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AMERICA CUP.
AMERICA CUP. PINAL DEFEAT OF THE SHAMROCK. The long, tiresome contest for the America's Cap ended on October 20 with an unexpectedly brilliant and esciting race, in which Columbia proved victorious, fairly and squarely beating her British rival. All America is rejoicing that the cup is again safe, and that Sir Thomas Lipton has failed in his efforts to lift it. It was ideal racing weather. The day was bright, ir bracing, and clear, with a spanking north-north- east breeze blowing at the rate .of 22 miles, and kick- ing up white caps on the surface of the water. Sir Thomas Lipton had at last got the weather he longed for, and as he stood on the deck of the Erin, he expressed the optimistic belief that Shamrock would prove the winner. The excursion steamers were again packed, and the excitement of the yachting enthusiasts became intense as the wind increased and gave the assurance Of a lively race. The crews of both yachts were early aetir, every- thing was in readiness, and when the signal was fired at eleven o'clock tho two beats darted ahead with their masses of canvas stretched before the wind. Shamrock crossed the line a minute before Columbia, and gained- the lead, which she gradually increased. The course was 15 miles windward, or leeward,i and return. Shamrock was for„#ome time consider- ably ahead, but eventually the defender passed her zival, and finished five minutes and 17 seconds ahead.
! A MISTAKE OF £ S8,000.
A MISTAKE OF £ S8,000. Some time ago Croydon County Council decided to build a new lunatic tsi-Itirn at Warlingham, and the structure is now well in hand. The original estimate for the works was £ 140,482. The amount already expanded or partly contracted for is 1.5.7;)O. Now, however, an amended estimate of £ 199,125 has been presented, being no less than £ 58,643 in excess of the original sum, and an application will therefore have to be IMade to the Local Government Board for sanction to borrow this amount.
THE MILITIA.
THE MILITIA. MF.AN"1N"G AND EFFKCT OF THE PROCLAMATION. The calling out. of the Militia by Proclamation Under her Majesty's Sign Manual will undoubtedly (says t b« lJailt/ Mail) cause great satisfaction, especially among its officers, whose complaint of recent, years has been that their force is neglected by the Govern- ment. The Militia of the United Kingdom is maintained for the purposes of augmenting the military strength of the country in case of imminent rational danger or great emergency. By Royal proclamation the whole or part of the force is liable to be embodied, • and placed on active".military service Within the don" lines of the United Kingdom, but. men may Volunteer tor serve jn the Chancel Islandsf, Isle of Man, Malti, and Gibraltar. b Recruits, who are drawn from practically the same classes as the regular Army, undergo preliminary training of not more than six months, arid an annual |. training usually lasting 28 day for the six years of their service, and at the end of each training are given a bounty of £ 1. 0 At the close of their first period of service the men can re-enlist for another six years, during which time the aainual bounl.y iii iiiereated by one-half. Attached to Jtwd foritftrtg part, of thMrfitøriat. battalions, the officers and rnen'Xvhen called out are liable fordaty with the regulars, and are, to all in- tents and purposes, regular troops, and this also ap- plies to the Militia artillery, engineers, and sub- marine ■mn*rsi. Ttwsyst'eni of recruiting is practically the same as for the regulars-voluntary enlistment—but in the 'ev^fctof any county or place not providing sufficient men the ballot may be resorted to. Each Militia regiment haft a permanent stalf consisting of an adjutant-, a small body of non-commissioned officers and drummers to condiict, recruiting, drills, andt-he ordinary business of the corps. The Mi 1 itiA JleserVUJ is formed of men who, belong- ing to the Militia, voluntarily undertake the liability ,to join the regular forces and servo in any place to iwhifch they may be ordered in case of necessity. These mtri receive a double bounty of £ 2 at, each training and are on the same footing as the Army Reserve. The returns for last year give the strength of this force as 27,761. The ..effective strerrgth off IRe 'Hite Militia force,' according to the latest returns, is about 135,000, con- sisting of 126 infantry" battalions, thirty-two corps of artillery, two fortress corps of engineers, ten drvisk>ns-o £ '8uh»riartne^ininers, and two companies of the Medical Staff Corps. :0?herd istnothing pafEiw'b'fly extraordifi&ry in the procedure ordered by the Queen s proclamation, as during t he Gr«ne».