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Efforts will be made to induce the tailors im Syracuse, Rochester and About ten thousand tailors are out on strike in New York. and their numâ€" ber is being increased. _ _ is, then ret bis literary Anne, Dowager Duchess of Atholi, was a_ daughter of the late Henry gome Drummond, of Blair Drummond, ew Brunswick. Oscar Wilde, during his imprisonment was given the minimum of treadmill on account of the condition of his heart. His principal duties were bbokbinding and marking coal sacks. Owinfi to the fear of hydrophobia in England, an order has been issued by the British Board of Agriculture, enactâ€" ing such stringent regulations as virâ€" tually to amount to the prohibition of the importation of dogs. Oscar Wilde was released from prison on Wedauda* mormingowith great seoâ€" Mi_ He Yil pay a short visit to Parâ€" uunrvnar- ; mversity on Friday, by a vote of 1,713 to 662, rejected the proâ€" posal to confer degrees upon women. The Duke of Buccleuch unveiled the memorial bust of Sir Walter Scott in Westminater Abbey on Friday afterâ€" naan Lord Henry F.dw:;r(irgx;;;rset,l’ourth son of the Duke of Reaufort, is dead. He was born in 1853. Cambrid University a vote of f"?l3 to 662. re yie, to be held in Notre Dame church, Montreal, on Sunday evening, June 20th, in commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the Queen‘s accession to the throne of Great Britain. It will surpass anything of the kind ever beâ€" fore attempted in Canada. The decorâ€" actions of the church will be carried out on a ificent scale, while the music will be {ha freat feature. There will be a choir of six hundred voices, and an orchestra (in addition to the reat organ) of fifty or sixty piecaes. 'fi'any distlnguishqi personages will be preâ€" :‘ent. including Lord and Lady Aberâ€" een. GREAT BRITAIN. The movement to establish a volunâ€" teer corps in connection with Toronto University, to replace the rifle comâ€" pany which existed for nearl thirtyâ€" three years, but was disbanxed some four years since, was advanced a step on Wednegday afternoon, which an inâ€" fluential and very representative deâ€" putation brought the matter to the notice of Sir Richard Cartwright, Actâ€" ing Minister of Militia, who romised to give the matter his pavornlble consideration. Arrangements have been almost comâ€" pleted for a jubilee thanksgiving serâ€" yice, to be held in Notre Dame church, Montreat, on Sunday â€"avamine F.al Mr. Belcourt of Ottawa has drawn the attention of the Government to the pecessity for theerection of a national museum to preserve the very fine colâ€" lection of specimens of various kinds now indifferently stored away at Otâ€" tawa. i The Governorâ€"General has received a lettar of thanks from the Viceroy of India, in which it is stated that Canâ€" ada stood next to Great Britain in her contributions to the India famine fund. The worst of the famine is past. ag:\'mst the City of Victoria. It is said there are many more suits of a similar nature to follow. it is reported at Victoria, B. C., that the Transvaal Gold Fields Company, of London, England, has acquired â€" the charter and concessions obtained by the Cassliar Central Railway Company from British Columbia. Mrs. Gordon, widow of one of the victims of the Point Ellice bridge disâ€" aster. has got a verdict ‘for $10.000 Joe Racine, a former wellâ€"known reâ€" sident of Montreal, has been arrested on a charge of murdering Leo Mailâ€" loux, an old man, whose body was found in a swamp near Rouse‘s Point, NY ., on January 8th last. Mr. Thomas Fyshe, cashlier of the Bank of Nova Scotia, has been appointâ€" ed joint general manager of the Merâ€" chants‘ Bank of Canada, Mr. Haguse, the general manager, having asked that a coadjutor be appointed. It is understood that Mr. C. K. Domville, Mechanical Superintendent of the Grand Trunk Railway, will shortâ€" ly be transferred from Hamilton. It is not known where he will be placâ€" A deputation waited on the Governâ€" ment to ask for a bonus of $1,000,000 toâ€" wards the construction of a bniife over the St. Lawrence at Quebec. Â¥. Laurier promised consideration. The steamer Diana, which will carry the Canadian Government expedition to Hudson Bay, has arrived in â€" Halifax, and will be provisioned at once. Mr. William