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A THR1ILLNG RACE. Ait OnrssnaB'a 4d>ruiurr ea a Hlvei sf Is sst. (BY . A. tTHTIS.) A Virnn/ed young mimionary, lately re- turned from Slam, told me the following story : I was a member of the lioat crew while at college, and when 1 started for Siam as a missionary immediately after gradua'ion I took with me the single rowing shell in whit.li 1 had done my individual training for the crew. The inissionaiy station to which I was as- signed was in the large town of Ashrnam on the Menam River, some fifty miles above Bangkok, the capital aud chief city of the country. The town was not a' all important. except that there was a celebrated u-mpic there in which were kept several sacred white elsplianls. It was a stronghold of heathendom', and the little chapel of the missionary station looking across the river at the huge pagoda of white elephants was quite largo enough for ils humble congrega- tion The river was nearly a half mile wide and afforded a f.n opportunity for exercise in my shell. Kvery alternounatabout4 o'clock I took a row, aud I often hovered near the bank upon which ihe while elephant pagoda stoo.l, watching the sacred creatures ss they took their daily bath in the river. I never dared venture very near, for the priests of the pagoda b<>re no love toward the mission aries and could easily do me some harm; they would justify tin run I ves lo the to wo author- ities by saying that they were prevent- ing me from working spells against the elephants. As it was a sacrilegn for a human Iwing to mount the liacks of the while elephants, each one was driven to the river between two common elephants. A sort of collar went around the white elephant's neck. To the sides of this collar were fastened two chains, and the other ends of these chains were fatlened iwo similar collars about the scks of the attendant elephants. 1'riests sat npon the backs of the common elephants and by driving tbeui forward or stopping them could lead or hold back the while elephant. The chains were very long in order to give ill" white elephant plenty of freedom when taking his Lath. IB general they walked between their attendants docile enough, and the drivers held the slack of the chains culled in their laps. Among the few Kuropean residents of ths town was a young Knghsh merchant, who, having been a member of the boat crew al Oxford, and owning a shell, felt liound to show KngUnd s superiority over the I'mled Stales hy beating me in a boat race on the Menam. He issuesl a challenge and I accepted. The appointed day came. The course was to be a two-mile stretch np river, starling I w.i miles below ihe missionary station. The race was ac'.ose one, but my constant training told, and 1 left my adversary be- hind several hundred yards before reaching the goal. Bat for the honor of Aimrica, I wished to nuke tbe defeat as severe an pos- sible and I relaxed nothing of my efforts and shot pa.-' the buoy, far ahead of the Kng- lithman. Tl.e momentum Ihe boat had gathered carried it along in the placid water and I lay upon my oars, scarcely able to iieivi-. I was completely exhausted. All at unit- a tremendous bellowing csus- dun- lo lix k up m alarm. I'nawares, I had lloiteil i|inttt near the l*t It ing-place of the white elephants. One old fellow was in tin iiver, liellowing will, rage, while on the bank wtre his two attemlcni elephants tug gin"; and straining at the chains in vain i pi to make him come out of the water. The elephants of Siam attain a larger sita I imn the elephants of any other country, nnd tins wl.iu- elephant was even larger than im.st Siamese elephants. Observing how firmly the old fellow was planted in Ihe sainl, and that tl.e other elephants labored mid. r the disadvantage of standing on the sloping hank, I concluded that he would protract his bath as long as he chose. All at once tl.e attendant elephant* ccas- i-d their struggles, and a cry of terror hurst from the lips of one of the priests, and what ever I had In-lievi-d l-foie I am noiv ccium that those white elephant priests love ami venerate their chatges. "See! the karoo Uikvlamt' cried the priest, "the white king H hie is in danger!'' l'|i.utim{ <l.i HI. tin- . iv er, ,l.n I', toward the while elephant was a piece of wreckage, part of a broken bin.bo.i rafl, and Ivim- i oiled ii|Min it welc two of that hide ms, ter- rih!y venomous variely of wsler snakrs, the k ..