-thelndian Mutmy^nd the Soudan war of 1885 the Militia were embodied and did, as they will now, garrison service to replace regiments ordered abroad. There is>T>o suggestion that events in the Traflsvaal will need the despatch of any of the Militia Reserve, and the embodiment is simply what has been for some days considered certain by military authorities. ¡
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M. ZOLA has scored a TRIATI^ph at, Berlin. The police prohibited a German translation of Nana," on the ground that certain passages were immoral. < An appeal to a higher court has, however, resulted in" the author's fatour. The decision is, that-although the passages objected to are in themselves immoral the writer did not intend to exercise an immoral influence on his teaders;bt,lt. otl the contrary, to disgust them with immorality. The police pro- hibition is therefore cancelled. GENERAL WAUCIIOPE, of the Black Watch, is one of the most popular soldiers in the country. He con- tested Midlothian in the Unionist interest against Mr. Gladstone, and won golden opinions from hit opponents as a gallant, .simple, single-minded, and upright officer. GeneralNevJlle Lyttelton, also on Sir Redvers Buller's staff, was Lord Spencer's A.D.C. in Ireland, in the sixties and seventies, and fought at Tel-el-Kebir and elsewhere in Egypt. Of course, General Lyttelton, as his name in(iplje8i has been a good cricketer, and, like the other Lytteltons, was educated at Eton. MANy Boers have from time to time died for Britain. Here is one instance. During the Zulu War of 1879, Piet Uys, a settler, rendered invaluable services to the British as a guide. He accomplished horse- man and a crack shot. After the catastrophe of Isandhlwana, Colonel Wood decided to destroy the Baglusini Kraal, where large quantities of corn, &c., were stored and cattle kept- His plan was to send Bedvers Buller with his dashing Frontier Horse and Piat Uys's troopers to make ft raid; The movement was successful and the kraal was destroyed. The affairs of the Inhlobane Mountain happened soon afterwards, where Redvers Buller won his Victoria Cross and Piet Uys lost his life. The Zulus regarded their position as being impregnable. Buller reached the top, btii he deemed it advisable to return in the speediest manner possible, for in the distance herecognised titi army of 20,000 Zulus advancing towards him. Deeds of almost incredible valour were then performed, but Piet Uys, Buller's guide, distinguished bimselfaboVd everyone. With his back td a rock,' his favourite horse and six Zulus all iving dead at his feet, he faced fearful odds, and when last seen he was still standing, with his sabre bfokep in two bit revolver empty, and a nnmber of assegais in hie Quivering Y ouive ring body.
A NOTORIOUS SUBURBAN HOUSE.
A NOTORIOUS SUBURBAN HOUSE. One of the most interesting estates in the neigh- bourhood of London, White Webbs, Enfield, is to be sold in a few days, and will probably fall into the hands of energetic builders of suburban villas. In 1570 Queen Elizabeth granted it to her physician, Robert Huicke, aad Guy Fawkes stated in his con- fession that Father 3arnet leased the house from that respectable medicine-man. The house gained its greatest notoriety in connection with the Gun- powder Plot. It is really a part of the original Enfield Chase, and extends to about 260 acres. In the time of Elizabeth, James I., and Charles 1.1 hunting lodges, were on, it. Some of the old oaks still remain., Jn White Webbs-lane is the inn bear- ing the unique name of the King and the Tinker, which is identified with the ballad of "King James andf Jkb* .T^ker," which is abased on an incident during the residence of T it neighbouring I Theobalds Palace. ( Theobalds Palace. (
IEPITOME OF NEWS.