Southam, one of the shareholders, has taken action . to have the Homestead Loan & Savings Society of Hamilton wound up. Postmasterâ€"General Mulock announcâ€" ed on Thursday in the Dominion House that jubilee stamps of various denomâ€" inations will be issued to the public on the 19th prox. Flora and Maggis McMillan, sisters, living at St. Andrew‘s, N.S., near Anâ€" tigonish, were burned to death in their house on Tuesday night. An item of $20,000 to pay the expenses of Canada‘s military representatives at the Queen‘s jubi{oo was passed by the House of Commons. The Quebec City Council on Tnesdur night soted twentyâ€"‘ive hundred dolâ€" lars towards the celebration of the Queen‘s jubilee. The bill to make railway companies carry bicycles as baggage was carried im tle Railway Committese at Ottawa by 46 votes to 21. The pilots of the St. Lawrence are making a bard fight to secure lnco_ri poration, but it is doubtful if thley wil succeed . Laforce Langevin, only son of _ Sir Hector Langevin, committed suicide at his father‘s house in Quebec on Wedâ€" nesday. The Dominion Government bas draftâ€" ed a bill to prevent extortionate rates of interest being collected. A youth, 18 years of age, was sent to gaol in Winnipeg on Tuesday, for makâ€" ing counterfeit coin. Thieves are operating extensively in London South. Interesting Items About Our Own Country, THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. t NBA N A NSHL Ureat Britain, the United States, and All Parts of the Globe, Condeused and Assorted for Easy Reading. CANADA U Sip it Stacram C mees ble in the person of an elderly lady who occupiesâ€"or occupiedâ€"a position in the Middlesex Hospital, where she was known as the "Queen of Middlesex." She is the exact age of the Queen, and became a widow in the same year that the Queen lost her consort. | An Admiral Discourses on the Merits of the Water Tube Boiler. The points of advantage which the | water tube boiler possesses over those of the Scotch type were briefly summed up by Rear Admiral Fitzgerald in a paper before the Institution of Naval Architects. The admiral is recognizâ€" ed as one of the most advanced and practical officers of the English navy, and his paper gave the good points of the boiler from the standpoint of the man who has to fight the ship. The type of boiler upon which the observaâ€" tions were based was the Belleville, and the experience was that gained on the Powerful â€"and Terrible and on the smaller range of experiments carried out on two or three gunboats. _ The points of superiority are: 1. Ability to raise steam ravidly. The Sharpshootâ€" er, a gunboat of 735 tons displacement, has raised steam in twenty minutes from "fires out" and cold water. She would have taken from two to three bours with her old boilers. 2. Ability to make large and rapid increase of speed, and also large and rapid_reducâ€" tions without blowing off. With a Scotch boiler a ship has to be worked up gradually to full speed ; but with water tube boilers even a large ship can start off almost like a oppedo boat. 8. Coms)arative safety. The risk from scalding in the event of a shell penetrating the boiler room is far less. _ Each of the water tube boilâ€" ers of the Powerful holds only a ton of water ; but each boiler of the Majestic holds 22 tons. 4. Facility for examinâ€" ation, cleaning, and repairs. Unlike the Scotch boilers, these can be cooled with great mpiditge without any dang:r of | injury, in order that they may exâ€" | | amined, cleaned, and if necessary, reâ€" paired. In the Scotch boiler such rapid cooling would involve leaky seams and tube plates. 5. Savi.n_q of weight. ‘The weight of the boi ers, |. g&mkea. etc., of the Powerful for 25,â€" |. horse lpomsr, with natural draught, | | is only 1,164 tons. If she had been fitâ€" 4 ted with Scotch boilers, it would have | . been about 1,862 tonsâ€"a saving of | . nearly 700 tons, or about 40 per cent. |. Macadonia Fransto, the 17â€"yearâ€"old boy, who murdered four persons at Monectova, Mex., and then eloped with the daughter of a ranchman, hag been captured. ; ; o THE QUEEN‘S DOUBLCE. Her Majesty, the Queen, has a douâ€" The residents of Hong Kong have deâ€" cided to erect a hospital for women and children and a training school _ for nurses as a memorial oF the Queen‘s diamond