- .1 liokadfiiii. If the wreckage kept its course it would float against the elephant sside. If he mm ed he , in j-lit excite the vindictive snakes and 1 1 ii in- a fatal blow. The priesU on ihe attendant elephants halted them, but still the white elephant bellowed ..n. I Fwayad from side lo side. Truly, the iili.tn king's life vrvt in danger. I gi.t|H'd mv <tarn and forced the stern of the B In I! ..'.ill . mid backing waler, I came up to tilt latl with its fatal freight, and placing the point of the boat against it, gently pushed it before me ou*. into the cur n nt of the ru er. A shout of tluinksgivlng rose behind me as 1 drilled along down sit ram, watching the serpents on llie i tit al tho stern. The Creatures moved um .i-ilv and Ht.m.1 at me wilh ll.eir unwinking eyes, and al last one ill. |i|i.l ineiln.il. l ulld Sank beneath tho i|.,n I surface. 1 t nought of the stories I had heard of the i|ii i, relsome and revengeful dis;..silion of Ihe k.ir.Mi bokadam, how if ill.turlied il would follow boats for miles, watching tor a chance to leap over thu thwarts and alia, k llieiniieis; bow swift, h.iw tireless, and how terribli it wan. K\en Ihe books at the station corroborated the stories of ihe natives, fiom i|Uun.t old Mnntigny s " Voy age Km Siam" lo the latest natural history li.j.n London, all ngrned in their stories of tho malignant, dreadful karoo hnkadam. And yet I did not Ixdmvii these stories. I decided to anger the serpent and see what he wo",:!'! '". I (I. knl up a heavy piece of woo. I that was Heating in the river and threw it at him, striking him lull on the neck. With an 'i|;ry hiss I.. i,.i .1 Ins In ad, ami then delilierately caul himself into the water and started In swim along tho tide of the I .t ' ' I me. i 1 ' ' 'I |..w m the Water an W., easily ii i h me, sol seircd ths "Ms ainl I" - (mil. The boat shot aiieatl, but on camn the sunk, i. ,m l.i'toie, and 1 took an- other pull, hardly believing that, the rep tile ws re, ul} ! ill-winy inc. lli.t my doubl was soon laid at rest, for he darted along uu the surface straight in uiy wake. I lent to the oars and made the shell go as fast as my woary muscles would allow. And yet the snake seemed to gain, and as 1 knew that in my tired condition I could no: long keep up the race, 1 decided lo run ashore. Hut the shore line woe behind a forest of tall reeds growing far out into the river and the snake could kill me at his leisure while my boit stuck in them. I thought of striking him with an oar, but there lie wan, a few feet behind the boat, and before I could get an oar out of iU cuinliiii.is fastening he would be upon me, and cvtn could 1 get the oar out in time it -voul-1 be too long and unwieldy to use at close quarters. My only hope was lo make for the first practicable landing, and there was none nearer than the bathing place of the white j elephants. It was my second race that day, and the victory meant more than glory. I put forth all my remaining strength, thinking with chagrin how easily I could leave the snake behind if I were not so utterly exhausted. On, on, tirelessly follows tin- wriggling, hideous di-ath, and I see the horrible head get nearer the stern. It passes the stern- post, and I mark its progress by the cop- per rivets in the side of the boat. His ! nose is opposite the tint rivet, the second, the third, I gave mighty pnll at the oars, and it fell back behind the boat once more. I hear the splashing of water. I glance up. I am nearly opposite the elephant's bathing place. The old white elephant is still in the water, the attendant elephants by his side. I roust make a turn to pass them and reach the shore, nnd as I loose headway in Hie turn the snake will over- take me. Something dashes past my eyes as I