I EPITOME OF NEWS. A TECHNICAL and mining college is to be estab- lished at Wigan at an estimated cost of £ 40,000. AT meetings of the British Cabinet no official record of any kind is kept of the proceedings. ABOUT 120 grown-up people disappear myste- riously in London every year. FIFTEKX THOUSAND KIGUT HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO miles of railways in Russia are operated by the Government, and 9114 miles by public companies. Op the 245,238 miles of railways in use in the United States in 1898, 220,803 miles had steel rails, and 24,435 miles of iron rails. A NEW French chamber of commerce is now in course of formation in Brussels, under the auspices of the French Minister, M. Gerard. AN electric tramway is now in-operation between Cannes and Mentone. This tramway owes its origin to English enterprise. AN expedition is to be sent immediately against the Mishois; a troublesome hill tribe on the Assam frontier. OWING to the incidents arising out of the conduct of the officers of the 22nd Regiment towards Presi- dent Loubert, the French Minister of War has given orders for he regiment to be removed from Montelimar. H.R.H. PSINCEGS HENRY OF BATTENREHG has pro- mised to visit the Chiltenham Ladies' College on Friday, November 17, to unveil the bust of her Majesty the Queen, executed by Countess Feodora Gleichen. COLONEL SCHNEIDER, the Austrian ex-Attache in Paris, is suffering from a serious internal complaint, his brain affection being only slight, and caused by worry during the Dreyfus trial. LORD ROBERTS has written a letting strongly sup- porting the proposal to establish a Soldier's Home at Limerick. A sum of £1000 has been guaranteed, but another EIOOO is required. TIIF. Duke of Cambridge has consented to distribute the prizes to the Middlesex Yeomanry Cavalry (Duke of Cambridge's Own Hussars) at St. James's Hall, on November 11. THE International Selection Cornmittpe of the Football Association are bent on aijranging the Internationals, England v. North Germany, England v. South Germany, and England v. Austria, at the end of November. THE Duke of Cambridge, who, it will be remem- bered, was Commander-in-Chief of the British Army from 1S.»6 till is the oldest officer on the active list. There are many people who still aver that the Duke has never seen service, but this is, of course, a mistake, as his Royal Higness commanded a division of Guards in the Crimea. THE French are likely to adopt the motor-car in the army. Horse vehicles have many drawbacks, apart from expense, and in France there is an "em- barras de choix" in the matter of auto-mobiles. The new vehicle would, of course, necessitate a modifica- tion in the organisation of convoys and parks of artillery. TUK oldest steam-engine in the world has recently gone off duty after working more than 120 years. It was built in 1777. It is. a beam engine, the beam being of wood; the cylinder 32in. in diameter, with an 8ft. stroke. This veteran engine has been in the service of the Birmingham Canal Navigation Com- pany. LAST year there were about 36,000 abstainers (35,983) in the army. Of these, the force in India contributed 22,280, or, practically every third man, and the homo section 13,703, a much smaller pro- portion. Besides these, the Army Temperance Association, which bus brought about such results, had 5018 honorary members, of whom 3342 were in India. That is, the association has 41,000 soldier members. A i iioi in America is turning out large quantities of paper tiles which are used for roofing. They are reported to be hard and tough, and the glazing appears to be of the nature of Japanese lac. They are, said to be exceedingly cheap, and can be fashioned in any colour or shape to suit the pur- chaser. Tiiy, Jwiiorary secretaries of the Prince of Wales'* Hospital Fund desire to correct an ijnpression con- veyed at the recent meeting of the Hospital Reform Association that the managers of the fund are in- different as to the hospitals which benefit. LAST yeag, 280,000^(^)0 pins were produced for ser- vice in this country, and yet ono can never find a specimen when it is moat needed. Ofyeyery 100 pins sold, it is estimated that only one ifl.worn out or broken, t. other 00 and nine being lost. If this be so, the,.iiation wastes a quarter of a million sterling on pins alone per annum. This figures out4o Hd. per head. MAJOR-GENERAL FRENCH, who is now on his way to the Qape, possessesmost of the qualiifcations of a typical cavalry. ofEcer, He is dashing, c].aarhea.ded, quick-tftmpered, and .good looking. Like General Sir Evelyn Wood, he commenced his career in the Navy, but soon discovered^ jDreferenc&fQr the other arm of the service, and has been identified with two regiments