jubilee. Brazil‘s Minister for War, General Bernardo Vasques, has resigned, and has been succeeded by General Marcado Bitencourt. » A man in South Africa claims to be the youngest brother of the late Duke of Hamilton, and therefore heir to the title and estates. The Madrid Liberal Bays the Cuban insurgents have raised a loan of three million dollars in New York. It is reported that a plot to murâ€" der King George has been discovered at Athens and that many arrests have been made. Wt Dt ~to \ittliiatsn hsms tihac es Aeduaith o Aadbscad a slight fall in prices, and shoe facâ€" tories are mostly working full time. The commercial failures in the United States for the week just ended number 248, as compared wiih 227 for the corâ€" responding week of last year. ult "tdnand t cntndiicon e ts + 1O ..A s A cA d 3 M s d . dn able, and a fair amount of new business is being done. Wheat is lower on the week by 3 1â€"2 cents, and corn is weak. Cotton has advanced and then retroâ€" graded. There is an advance in some branches of the iron industry, due to an improved demand for plates, pipes, and cars. Some large sales of copper have bhardened values. The trade in boolt.s and shoes has much improved on 3 . mhep Preet wininininaithn Nn atinadiitiin zs idA on o Aiiesthad cninind by bankers, shippers and manfacturâ€" ers in New York, Philadelphia, _ St. Louis and other cities asking the Govâ€" ernment to take steps to bring about a reconciliation between Spain and the Cuban insurgents. There is little or nothing new in the trade situation in the Unxi)g:d States. The indications are, kowever, favorâ€" Twelve firemen were frightfully burned by the explosion of a tank conâ€" taining 80 gallons of gasoline in . a Chicago grocery. _ fThe axnlosion WAS vbeen a merchant in Bom-h:y since 1862, has arrived in New York. He says there is great distress in India, and contributions are urgently needed, but n{r‘t a single person has died of staryâ€" ation. Former Governor Alfgeld, of TNliâ€" nois. has been taking the %{neipp cure in Milwaukee. He is suffering from se~ yere nervous prostration, and, it is Said, is affected with locomotor ataxia. Mr. George A. Kittredge, who has :leen a merchant in Ibmdhgy since 1862, i BE hP WhB uit indr t Abds c WB sAAA MB .203 s indicted there the grand jury _ for the murder of %ary Crouch and Mary Daly, near Sackett‘s Harbor. ol A war of extermination against symâ€" pathetic strikes in the bulldog trades has been declared by a combination of Chicago contractors, employers, and other business men. Private Allan of the 9th U. S. Inâ€" fantry at Watertown, N.Y., has been indicted there by the grand iury for The Uni'ted States Senate pahsse;lx{slie joint resolution recognizing the * ence of a state of war in Cuba and deâ€" claring the neutrality of the United States by a vote of 41 to 14. President McKinley has sent a mesâ€" sage to Congress recommending an apâ€" propriation of fifty thousand dollars for the C:']eg;al of the destitute Americans in o THE BELLEVILLE BOILER. Adolph I4, Luetgert a sausage manuâ€" gctprer. is charged at Chjcago with ving murdered his wife and afterâ€" wards burning her body. other towns to join in the New York er mneters moveme GENERAL Becretary of State is to give Ireland an ei;uivalent for the relief in the agricultural rates given to England. ‘The Government, he said, proposes to place. both the poor law and the country administration on a broad, popular basis. The landlords must be relieved of all rural rates. At present the landowners are liable to half the poor rates, which the Governâ€" ment proposes to pay hereafter out of the Imperial funds. The tenants are liable for the other haif of the poor rates and the county cess. The Govâ€" ernment proposes hereafter to pay the county cess out of the Imperial funds. This double benefit to two classes, Mr. ‘ Balfour explaire4. will enable the Govâ€" | ernment to launch a scheme for local . government, which, he believed, would 1 work safely and smoothly. He could not then ‘give the details of this scheme, which would place a large charge g?on the exchequer, but, conâ€" tinued Mr. Baltour, it was acharfia which the country at large and the Unionists would not grudge it thereby they could see the way to csu'r‘y‘e out the reforms to which they had pledged