pull hard on the left oar to make tbe turn, aud the snake disappears. The head priest of the temple stands erect on his elephant. As my boat grates tbe shore, the severed body of the kano bukadam and a baml-oo spear rise to the surface and float down the river. line good turn deserves another, and the white elephant priest had saved my life. The Siamese hav a curious method of rewarding a person who discovers a wild white elephant or saves the life of one, and so I was taken to the temple and my mouth ami ears were filled with gold. For the first time in my life 1 regretted that 1 had small oars, 1 S l \ I II l-l '.M. Its I m | in r la BIT l ike suplre frost a Wll- llsrt 1-iilDl f tic.. The Victoria .\m-i has an article referring to the* discovery, just one hun- dred years ago, of the island of Vancouver, so named in honor of the great Knglish Vancouver. The I THE .::. t i i -I n i r- li or< arl.u. iBla f nn> kind, a sasllea Absnl Hbtavi d Main \nllon- naval captain. -\,,, y , t | at " couver -land has become a home may well o. ^ of us to whom \ an- J The first, fastest, finest, biggest ships in the world presents wonderful study. At no lime has such general interest heen directed : to the subject of marine superlatives in this The greatest , 89l f existence III I! M '>')< F till III tOW The Failll t e tftajsh rMlkklm Cnreialerrd rm and Canr ( trlrf. - ^^ , lw ,, exstence . tat acro couver -land has become a home may well , he Ml ^ llc ^ iwtfa ( ; r( ., t Britain and th . pause for a few niinuU U, consider whut city of N , w York, and the records in which changes have Ukcn place since 1,92 ad ,/ W(ir|(1 , mo , t .u^.^ted are nud. along The Kajah of 8ikkim owes political alle- giance to the (iovernment of India, but his heart is with the (irand Lama of Thibet, and he is finding it exceedingly dif- ( ticult tosirve two masters. II is little coun- try ii just north of Kngal, and Everest, is that across | the j o f liejt lumm j t in the world, overlooks what still lies in store for u.. Our heritage IH an island J (1,000 square miles in extent, situated in such a position as to give it both commercially and from a military point of Tiew the command of the Pacific. Held at first by the Hudson lUy compauy under a lease from the Crown, it became au independent colony and then, in \tKt, was incorporated with British Columbia. In 1ST I Vancouver island, with Hritish Colum- bia, w is incorporated as a province of the Dominion of O'jioda. r.ui Vancouver island only made her real debut on the world'r stage in 1HK5, when the Canadian I'auiric that highway. The fastest passage between New York and Queenstown, both eastward and west- ward, was inaile in the IsUer part of J891 by the steamship Teutonic of the While Star line. The fattest passage from Queens- town lo Kew York was mode in August, being five days sixteen hours and thirty-one minutes. The faslest passage from New York lo i/iipnsUiwn was made in October, being five days twenty-one hours and three i minutes. The first steam ves e! Ui cross; the Atlantic Ocean was the Savannah, which croased . . ... - . .. ti . i i *"* n mm inc .-t*\ itiinaii, WU1VII i-i"s;'i railway joined the hast to the We.t and | /rom s vanna h, Ga.. to Liverpool in l.slil. made V ictoria and the country tributary The first steam vessels to reaANew York to her easily accessible to the rest of the f rom ( ; r , at Britalll w.rs the Sirius and the world. Kven before the advent of the Canadian Pacific railway, Victoria wan a town of steady growth, although it is un doubtedly true that m the ytar of the Cari boo gold cra/, prices rose in the city lo a point never reached again until the coming of the great line. Since then the advance in values all over the island has been not only steady aud persistent, but also rapid. 