of busqars. THE Great Western Railway Company has found it necessary to construct a new loop line between Oxford and Wolvercote Junction with a view to dealing more expeditiously with the goods traffic. The new lino will be about 2 miles in. extent. It will commence where the Worcester branch meets the main line at Wolvercote, tnd will extend parallel with it as far as Oxford. WITHIN 10 or 12 years the Russian army has in- creased, on a peace footing, from 800,000 men to 860,000 that of France has grown from 520,000 to 580,000; Germany has increased her 450,000 men by 135,000 more and Austria, has raised the number of soldiers from 300,000 to 395,000. The expenditure of Great Britain on her Army and Navy has grown within the same period from £ 31,000,000 to nearly £ 46,000,000, and we shall probably spend about a million and a half more in the coming year, THE number of French newspapersandperiodicsis continues to grow steadily. For Rpris the fignrps have now reached 26S5, of which 142 are dailies, 726 appear weekly, and 884 monthly. ,Of 154 "political papers.and reviews, nearly half are Republican. In the provinces—or, rather, in the departments—a similar increase is not^d, the- numbers having passed 4000. Of these, 355 are dailies. Republican papers •utnijmber the Socialist and Radical papers bv 1078 to 222. IN the Austrian Court it is contrary to custom for perishable articles to appear twice on the Imperial tabje, The result is Jayge ftttexi- dants. To one man fall all uncorked bottles, to another the wine left in the,glasses,, to another the joints, and to another still the game or the sweets. Every morning a sort of market is held in the a mentof the palace, where the Viennese came to pur- j chase the remains. TRTE Emperor of China is never seen walking, riding, or driving. I When he takes an airing it is in a palanquin 8ft. long, carried by 32 giily-diressmd ser- vants, who advance at a swift trot. Before he goes out for this airing the roads are sprinkled with yellow sand and after the sprinkling the penalty is death for anyone to pass along the roads until he has been whirled over the route. SIR LAWRENCE ALMA TADEMA. R.A., fella an amusing story in connection with the knighthood conferred on him this year. A day or so after he had been knighted a lady called iipon him and Lady y Alma-Tadema on one of their At Home days, and expressed herself to him as follows Oh, dear Sir Lawrence, I am awfully glad to hear of the honour you have received. I suppose, now that, you have been knighted, you'll give up painting and live like-a gentleman!" THE mother of the Queen of Holland objects to the title of "Dowager," tend an official statement has been made by the young Queen to the effect that her mother must not be called Dowager Queen," but i Queen Emma of the Netherlands." This is charm- ing thoughtfulness and courtesy on the part of her Majesty towards her mother. How is it that the pretty old French title of Queen-Motlier has dropped out, of use ? FUEL made from compressed peat is being success- fully manufactured at Stratford, Ontario. The peat is obtained from a swamp 40,000 acres in are, which varies from 1ft. to 20ft. in thickness. It is cut and air-dried, then pulverised, passed through a picker and to a hopper, which automatically feeds into a 2in. steel tube 15in. long. The pulverised peat is forced through this tube by pressure and formed by dies into cylinders 3in. long and almost as dense as anthracite coal. It weighs 831b. per cubic foot, as compared with 731b. for bituminous coal and 931b. for anthracite. It haJø been tested in locomotives, showing a thermal value of 1001b. of peat equal to 95'151b. of coal. A WATER-DRIVKST electric plant is proposed in Brazil to obtain 16,000-horse power from the Tiete River, and transmit it electrically to the city of San Paulo, 24 miles distant. A masonry dam loooft. long and 35ft. high will bo built, and thA water will be conducted by a steel conduit 12ft. in diameter and a half mile long to the turbines. The electric trans- mission is to be at 20,000 volts, three-phase, and the current will be used by a company which owns 104 miles of street railway in San P, aulo. THE police are investigating the theft of a gold and diamond belt, valued at ;Clooo, which is alleged to have been stolen from the boxer, .Pedler ,Psl-er,, during a performance at an East-end music-hall. THE tie for the rifle championship of Middlesex between Armourer-Sergeant Fulton, G.M. Queen's Westminster Rifles, and Sergeant Instructor of Musketry Clementi-Smith, Middlesex Yeomanry, resulted in a win for Fulton. ,MR. H, M-SWAINE, .Examiner of Payments under the Irish Local Government? Board, has*1 heetej ■ appointed Secretary to the Board.