themselves. Mr. Balfour was of the opinion that every class of the comâ€" mumtfy would be disposed to regard with favor what he could not but think must prove one of the greatest reforms carried out under the safest j conditions ever smeated in the House of Commons. L cheers. Mr. Henrie Edward Carson, Conserâ€" vative, member for Dublin University, and formerly Solicitorâ€"General for Ireâ€" land, mo:vven‘lv to agi';mrn the House, in order to discuss Mr. Balfour‘s stateâ€" ment. He referred in terms of ape| provtal to the proposals of the Governâ€" ment. These Taxes in Future Will Re Paid Out of the Imperial Fundâ€"Reliet for BRoth Landlord and Tenant, A despatch from London says:â€"The First Lord of the Treasury and Governâ€" ment leader, Mr. Balfour, made an imâ€" portant ®tatement in the House of Commons on Friday regarding the Govâ€" ernment‘s Polity which will becarriedi out next session, the object of which IRELAND TO BE RELIEVED, POOR RATES AND COUNTY CESS WILL BE REMITTED. in her life, namely, at her accession on the 20th day of June. 1837. and within a few weeks of her jubilee in 1897. The first vignette, showing her on her coronation day, is from a wellâ€"known portrait of that period. It is a fullâ€" faced portrait, and her Majesty wears the crown. Looking at the stamp, this vignette is at the left side. To the right is a picture of her Majesty as she appears toâ€"day, the face in profile, looking towards the vignette of 1837. The profile of toâ€"day represents her Majesty wearing the Empress crown. Between and above the two vignettas is a beautifully executed copy uorfithe Imperial crown of England, and under The design itself represents her Maâ€" jesty at It is to the credit of the designer that adverse criticism will be at a discount in connection with the stamp, for the work in the design and the skill of the engraver have excited noâ€" thing but favorable comment from those who have been privileged to see the first impressions. For some time past it has been unâ€" derstood that the Postâ€"office Departâ€" ment intended issuing this Jubilee postage stamp, which, by the way, is not to be confined to stamps, but will also include postal cards; but no deâ€" tails as to the stamp were obtainable at the department until yesterday, when the design was finally decided upon. it will not rank as a bit of art work with any stamp that has ever been issued in the postal world. The Dominion Will Celebrate the Sixticth Anniversary of Mer Majesty‘s Reign by an Appropriate Postage Outhtâ€"Wearing the Empress Crown. The Postmasterâ€"General has deterâ€" mined to mark the Queen‘s Jubilee by the issue of a postage stamp of unique and attractive design, a stamp so atâ€". tractive that it is questionable whether WILL BE ISSUED ON THE 10TH DAY OoF JUNE NEXT. OUR NEW JUBILEE STAMP. TWO IMPORTANT ERAS ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO [ The Distributton of the Indian Relief Fund â€"Vote For Reâ€"Arming the German Artilâ€" lery â€" A Russian Artisan Wanted to Murder the Czar. .__‘A despatch from London says:â€"The | official celebration of the Quseen‘s birthâ€" | day was observed in London with the | usual closing of the courts and Governâ€" Iment, offices, the ringing of church Il:ells, a display of flags, artillery saâ€" ‘lutes. and the ceremony of trooping | the colors on the Horse Guards‘ parade in which the colonial troops now in . l London took part. Although the ‘ ceremony was somewhbat marred by rain, it was witnessed by the usuat, throngs of people. The New South Wales, Indian, and other detachments ! of colonial troops present attra.ct.edl considerable attention. â€" The Royal family was largely represented at the | trooping of the colors. _ The ceremony ] was unusually imposing. The Prince of Wales was attended by the Duke | of York, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Comnaught, Prince Christian of Echleswigâ€"Holstein, Lord Wolseley, |. the Commanderâ€"inâ€"Chief of the forces, | and a large and brilliant staff, includâ€" | ing &n Indian aideâ€"deâ€"camp, The e Prince was received with a Royal u-l lute, which was given by the Grenaâ€" dier Guards, the Coldstream Gu&rds.! the Scots Greys, Second Life Guards, i and the colonial troops. The Princess | of Wales, the Durhess of "*Albany, the ! the King and Quken of