15ut the Canadian Pacific railway has done more for Vancouver island even than this. The connection of this country with the far East has called ( ireat Britain s attention Great Western. The Sirius, a ship of 700 ! ^ tlon ions, Killed from Cork. April 4, IS.HS, tbe Rajah's domain on tbe west. A few months sgo the Kajah decided that he would have relations with the Indian Government no longer, and as he could not loosen its grasp on hi* little country, he decided to run away. He packed his treasures, and, with his uarem and children, aet out for Thibet, intending to abandon his country forever. He had not gone far on his way before a terrible snow storm filled the moun- tain valleys, rendered the posses almost impassable, and covered ths lofty summits with a thick mantle. He pushed on with his train of camels for nearly a fortnight, while the poor women and children of his household were tulferiug terribly from cold. Then the camel drivers declined to go any further in the direction of Thibet. They fa d that to attempt the passes in that <h- would be nearly to court death, had lost much of the awe with which the Great Western, 1,340 tons, left Bristol three days later. They arrived on April 23, the Sirius in ths morning and the Great Western in the afternoon. Tbe greatest steam vessel ever built, in they regarded the Kajah formerly, for a self -deposed ruler did not seem to them to be very far above ordinary mortals. In spile of his Highness's protests, they turner to the west, and in a few days they landed ths ex-potentate in Nepaul. That size was the Crest KasUrn, which was GV> conntry j. very" friendly to India, and the feet in length, and Vi feet in breadth. The Teutonic is oS-J fuel 111 length. The largest turret ship in the world, per- hups the largest battle ship in existence, is the British battle ship Hood, which was rulers decided that they would do a very good thiiijj for themselves if they turned tbe fugitive Rajah over to the Indian Govern- ment. They set his caravan marching south- ward with a guard of soldiers, and before to the military importance of our "" - urennos, wnicn was launcnea eariy in DC . L i ,- n , j steps to secure the completion of tbe works . , .', H i .cemeut is 11 000 g !i- , u P ' 1 " * 1 '* <le * d ; al required for the protection of tbe harbor .*' l *"' lwpta< M ' OOO | officials are hunting around for reijmred for the protect of Ksquimall. ' Sir Stafford Northcote then pointed out the importance of having a strongly fortified bar lioi aud coaling station un this coast ; he commented on the existence of an alterna lead, and now tbe some trust- I worthy member of his family to install in The longest sailing craft afloat is the ,. ^ The o . Rajan> therefore, has no British ship UBi'iag. She is a four-masted , ouulry , rul . wd ,, alao furlher from iron ship of 2.WK) tons and 3M feet in Tlllbtl than ht) waf wh<n h . juniped off tn . length. In 18ti'J the keel was laid in of the closing against us of the ordinary routs via the Suez canal, as well as upon * ' lli'one. If it had not been for that ! vating snow storm he would probably nave " shipyard on Ihe Clyde of what wss tive route to the has'., and the possibility ,i,.lro.t i ilinn <-r.ft in tK> wnrhl ,",. ^ -' -- r largest sailing craft the world ' I reached Lhasa in safety, anl would then was to It >,bOO. her lenglh XO ha , e }iffn , ei . urt am J thf fanalit ,, Thlb - she was to have live masts, i he ' our growing trade with (lima and Japan, and all that he said upon these subjects was No IK. The karoo bokadam of Siam is a ty thick bodied snake some four feet long I covered with imbricated scales. It is of a | jray color al*ive and yellow beneath. Its tiead is marked by a ina/e of criss-crossed lines that give it a very strange and terrible appearance. 