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SCOTT'S HOME FOR SALE.
SCOTT'S HOME FOR SALE. The lease of Abbotsford is in the market for salew This was the home of Sir Walter Scott, beautifully situated on the right bank of the; Tweed, ne Melrose. He bought the estate in the year that he wrote "Tho Lady of the Lake," and there he died 011 September 21. 1832, "his eldest son," as Lockbaft records, kissing and closing his eyes."
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Olilt LONDOii COUlUiSPONDKNT. j Now that the sad lists of killed and wounded, which are the inevitable accompaniments of war, have begun to come to hand-from South Africa, the hearts of the benevolent are turn- ing towards tho funds which are boin.<: raised for the aid of the dependents of the slain and for the better comfort of those who are in- jured. The impulses of the generous, iu fact, will have abundant opportunity for being grati- fied just now, for there is the Mansion House Fund for the relief of the Outlander refugees now at Cape Town and other parts of British South Africa, as well as the Red Cross Fund for the sick and wounded, and the special fund for the benefit of the wives and families of the reservists who have been called to the colours. It is at such a time that the best side of thy national character is shown, for it is not merely that there is never any grudging in the giving of aid to those who are lighting their country's battles, but that it is done with a gladness of spontaneity that makes the help doubly appreciated. There is the old sore to be remembered in this connection, however, and that is that he gives twice who gives quickly, for the want is great and immediate, and there can be no doubt as to either its reality or the deserving character of those for whom it is being gathered. The very great promptitude with which news of the victory at Glencoe was flashed through from South Africa to this country has been made the theme for much comment and general commendation but it must not be imagined that it is in anyway unprecedented. On the "fatal day of Majuba Hill close upon nine- teen years ago, and when the through cable from England to the Cape had only very recently been laid, the inteTgence of the disaster was very little longer in reaching our shores: while our victory at Tel-el-Kebir seventeen years since was flashed with as great facility. It is striking, however, to reflect that a very great development there has been in this particular matter within modern times, and that not only in regard to news concerning the battle, but to official information respecting the killed and wounded. Right down to this century no list of killed and wounded private soldiers was ever officially issued, and the re- latives had to lifigingly wait for intelligence of their beloved. That will account for the situa- tion frequently to be encountered in old novels and plays of a long-lost father or husband or son unexpectedly ''coming back from the wars," sometimes to the joy, but often to the confusion of his relatives. The Chinese Minister in England, who has made a host of admirers since his commencing to sojourn in London, will secure more through- out the country by the tour he is soon about to take throughout the greatest of our indus- trial districts, f'^r the purpose of seeing for h:ins«]t the present developments of British industry. It is mentioned that his Excellency has on many occasions shown his appreciation of our manufactures and methods of trading: and it is now his intention to collect specimens of our products for exhibition in public museums at Pekin and Shanghai. He desires to bring the Chinese consumer into touch with the British producer: and, as he is a- keen observer, and is able to express his views fluently in English, it will be the fault of our own captains of industry if they do not create in his mind a favourable impression. The sugges- tion is made that a collection of specimens, ] representative of the principal productions of each town he visits, should be placed on view in a building where he could conveniently inspect them and probably this idea will be widely adopted. Tile early approach of the time when the muzzling order for dogs will be recalled as far as the metropplis is concerned, will be hailed with pleasure by a great many owners of canine pets. It appears that the President of the Bmrd of Agriculture feels able to take this step because the reports furnished to that department shows that London is now absolutely free from rabies, and the right hon. gentleman claims