Wurtemberg, I Prince and Princess Charles of Denâ€" ; mark, the Diuchess of Fife, the Duchess ; OFFICIAL CELEBRATION OF THE QUEEN‘S BIRTHDAY. SOME LATE CABLE NEWS. F RSSo d O emenp PC mRD EuT #. There will be fifteen different _ deâ€" nominations of this stamp and a postal card. t Simple as is this postage stamp, its preparation has involved some months of ination in black letters on a white ground. it the letter " V," with the letters "* R. I." in the fork of the " V.," the three letters _ meaning Victoria Reâ€" gina, (Queen) Imperatrix (Empress). In the semiâ€"circle or upper part of the vignettes are the words " Canada," ‘"*Postage," and underneath them are respectively the dates 1837â€"1897, and between the vignettes an ornamentaâ€" tion of maple leaves, while in the lower corners of the stamp are also maple leaves, and between these and at the base of the stamp is its denomâ€" STUDY AND WORK. One reason why fat men are goodâ€" natured is that gcoodâ€"natured men grow fat. A suit for bregch of &romi-e has been begun against a lady North Adams, Mass., by a discarded lover. Her age is forty five, and his is twanriw1,2€° she weighs over three and his weight is one | "MAdAad inli% . YCPC ICVer, but it was added that his condition was not serious. + & The German Reichrtag on Wednes day adopted a credit of 30,000,000 marks for thr purpose of reanming the Gepâ€" ’mun artillery with improved _ field pieces. Herr Richber, the Radical leadâ€" !e.'r, maid his party was willing to vote for that puel?oae three times as much as the rejected naval bud%et adding;â€" ‘"We knmnow well that in the matter of artillery what is epared in iron we might perhaps have to make up in blood." t ; A young artisan has been arrested in the park of Tearsloeâ€"Selo, seventeem miles south of At. Petersburg, where the summer residence of the Emperor is lorated, with, n dagzer and a revolâ€" ver in his possession. The risoner said he wanted to murder the (?zar. become famous, and be hanged Nias ~u. 0C ‘A sharp drop in the Barnato group of South Afriran securities was occaâ€" sioned on Wednesday by a desvatch from Cape Town Stating that Barney Barnato was suffering from nervous prostration, whirh had compelled his friends to place him under restraint. The London revresentative of Barnato, however, announced later in the day that he had received a cable despatch, stating that Barnato was suféering from a slight attack of Cape fever.\ but it :va.l _added that his condition wrao nat eawia.. Oe P POECCCCCTCTE® UBHC MOLWEâ€" ine fund. Mr. Deuni.n@il says that, owâ€" ing to the action of the Hindoo memâ€" bers of the local district committee, not a single halfpenny has reached the poor Hindoos. He adds that the members of this committee opposed all relief of children, on the iround that the only orphanage is Christian, and that to help the children would hb helping the Christians. 4 $ Lord Radstock, secretary of the Soâ€" ciety for the Christian Succour of Inâ€" dia, has received a letter from the Rev. J. O. Denning, an American clergyâ€" man at Narsinghpur, relative to the dishonesty and incompetence of the natives who are administering the famâ€" of Connaught, and others, witnessed the ceremony from the Commanderâ€"inâ€" Chief‘s room in the Horse Guards‘ building. s On the 10th of June the Postroffice: 'De{mrtment will proceed to supply‘ Jubilee postage stamps to the principal postâ€"offices in Canada, and through them the minor postâ€"offices will obtain their suf?ly until the issue is exâ€"| hausted. this jubilee issue were to wholly displace dxe ordinary postage stamps it would supply the ordinary | wants of the country for between two and three months, but as the use of | the ordinary postage stamps willJpro-‘ ceed concurrently with that of the Jubiâ€"| lee stamps it is expected that the Jubiâ€" | lee stamp supply will last beyond the three months. Inasmuch as the department is alâ€" ready receiving application for the ! purchase of Jubilee stamps, it may be stated that the department will adiere] to the established practice of supplyâ€" | ing them only to postmasters, and through them to the public, who may | Qurcbaxfl}hem on and after the 19th . sence of the nead ana two officers of the Department. Total yvalue of a complete set of one stamp of each kind, $16.21 1â€"2. As soon as