1 ww are said to U- llie MfMf% the Livcrpo.,1, oonhrined and strengthened by , \.miral a|1(1 th . I'uritan. The Pal K r<e measures C " * elans, who hare tucceeded m keeping their three biggest four rnaateil ships in the world cinlU l .,! its environs rutirelv free from I A bill Ui facilitate the e|iuUion of im- moral and dishonest clergymen from the (lunch lu juM been passed in the 1'iitmh llo'i-c of ComsBons. I in- ini-ii-ure was not opp iscd eicept by the extreme Kadical iiili- in, who took the ground that it H not the business of the Slate to interfen- m spiritual discipline. Of course the Radicals in their opposition are accused, and per haps not unreasonably, of a d*iro to brine; about the disestablishment of the Church by |i-tlini{ the corrupt clergymen alone as oh ject linsoni serviceable to their cause. The existence of the evil which llie bill propones I ..... incdy by i-mpnwerirg the (!ovt>rtimenl to deal with it summarily, 11 acknowledged on all lands. It is admitted by bull. Church and lay journals, and by Unit cats and Conservatives, and the mily. t has heen under * ti\e discussion in Kii^l.tinl fr many months. The agreement i guieial, also, tint unless it is cured, it may prove fatal to the Kstaldishtnenl. To hold the respect of soi-iety, a Church mint, first of all, In- pure in its morals, and its clergy must exemplify in their lives the fundamental principles they tench. It may not be expected of them tht they shall obey the plain Idler of the I ls|>el rule in all lexpeetii, by abandoning every woildly ambiti >n, for instance ; but they are ie Alined by public opinion to live cleanly and avoid biilh tin- ri>mniisioi\ and the appear- Kini-of eul. In Kngl-iinl, with an Kstah halted Church, this opinion can be enfon. I bylaw, depnving Ilium of their occlesiasii- i il olliccn for any gross infraction of moral ity. With us, il adminiiters its own |.'u,:-l. -Hi-Hi without the aid of any enactment by the State, which here has uu lung to clo with the Munt-nl regula- tion of the Chinch. Ai an institution which must rely on voluntary support alone, the Church mum take can- to deserve the public rsupecl by j-.l ously guarding '.'..<. moral puiily of its ministry and priesthood. Corruption in its ilii;'>. initiated sin) not promptly and severely puiu.'licd hy the expulsion of the offenders, is sure to destroy speedily the mm .! p iwer of any ('linu-li in this repu! lie. The harm done to it hy one uncleanly member of ill ministry cannot he over come bv the moral npotlctsneas of all the rest, unless the black sheep is driven from the tin. 1 without delay. Any attempts lo ettenuate hin otlence mutt be fatal In a (hni.h whoie vrry existenueis <lpelident mi public i: nitiilciice. It may not ilic out at once, hut it becomei .imrihund. 'I'ln- I'hiiii-h was never before so critically ex- aminod to see whether it lues up to its ethji il Icarhing.-i. Tin' priuienl tendwioy to dnii'it th^dogicikl dogma renders more ex acting lliu scrutiny of the effect of the ( 'Imrcli'it mural teachings on Imlh the te... h eisanilthp tuik-ht. Take away from the religious life its mural beauty and its whole iiittin nee will be gone. Let the clergy lie c.ime. spotted hy the world, the exemp'ars in their lives of evil rather than good, and they will fall into utter puli'ir contempt. In the Swim. A serious. i il ut happened at the supper table. Somebody ills ttlway " somebody" who is to blame m - i a |ui her of water over the clolli. 'I'm re wan a ^em-i .il scamp- ering aud acallinij for some other somebody to reme ly the mu.'!;if. " Ho.v could you bo so c*.roless, Sam?" cried \\ ill, nidign.uilly. ' N- .-i n.n, -I, my boy," leplied Sun, !; his airy way. " U'g all right. \VeVe all in the -.11 mi cow !" Th lockoii' of granite . utters through out 'i,' Niw Kngland States was dec.hu I th. ..i. M i, i milk!, throwing 'JO.INNi o. UK) nun nut of work ill the same limn. A Illllllbtr uf HtlikcS Here oldell-.l ill . \.u pathy with the Mont. , -niters, and it is esti- mated that i idly M),OOU ,,,en are ..ul. rieldond .Mr. Stanhope, who added that ;| , M ,. the Liverpool 3.33O tons, not only from an Imperial but from a Col Th . (,.. Ml)lDK vc ,el , r the world onisl point of view the importance of Es- ,. five masted French steel ship quiti.all had enormously increased during France capital and its environs entirely free from foreign influences. I ' .. I i Afrlra. Italy, in withdrawing from the territory I she has recently acquired about Massowah the last few years, and thai if there were j ] o< o i g g eBt , teanl f err ybot in the world n<1 her protectorate over Abyssinia, sur reasons eight or nine year, ago for defend { ittne Cincinnati, built hy Ihe Pennsylvania! a t L a ^ d ff* m . ?