that this is due to the policy he has adopted. His theory is that drastic muzzling was required in order to stamp out one of the most appalling com- plaints known to humanity: and, however much the point may be argued, the fact remains that for the moment rabies is virtually extinct in this country. It may be that those who are timorous as. to their calves being bitten by querulous curs will not hail the repeal of the order with the same delight as the ardent dog- ]over; but there has to be some give-and-take in this matter, after all. Our Government Departments do much more in the way of affording useful information to the public than was their wont; and an admir- able illustration of their services in this direc- tion has been afforded this week by the notifi- cation from the Board of Trade of some special hints to workmen. It appears that there has lately been some influx of British workmen into Paris with the object of obtaining employment on the buildings f jr the French Exhibition of 1900L The native contractors, however, as is pointed out, are unlikely to employ outside labour of any description" while foreign con- tractors charged with the erection of various buildings import their workmen, as a rule, from their respective countries. It is advised, there- fore; that English mechanics should make sure, before undertaking the risk and expense of a joOfney to Paris, that suitable work will be ol> tainable by them on their arrival; and this counsel ctight to make for good. It will seeml"AtriLnao for the* middle-aged once more in January to see the penny postage stamp coloured the once long familiar red; but it appears that this change is necessitated by a requirement that all tho countries withiIli the International Postal Union shall adopt uniform colours for the three stamps of. the equivalent values of our own halfpenny, penny, and two- pence-halfpenny. These colours are green, red, and blue respectively, and they have already been adopted by most of our colonies and many foreign countries. But it is suggested that, when this necessary change is made, the head of the Queen shall no longer be that of A conventionalised young lady, but should represent her Majesty as she now is. That has already been done in the case of the coinage, and it has been accont-, plished upon many of our colonial stamps, and, therefore, both precedence and veracity plead in favour of the change. This, of course, may not weigh with the authorities at St. Martin's- le-graud, who are accustomed to be the slowest in the world to adopt any reform or reason- able change; but the Queen herself may be inclined to express a favourable Opinion on the subject, and, if she does, the thing will be promptly doing. Hardly had the news eome under the Atlantic of the final defeat of Shamrock by, Columbia in the international yacht race for the America Cup, than speculation began to be afoot as to whether there would be another challenge next year. This, perhaps, would be too soon for all arrangements to be made; but it may be taken as certain that British yachtsmen will not rest' satisfied as long as the cup remains at New York. It cannot be said that the result, when it was learned, caused as much interest among the public in London as it would have done if there had been no .abortive attempts at racing; and it chanced that the final news came through when all England was ringing with intelligence of the victory over the Bbetrs at'Glencoe. But still, the man in the street" did develop a great deal of interest in the matter; and he may be satisfied with success yet. IL
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DTJRISG the lifetime of the Duchess Of U-bridge ber Royal Highness's apartments in SL James's Palace, which is now occupied by the Duke and Duchess of York, was the meeting-place of the whole Royal Family; and between five and six o clock almost every evening some member or other of our Royal House was sore to be found there. The late Duchess of Teck, her daughter, the Duke of Cam- bridge, and the Prince of Wales, were among her most constant visitors. The Duchess of Cambridge was extremely fond of musio, and one of her great pleasures were the "visits of Tosti, the charming writer and singer of songs. He was as often as not to be found at the piano in th& gteat drawing-room in St. James's Palace when the lights were lit and the curtains drawn, and this intereatrag coterie, so little I known to the outside world, gathered round the sofa of the JDuchess of Cambridge and listened to the- mweet a trains of the Italian sincer.