the tota{ number of stamps mentionâ€" ed in said scnedule is issued the plates from which they will have been enâ€" graved will be destroyed in the preâ€" stamp; 75,000 6c. stamp; 200,000 8c. stamp; 150,000 10c. stamp; 100,000 15c. stamp; 100,000 206. stamp ; 100,000 50c. stamp;, 25,000 $1 stamp; 25,000 $2 stamp; 25,000 $3 stamp; 25,000 $4 stamp; 25,â€" 000 $5 stamp ; 7,000,000 1c. postcards. These jubilee stanps will be printed before the day of issue, and the numâ€" ber to be issued when decided upon, will not be exceeded and when the required number has been printed, in order that the stamp may not be reâ€" produced from the original plate, the dies will be destroyed in the presence of the Postmasterâ€"General and the members of the Government. NUMBER TO BE ISSUED The denominauions of Jubilee stamps and the total number of such Jubilee stamps to be issued are set forth in the following schedule:â€"15000) 1â€"2¢. stamp ; 8,000,0u0 1c. stamp; 2,500,000 2¢. stamp; 20,000,000 3¢. stamp; 750,000 5c. Whe first set of stamps will be sent to HR.H. the Duke of York, who is an enthusiastic stamp collector. The secâ€" ond set will be presented to her Excelâ€" lency, Lady Aberdeen, and the suggesâ€" tion has been made to the Postmasterâ€" General that sets of these stamps be printed and numbered and a set given to each member of the Senate _ and House of Commons of Canada, bearing thelautogra,pb of the Postmasterâ€"Genâ€" eral. THE ISSUE WILL BE LIMITED DATE OF SUPPLY EXPLAINED lover. Her age is twenty'-three; _ hundred pounds, bundred and five. be Emperop ind a revolâ€" risoner said zar, become ols cougl t l oc alte uit . > 4 "berâ€" nultancam.1, " C3 °C Ne Urigger, and simnihnemslfi plun%ed i Aiforemost down the well to the court. _ After turning half a dozen somersaults in midair the lifeless body struck the stone floor flat upon its back, breakâ€" ing every bone in it. down the waj 1 °,. "*. moment. Looking down the well hole into the court beâ€" low from his lofty position, the proâ€" fessor deliberately ‘extracted a thirâ€" tyâ€"two calibre revolver from his hip pocket and placed the muzzle to his !“l‘ght temple. Leaning a £,;f1"° °5 )0 s | ns squadron of a remarkably effecâ€" | tive scimmcter, is being fitted out in |England, and preparations for possible war are being urgently pushed forâ€" ward. Whereunto all these measures tend cannot at present be determined, but it is evident that while Lord Salâ€" isbury keeps his own counsel he means to be prepared for emergencies. Thai the comparatively isolated position of England makes such a course of acâ€" tion absolutely necessary none will deny. An objectâ€"lesson of a very imâ€" portant kind bas just been given by the war in Greece. But long hegure that it had become evident to British statesâ€" men that she must not only be supreme at sea, but that her military fighting machine must be brought into a state of _:tompletoi hl"e&dineu. There seems to exist somethi more than a possiâ€" bility that no&‘m less than these conâ€" ditions will meed ¢, °C than these conâ€" the present remainder | is patrolling the route thence to Mailta, where an immense ‘amount of stores of every kind, altoâ€" gether out of proportion to the wants of the ordinary garrison, has lately | been accumulated, while the troops there are quietly being increased to such an extent that within relatively a few hbours an army corps of from 85,000 to 40,0000 men could be landed on the coast of Greece or of Turkey or of Egypt. Nor is this the whole of the naval steps that are being taken. The Indian squadron has been summoned from its regular station, and now lies off Suez. Meanwhile the ordinary Medâ€" i(errlnelndfl‘r:t of Great Britain, the argest and heaviest ever assembled in those waters, is cruising about between Crete, Alexandria, and the Dardanâ€" olles. In fact the WMadit in fF . dn a d \ed, it is grave enough for England. It | looks very much as if she were enterâ€" img upon another phase of "splendid | isolation." |_ That something of this sort is in the wind is evident from the preparations lflmt Britain is making. The British fleet in the Mediterranean has Leen reinforced by the Channel squadron, and while part of this squadron is conâ€" trolling the Straits of Gibraltar, the arms the immense reserves in his Asiâ€" atic provinces at enormous expense, He certainly does not want these troops for the purposes of conquest in Greeceâ€"his army there is amply suffiâ€" cient for all he warnts to do in that country. Of course he may be developâ€" ing military strength with a view to mist‘infimu far as possible any deâ€" mands t may be made upon him by the "concert" of Europe, and there is always the doubt that there may be some privy understanding with him on the part of either GERMANY OR RUssTA. B)ut.