(.^ - I is mi- i mi i uiiai i, oiii.i ov me I rnur> I % nin.t ing the harbor, those reasons had "**i'n M | r m,| l',.niiinv to ply between New c " i ' K " ie before hr statesmen for gi rat ly intensified since. It srem* lhat the Y <>rK an ,| Jersey City | nearly ten years. Stucg by the conquest guns are already made and waiting only Th largest s-.eam engine in the world is ' Tunis by Krsiicc and sttracted hv the for the building of the lortinValions upon lhe new lullal , lTU1 , t . r s.rde K na. which they are to be mounted, and that | forc<) of 25)4XK , llorM! r u the admiralty has specially undertaken | Th . fM ^. t , h| , ,. ^^^ gj,, responsibility with regard to r^uimalt, uavyi tuppote< i ig , he San Franciaco, in sepdiug a certain nirkiber of marines to undergo training in submarine nun ing, and any day tho^e marines are ready to go out lo Ksi|iuniilt lo inslruct the proper m the delu- in tin- House on March Ttli il i< that the dale cannot now bo far easy occupation of Kgypt by Kngland, Italy, in INSf>, stepped forward, ostensibly to aid in reducing tne "rebels" of the Soudan, and occupied Assab, a little poi t on the Rd Sea, whii-li the Khedive's liovernment had seiz I, f , , , 1 111, ., I . 'H I IIV A M^lllv VWVV 1 . , , r t f maintained during a four hours' run a speed , wh , en , I""'* 1 P laD " , f , African conquest ol l'..T knots au h.-ur. That was one-tenth included /au/ibar as well as Abyssinia and of a knot in e>cess of the record of the *'' rulcr "' , K 8yP l 1<M *"* .'orward to sup- which on her trial ou tlie Pacific cost lie local people in Canada as to the Philadelphia. The maximum speed develop- ' pl'menting his great inland empire ou the roper means of laying and using submarine e<l i the Slin Kraneisco .Jy.oft knots an **"* Sca wil , h the '"Jjhlandtof Abyssiniaand llaiagdsMSMSB, h.oin th whole lenor of i /, whicli is equivalent to twenty-three '' coast* Italy followed the occupation of .... .....,.. ... ,i,< ii....... .... \i ....i. -.i. i. ;. I | Bn( |' nil | ei Assab hy turning the Kgyptian troops out One of the fastest voyage, from China to of M *>*--. "'' two years later, having distant when r.s,|U.umlt, in whose harbor I }( ew y or k was made in the summer of IS'JO '"t'tihed this fort, marched inland. Ihe at the present moment, float five of our j by lnc .i^,,,,!,!- i;i,. n K g |, ,,f ,| le (;i en line King, or Negus, of Abyssinia, met this in- Hrilith war vessels, will be as ^tn.ngly for ,,f(;i M((ow . w |,; ch am^d from Am.. V in VM1 , on ^ * tr ?8 l force under a savuge titled as Halifax, and that before long, f,, rtv .;, ,l v Th iVsiMt tim wu h t K leader of unusual ability, HAS Alulu. aud within a radius of two miles from i ndc of tho nl I Hudson my pi haw a gicat naval station and the liarracks -trongly 'for ofOlaWow. which arrived from Anu.y iu ! v 8 ' on b X tr 9R J orc< before long. f,, rty , lx .lays. The fastest time was by the le ller o( unuaual ability, im the stock. ,i| eui | llcl O f the same line, forty this* <Wated the Italian force nrt, we shall j ,| avl> deneral dene defeat in J The greatest fleet of passenger ves >rce with heavy loss. January, IH87 was ,j succeeded l>y the diipatcli of heavy Italian probably of British as well ss Canadian | ow ' ne j' n) r, iny'om " conipany is that of the rcinfoicemcntu, smountinB to 19,000 men, troops on the one side, and on the other a | Peninsular and Oriental Steani Naviitalion. in 1S * S ' un ' ler General Mar/ano ; but the 'ity of health and pleasure, as well as of business, t ' e like of which cannot 1-e found HIM. n the I'acitic coast. Nor is it only iu \ ii-loria ' ays the News further, that the growth of our island is so abundantly manifest. Since IH60 some five million Inns of 'u.tl have heen extracted from our coal fields and the mines nf Nananno and Comox employ between them at the present day some ,'WUO men. When to our cost mining industry we add the wealth of our Kiml-ci limits, our salmon canneries, our sealing fleet, when we consider the exi|Uisitc climate and i i u.iiiU !!. ipcr.it m c of our island, and its acieasibilily from the Host, il ceases to )>e ditlicult In understand how the island first found hy Vancouver in IT' 1 -', has grown to be a centre of Anglo Saxon activity. M well as a favoiiU; rest ing place for Anglo- In tl.e fleet are seventy two steamships of l9, '-TO lonna.nl 189,000 horse power. The I 1 and O. steamships steamed 2,XH),000 milei in Is'.m without an accident. The largest floating elevator in the world WOK launched on Jan. 14, IS!