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j NEWS NOTES. HER MAJESTY THB QXJEEN, in that womanly way which has made so much in the direction of enshrining her in the hearts of her loving people, sent a moving message on Sunday to the War. Secretary conveying her heart-felt sympathy with the near relations of the fallen and wounded in the brilliant stands for the iefence of Glencoe and Dundee. Our troops behaved, gallantly against a desperate and determine^, foe, courageously fighting; and our victories, glorious as they were, were dearly bought. There is lamentation in many a British home over brave ones gone. SIR "WILI.LA.3I SYMONS conceived a grand P1 ece of stategy when he turned his successful defence of Glencoe and Dundee into an attack on the beaten-oft" Boer, especially as he was aware that reinforcements for them were coming up apace. He beat them off admirably, his ideas being carried out to the full by his infantry, cavalry, and artillery. There was necessarily terrible carnage our loss in officers killed and wounded being great.even abnormal. The rank and file on both sides were thinned enormously. Sad to say, the British commander was smitten down early in the fight: and the War Office recognition of his skill came only when he had been reported mortally wounded. In the memorable charge up the hill at Glencoe, which dislodged the Boers and captured their posi- tion. the Dublin Fusiliers and King's Royal Rifles behaved as well as ever a British force in buttle did, and no higher praise could be given than that. AT Elandslaaarte, where General White's force scattered the Boers who'had tampered with the railway, and recaptured the goods train they took, our loss was again large, some- thing like 1.10 in killed and wounded. The enemy's loss was heavier, our lancers and dragoons charging them while retreating in the dark. Hero the Boers learned a hard lesson, their general, de Koch, hein2 mortally wounded, and the nephew of the Commander- in-Chief, Piet Joubert, being also reported among the killed, while -Colonel Schiel; the German military organiser and expert, who was virtually tho director of the campaign, was taken prisoner. THE great question now seems to be will there bo anything left for General Buller to do when ho gets his Army Corps into formation for forward move in South Africa? It looks like being a procession, with Pretoria unde- fended for its goal. So mote it be We here have no fear of the ultimate result, but we should, prefer it to be accomplished with the least possible bloodshed. TUKY aro talking already of how matters shall be settled in South Africa when the cam- pain has been concluded, and the general notion is that a Dominion" shall there be established, after the Canada fashion, with five provinces constituting it, and a Governor-General at its head. Thus, the Dominion of South Africa, made up of Cape Colony. Natal, the Orange Province, the Trans- vaal, and Rhodesia. A military Governor of .the .type of the Sirdar would settle things for a start, and all the rest would be plain ssiling. To this complexion it must come at last. KlCGER was going, according to Boer beliefs, to sweep the British into the Indian Ocean. But he finds now that Britain's com- mand of the seas puts her into a position he -did not dream of. Our choice of well-ap- pointed transports for troops and our huge Navy for the guardianship of our interests and prevention of traffic in the contraband of war have stood us already in good stead; and enabled us, indeed, to show the Transvaal President that not he alone cap^jplay at the corrjmandeering game. THE Reserves have rallied up veil to the colours as ths resultant of the Queen's Procla- mation. More than ninety-six per cerit. of those summoned turned up without trouble. This, alone, it is proudly pointed out, would have enabled us to launch a larger force from this county towards a more distant scene of operations than ever before. FRANCE and Russia, it is rumoured, are laying their heads together to hamper England at this juncture. France and Russia would do well in their own interest to ppnder over what has pccurred and is occurring now in connection with England's fighting strength. It is satis- factory to see that the German Kaiser has as yet made no sign of cancelling his projected visit to our shores, which was, of course, arranged before war was in the air. He will do what is at once right and friendly, we feel sure. WE "are sorry that Sir Thomas Lipton's gallant try to bring back to England the America Cup was doomed to fail. The Sham- rock was squarely beaten, and we could not, it Seems, have hoped for a reversal of the verdict with the same ships sailing. We shall try again, and keep trying till we win. It is pleasing to see how pleasantly the last series of matches have turned out socially.