“ however, the situation is viewâ€" â€"from the country, he would ;nuvh;;: ther rule Egypt, as he rules Turkey, inâ€" stead of having it governed by an inâ€" dependent, and to some extent popuâ€" lar constitution, and especially inâ€" stead of having it practically under the guidance and controlling influence of Britain. When it is taken into conâ€" sideration that the prevailing religion of Egypt is Islamism, and that in conâ€" sequence of his recent successes the Sultan is more than ever disposed to think of himself as a Heavenâ€"inspired monarch, anointed by Allah to proâ€" mote Mahometanism against a!! his enemies, it will be seen that there are further reasons why he should wish to cast off THE YOKE OF ENGLAND, He probably thinks that the present would be a convenient time for making a move in this direction. He sees very plainly that the powers of Europe are somewhat disposed to give England the cold shoulder, and that there are jealousies arising from the present conâ€" dition of Greece. He sees, moreover, the attitude of his friend the Germanp Emperor on the Transvaal question, and further, that the Boers would be only too pleased to start trouble with a view to emancipating themseives from the Convention of London. He also knows that Britain is pledged to the Soudan expedition, and it may hbe that, taking things all round, he imagines that a bold stroke for Egypt mafi now would, if it developed into a religious war, create such a conâ€" flagration that in the hubbub he might not only reconquer Egypt, but that the Armenian question, the reforms in his dominions, and perhaps the quesâ€" tion of Thessaly, might be arranged to h‘is‘mldyarnrlrage. He is calling to C The rumour of which mention hss a}. ready been made with regard to the Gultan, namely, hat hbe entertaing some notion of using the present june ture to obtain a more effective recog. nition of his claims in Egypt, seems to be gaining rather than weakening in strength. It is very natural that the Sultan should have this inclinaâ€" tion. He is only the nominal ruler of Egypt, and although he receives a large annual tributeâ€"about $3,500,000 Preparing for the Worstâ€"The Navy Being Put in Readiness for Warâ€"~The Army, Too, Will Be Ready When the Time LOOKS AS IF SHE WAS CGETtNq THE COLD SHOULDER. BRITAIN AND THE POWER3 e CCRXEP NOCE CHPD PDTPCOER fact the Mediterrancean squadâ€" been so alert of late that placed the muzzle to his . Leaning a trifle forward 5 pll.l‘led JIEe tLrigger, and meet the less than these conâ€" e circumstances of ed position of course of acâ€" "Â¥ none will of a very imâ€" een given by Th _ror aig rested ; but pany was # shaft _ fille feet of the They conch gathered uy to dig potat "O{ cour To have you then have i ing, to say heart, they few feet aw and ten fee in _ towards before. "They wes ing their diz when they looking do and at da; the shaft, a waler to x the brim. â€" bailed and mt nifhl 11 five feet fr "There that nol long limb had been they fou as though and then an old b heard a burying t they cam and began shaft. layer of feel, and then _« that they foot on 1 devil app of a pirate, 8O NE ""The treasure, company buried a 1 hole. The the same discovered, the same feet there with more said to th was now i when they sounded struck wit of a chest was there, "But as night fell to quit tiD ern end . which _ w region, an was a rol tary oak . malled frae om muc *"Nobo ward 1} island with gold The pass water, ane to keep th Jeft the; flooded 13 ates. Bu guard everyt} ve sages un for hold "Its 0o Years ag and few ing brigs in the ba and tool: ters, rais "But 4 that Ki« Island ¢" Blue Re hamlet ¢ forty mi rounding enlering liest of 1 romantic coast of ] The M their u fishing mighty skipper and tal tentmen tanned No 4 compan ) off." 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