>2, in Brooklyn. Its tower rises 74 feet above its deck. The first steamboat to plough ths Pacific along the const of North America was the Hudson Kay Company's tteaniboat Beaver, which is lo be exhibited at Chicago. The first crew propeller on the great lakes was the Yaiidalla. Her machinery was limit n. Auliurn (irisnn, New York. troops never marchd inland, and returned to Italy without inflicting defeat on the Negtir, although the Italian (Invernnient raisetl the Italiau flag over Maasuwah aud formally annexed the region. Ki. nice pro- liiLtn.li ana ill- feeling, which has since cost both nations so much in lost trade and sums sunk in annameuts, has been considerably ma caned by the disputes over the precise status of Kieuch subjects iu Maitsowali, which Krance hiui persistetl in treating as Kgyplian soil, under Italian protection, and not as a colony of Italy. Italy, however, continued to extend its , , . . lufw> ,1 ". "^ iu. wonir.-.!' K ieailliliu uuili wilt Saxon weal h in I Ml'. But great as the ( (he ,.,,,,.. \ V . Wetmore, which made the change I, win, h has already come upon us. , I>iv , r|K)o , an ,| lawk lu th( . iumm ,. r it in but tin- cutiHi.rnct'iueut of far givuler _* ^.m i't__ *i_ L-I_I i_ ..* _ . o( changes yet lo he. So far we have hut set- ,,>,.,. wal , the yat ., lt tied upon the edges ol our Island, and have f Admiral I'opol init ton he.l lightly the sources of ourwealth. , v nj er I 'i.tdw it hm the lost few yean, the very name j of \aiiiiiuviriind Itnl.sh Columbia had a far off and unfamiliar sound in Kuglish ears, but that state of things is beginning to }>ass away. tiicM . ..ui|>lllei and great capital | Huujar) I* stowDrslstlnza I.MI-R* ULe ksl ists aie beginning to reali/e that there is Bat sis %Wrm here a new a^d advantagcou* opening for their capital and their enterprise, and it is with a feeling half of regret lhat we consul er lhat those for whom sylvan quiet has a The first H t.-mhip lo' make a direct trip I '"fluence and territory on the Abyssinian v- ._. v L ._ i ,:_ _ .. , i! coaxt of the Hed Sea, and by I S.Mi hail occu- pied three ports and astonished Kurope by proclaiming a protectorate over King Meu- elek of Abyssinia, while t'rispi hinted at ambitious plans for advancing through Abyssinia ou the l'||-r Nile and the great from New York to Australia sailed iu i>. t'dter, IHfll. ll.-r name was Karlsruhe. The first whalrhai-k steamship built was of I sill. Tbe first whaleha< Llva for tin 1 K Kuuia. She is k of any iin- I. a, designed nperor Alex- -in feol iu -i . i \. i i i u i > i ,. Kltl'RH Then- is a curious lake in Hungary, known hum must m-tkt the most of it whilst it yet remains, for the years are fast county when man will Iw more and nature less upon Vancouver island. A I mil I'.i.ii II. iiiinl In i i,, M K n U lout week n lit tie sloop started from ngland on a voyago to Sierra l.enne, on the west coast of Africa. Her name is the (jueen, and she is under the command of ('apt. lln .in 11 Jacks, with a clew of two hands. The vessel, which ii only fifty -one ! . t in length, has an under deck tonnage of sffvenleen tons and a gross tonnage of twenty tons. She is n. tended tor trading purposes on African rivers and along the coast. It has been :ut<>mary to take auch veuuls out on thu decks ol steamship). Foi some rea- son in this case it became i.e. ossary to sail the i.Hu-cn to Alii. i. Shu is a strongly built l.aiiliioi.d iestc-1, and her Captain h no fears t hut ho will not reach his destina- tion, although ho expects that it will Us a rather trying journey. H says she is per- i. .