caused a break to 60lzc, bUt
the market recovered quickly. May ascenced
to 66Q66Ikc and closed strong. ia0fsc over
yesterday ar 657sG66c. Atlantic and gulf port
clearnces in wheat and flour were equal 10
355. 600 bushels. New York reported q IoaHs
taken for export. Primary receipts were . T.
600 bushels compared with $50. 600 bushels
500 cars. against 637 last week ana ooO a
year ago Local receipts v ere 45 cars Oh
contract grade
corn was heavy. Country offerings We're
bit freer from some sections The estiiila,e 'l
Statiscian Snow making reserves Of corn l5i,-
600 600 bushels over last year had dctIe
ing effect Longs Iiquidatcd throughout tl7
session The shipping demand was siitEN- -
CENTS here were 373 ears. 2 uuger tir -
mat, May ranged from $40 ST-se ~ va.
ouening. which a shade u, Win 80
to 24le and closed weak lsAisc lower y o.
q. Case. ,-s- 80
oats were barely steady. the weakness 50. o.
corn having depressing effect me i'"ti
rail rates have stimulated tho cash bu.iH
which N turn has lent some support 70 ~
tures The market TO-DAY was sIii.itL 49, 49,
cash oats have improved @sff &c oler -'2 90 ~ /,
week MAY ranged today from - 10 -
and closed unchanged at % s42o.--- i-'
receipts we're l7S cars 7 tfF
provisions enjoyed "A fair trade ana me-
steady The corn weakness was ieIt so.'. IN
v-bat hut as packers Were fair nuseiS oi',
ofrerings were not large. the pres ui' -''
sufrer May pork ranged fro1l y % -
md rIos.d So improved at $40 90; MAY litl
from SIS 87IeG5 90. closing uncn4ist1 o. q
a. 971s and May ribs from S5ozt-4o o. 2
S,If6 the close a shade up at $3.50
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Bill Hrp'S L0tf0r

1: looks ike every township and county
and section has got something peculiar to
itself that is valuable FOR human purposes
and helps TO sustain the people ana make
them prosperous | Was Illuminating
about this because l have just visited
Canton, a small retired village of 2.0J9
people l have known Canton for fifty
years and have a good reason for remem-
bering fl. Soon after I was married my
father-in-law. Judge Hutchins. asked me
to ride over there and deliver some inn
portant legal papers 10 the clerk of the
court l was TO ride his fine saddle horse
Lee" and ne told me where to stay all
night So i kissed my pretty young wife
goodby and made an early start for the
thirty-fiye mile journey. / was good
rider and Lee was a free traveller. Up
hill and down hill ana on the level
stretches he never broke his easy pace.
making about seven miles an hour, and it
was just twelve o'clock when / reached
Canton While ! was feeding the horse
and rubbing him down | began To think
how lonesome it would be 10 stay there
all night and how lonesome my young
and pretty Wife would be all solitary and
alone by herself and nobody with her to
comfort her. / looked at Lee ana ne
looked like he. too. would rather go back
to where he came from. So about !
O'clock / remountod and set his cars to-
ward I.awrenceville. lie seemed all right
for many miles, but Stacked up when a
few miles from home and we got there
Just as the family We're sitting down to
supper. / saw my wife's smile of pleas
ure and | saw too. the judges look of
surprise and displeasure. He rose from
the table and went out to look after his
favorf,e horse. | then began TO realize
that seventy miles in a day was a long
ride for "A horse and that / had done
wrong Next morning | was up by day
break To look after Lee. He was all
right and rs game as ever. The judge
never said anything hard. but he looked
grieved He, too. went out to look after
his horse and when he came back said:
II reckon / had better give you thar
horse or never let you ride him again.
for II you are to kill him l would rather
he would be yours than mine" That is
all he said and IL was enough. Some time
after that he did give him to me and he
was the games,. proudest and best horse
L ever owned. But / never rode him
seventy miles in day any more. | never
think of Canton now but what the men,
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New Oceans March 2.-Secretary Hester's
New orleans cotton exchange statement. ISSUED
close pf February.
