ARCHIBALD FORBES ON SKOBELOFF.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2907, 20 July 1882, Page 2

ARCHIBALD FORBES ON SKOBELOFF.

• In an article upon the Russian General Skobeloff, contributed to the “ Melbourne Argus” by Mr Archibald ( Forbes, the writer says“ He had no married life, although he was married before I knew him. His marriage was %> one of the strangest episodes -in his ; eventful career. I think of the Erapothine family, and she flouted him; ho persevered s and ho finally won her affection. Then he married her. As they left the church ■ after the ceremony, Skobeloff quitted.. -, her with s.low bow,, and never spoke'!:V; to her again. ’ He took in this fashion' '•> a pot quite chivalrous revenge fprlthe despite with which his first advances bad hot been inet. Skobeloff'was ,the most brilliant man 1 ever! know/'ind , : ’t. incomparably the finest! !fightipg’-iniin. •/ I regard his loss to Russia, in ajjy war in which she may engage, as. equivalent •! to the deprivation of an army corps,’’ ■■ y- “ Professor, Bariff/’. robserves -oithe- “ Pall Mair Budget” of June -2nd; ’recently startled us with a vision of'-’tlie possibility idf preserving fish fresh and • ; sweet for months under a tropical. tun • by a solution .of glycetine j and.abvywe are‘ promised by an American inventor a cheap and speedy method, of making ice, in which glycerine plays a leading part; : By liquefying amonia at a low pressure by glycerine, ice is produced on a large scale at a much lower price than has hitherto been ppssib|e. Largo machines, capable of making threequarters of a ton of icg' per ' day, are being manufactured in New York, and orders are pouring in from all parts of the’ Country. Although LiMorf |doea not consume anything approaching to the 6000 tons which are ;usod in New York every summer’s day, it is ' hot enough here in July to create oqhsiderab'e interest in any appliance which promises to secure good ice at a! reasonable price!”