-lli seaworthy, and capable of standing the heavy wealhcr she may meet on her long voya^'U. Tho Captain and the i rcw will sleep m littlo Mjuare house on the iitiit |.nl ..!!... lick. Her cargo is salt. I he C ijilaiu intends lo mako Ma leira his first perl of call. Sandelin llarter nn I his wife have both killed themselves at Milwaukee, because of di. lues: ic; Ir.MihlcH, lcving live childreu, two of whom are .Inl inuteo, as the NeiiMiuillsr Sur, tixteon miles long snd six wiles wide in its broadest part, which has no tributaries, but derives all its water from the rainfall lhat drops into it. Il is a very largo lak< to lie supported wholly thin way There are no mountains very near it, but it occupies a slight dcprea- lion iu un almost level plain. Once in a while lhe lake hits di u-,| ..p, and within the past Uvo yrars it his lint Irilf of iu water, and now it. .1 |,th is only ilueefeel. The Hungarian (iovernmcnt has decide.! to do away with this lake, and has commenced to lakes. fertile Adona, the capital of the rich and rovince of Tigie, was successfully l . ' Italy ,. .poor count, v. Itithe compirative dig c.n by winch the p-ec,p, U ,,o,, will ^ ' , ^,, p^.. - frolll | H7 o to 1885 I taly heroaftor * drained away from iho lake i Li.ir" S iif.'.mi'lU) to he, dd.l. It is now bad. Some thousands of acres of rich tarni- ,.,,,.,,,.,, ,,., , ,i..,j . . ing laud will thus I .- dhtaiiieil. The French si'holar M ut-l, who has long made a slmly of under^rouiul watercourses, has recently Ixscn exploring the caves and undet^iouinl ' IIHIUII-IS of I'm IVloponnuaus, in (in i . He -..lyn llial lhe.se umicrgiound rivers serve a iiii.Ht usvful pin (....<., i ...- through them a ln.^- 1 amount nl water . drained away which would otherwise stag nalo, mako swamps, nud hrccd ill he tit!, m large districts that arc now iiualthful and ueroted to agricultural purposes, ll wat Murtcl vi ho di>cii\i-U'd an iiiulergronnd river at Taka, not fat from Tripoli*, m Africa, by means of which some enormous sw amps th.u ht-1 I.e. n 111. .K'.'.ts.nn of much sukness wore dinincd ami lilted lor agricul- ture by thu priu i sa uf connecting them with these remarkable umlergiound cliuu ue Is. Ten thousand foreign Jews in Odessa have bucu niih ic. I to leave KIIMU forthwith. 13,900,000,000 aad nearly one-third of this. M percent., is held abroad. ItalitK bonds which had slowly risc-n fro-n '! .'> in Isti-J t lar in INHti mi the Paris Bourse, are now a SS and slowly sink. In ten years, 1S80 !X . thu value of Italian oxporta foil one-filth ami in thu same time herptihlic expenditures rose one third. Compared with thirty years ago, tho Italian 1'euimuila has made great progress, but for ten years ]*st taxes have increased, trade diminialied, and useless puldic sxpenditurc multiplied. The dctiv-it hall for three years now avaraged912,00i>.<>i'o .inii'.ally. Italy has paid heavily for her insmie ambition to figure as a great powc.- will) colonies, urniici and a fleet. The re- trenchment now iu progress is the first sign of ictuiuing seme. Hepieiculiitivn.Millikrn.iif Maine, nays ilr. I 1 .' line's health in excellent, aud that' there is no reason why he should not accept the Republican noniiuatioii for the presidency. irtilo p occupietl after a march of 150 miles fiom Massowah and a very considerable territory was brought under Italian control. Gratify- ing as this advance wan to Italian pride, it was carried out at a heavy cost. The terri- tory did not prove self sustaining; the losses ol men from uisease were large, and with the establishment of ths Abyssinian pro- tectorate there came a change in Italian finances which converted a surplus of *(,- TINI.IKKI into a deficit nearly as large. This steady drain on the resources of Italy has since, and there was small these losses in a protect* .rate over :; !'.!,( KX) a.|uaru miles, inhabited by 5.- r>l :.IMI savages on even tliu occupation of 41UI si|iiure miles, inhabited by -'.")S,(HJO per- sons whose taxes did not pay for the ex- penses of civil administration, let alone a large army. Fur a year past, also, Italian tin. in. e have grown steadily worse. At best,