Compared with last year. the month is ahead
I'm round figures goo 600 bales. behind year BE-
COO
5s2.0l0 last year S93. 34l year before last
and 495. 636 same time in 1897.
The amount brought into sight for the six
months from September 70 February, inclusive
shows a decrease Of l755 900 under last year.
decrease of l,8950oo under the year before
last and an increase Of 8 900 over 1877
The movement from the list of September to
the close of February shows receipts at all
United states ports Of .566.Si4. against
2. ESQ. oe last year 7,44o.s7s year before last
and 6ol2.692 same time In 1897; net over
land movement ~ railroads across the Mis-
sissppi. bio ana Potomac ri9ers 'o52.202'
against I,o8l. l27 last year. e8l .662 year be
fcre last and 700. oe same time in 1897;
southern mill takings. exclusive OF consunp-
ton at southern outports. IS COG. against
and 63o7l3 same time in S97; and interior
stocks in excess OF those he'd o al the com
ESQ S48 last year. 429.oI5 year before last
and 239. 583 same time in 1897.
These make the total amount Of the cotton
crop brought into sight during the six months
ending the close of February 7.693.0lS, against
g. Az. SAP last year SO. 578. 26e year before last
and 7 g 2 O97 same time in 1880.
Northern spinners took during February 23l,-
800 bales. against 2o9, 600 last year and 225.-
9I6 venr before hlst increasing the total for
go a ~ E'I ,,orths n e23sio against .7s4. Ale
last year and 9o2 Ola the year before.
This makes their average weekly taang5 thus
far for the season 74.4o3, against 690lo last
year and 90. 727 the year before
Foreign exports for the first six months of
the season have been 4.o57.246 bales. show
ing n decrease under last season of l,786.965.
and q decrease under the same Tcriod year
before last of | .346. 763. The gain in foreign
exports during February compared with Fen
rrarv last year has been I22. SO5, and COM
pared with the same period year before last
a. 947. ~ NJ,
southern interior markets at the close OF Feb
ruary were 436 O64 against l.2S1,244 the
same date last year and l.243, 80 the year
before.
Including stocks left over at ports ana in
terror towns from the previous season ana the
number of bales of the current crop brought
irto sight during the six months. the supply
has been S.3ll.9l6. against 9,Il5, lob last
wear ami 9 694. 1922 the year before.
lin TO this date last year 80 79-lo0 per cent
of Tho cotton crop had been marketed, and
for the same six months in 1898 the percentage
of the crop brought into sight was 30 52-l 90.
and for the same time IN 1897 the percentage
marketed was SO o2-lOO
In addition to the monthly figures, secretary
Hester issued today a statement OF the weekly
movement for the seven days ending March %.
Inclusive lowing total brought into sight this
wear 1876 S53, against l66.436 for the seven
days ending March 2d, inclusive, last year.
22O 42I year before last and i2e.o25 the same
time in 1897.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-03-05
A Wonderful Career.

The life of General Sam Houston who
was the first president of the Texas re-
pubic and who is loved by every Texan,
reads like a wonderful novel General
Houston was governor of Tennessee, re-
sDected by all who knew him. wealthy,
handsome and chivalrous, adOred by the
ladies' and envied by the men. He fell
i'm love and was married to u beautiful
Tennessee belle. The wedding was the
greatest event of the time and attracted
attention far and near The governor
took his bride to the mansion and in one
of the reception rooms they conferred
with each other until a late hour when a
servant was instructed to show rhe bride
To her apartments and the governor re-
fired 10 his own chamber. The next day
the governor ordered his carriage, sent
his ,aride to hor parents, resigned as
governor left an agent 30 settle all his
affairs and departed for Texas, where he
achieved great renoNn. The story is
told and is illustrated in the March is
sue of The Sunny South The Sunny
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Is tbirty-six pages, filled TO overlooking
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