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A FAMrLrAR figure at Oxford has passed away in the person of Miss Felicia Mary Frances Skene, who was born in 1821 abroad,and spoke and wrote French better even than English. She was a lady of many accomplishments, sang well, rode well, and was a very considerable authcr. Miss Skene co-operated with Miss Nightingale in nursing the soldiers in the Crimean War, and constantly visited the prisoners in the gaol at Oxford. She knew Sir Walter Scott, Sir John Gladstone, Sir John Franklin, Lord Lyons, the poets Aytoun and Landor, Dr. Pusey, Canon tiddon, and Archbishop Thomson, whose wife was her niece; while she had been associated with several of the Royal children. IN the Spanish papers two Princts are mentioned as candidates for the hand of the Princess of the AsturitLe- namely, the Count of Turin, younger brother of the Duke of Aosta, and Prince Albert of Flanders, heir to the kingdom of Belgium. The Princess, who is just nineteen years old, might be termed one of the ex-Queens of Europe, for during the time that elapsed between the death of her father, the late Alfonso XII. of Spain, and the birth of her brother, the present King, she was the acknow- ledged Queen of Spain. She is tall and graceful, and without being actually beautiful has much charm of ma/oner. Å. tbwN in Pennsylvania has an electric supply station, which, until recently, had been driven by a steam plant, the boilers bsing fired by natural gas. Ihe boilers' are now given up, and the gas is used d,re™yi^M engines, three of 125-horse power, arid one-UO-hbrsfe pQWer. Westinghouse Company, whiah has supplied the engines, guarantees the con- sumption of gas not to exceed 13 cubic feet per brake horse-power per hour, as compared with about f»2 cubic teet on the former system. An air compressor, driven by a small gas engine, charges air reservoirs placed below the engine-room, which furnish tha compreesedair for starting the larger gas engines.
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u MOUNTS AND RIDES OFW TIIH CYCLE OVER. At 93, Radnor-street, Hulme, Manchester, is the cycle establishment of Mr. Thomas Hughes, whom a South Manchester Chronicle commissioner lately visited. The boom in cycles is over, but (as the newspaper man found) the trade still has its sensa- tions, as Mr. Hughes' story showed. Yes, cycle making and cycle riding are good things," said Mr. Hughes. "About twelve months ago I was in a terrible state of collapse. I had no energy or life in me at all, and could do no work. My appetite became very bad in fact, I could not eat any of the meals set before me, and a most extra- ordinary thing, I was losing my memory. All I wanted to do was to sit down* Ono, time I went out :D.è could not iind my ytotyhdme again, I was so had. I could no longer mount and ride off as of old." "But did you not take any medicine?" queried the pressman. Yes. In conversation with a chemist's assistant J. told my 111.10 of wos, and lie, without hesitation, recommended me to try Dr. Williams' pink pills for pale peopLe. I took his advice. In a week after first commencing my appetite began to return, and now." added Mr. Hughes with a hearty laugh, "I te.it t.'iree as good meals in a day as any man in England. ,aud enjoy them. I continued.taking Dr. Williams' pink pills, and can now do a hard day's work; my memory has returned, and my eyesight is completely restored in fact, I am now completely cur> but I still take the pills as a precaution." The precaution is a wise one. A serious illness leaves st-rious effects, and while there is no object in taking medicine of any sort needlessly; it is always J ;;dvis>il>le to continue tor a few days after the last F have disappeared, sops toayoid,a rolapse. Dr'io,jT!i|iiu%? pink pills have permanently cured paj:pyjis. rheumatism, sciatica, neuralgia,:the after- trfleet# of Jnlhienza,fponsuiyption, bronchitis, anaemia, I. iind nil diseases,arising from impoverished blood; bat it is the genuine.pills alone which cure—no one was ever (it-.retl by a substitute such as some shop- keepers otTer. The genuine pills may be obtained post, tree for two and ninepence from Dr. Williams' lyiedicine Company, Holborn-viaduct, London, and lp is best, to send direct for them when substitutes arL,
X-IIAYS IX THE WAR.
X-IIAYS IX THE WAR. tfiW TitKY WILL 'BKNKFTr TUB "VOCNDKD. Amou^' 'hose who are leaving England this week for i lie I i;,nt is Major W. C. Beevor, Royal Army Mtdica! Corps, who is taking with him a Bontgen riiy nut lit., which is likely to be of the greatest value in the localisation of bullets during the forth-coming campaign. A. correspondent saw Major Beevor the other day, and heard from IJilt) some details as to the work that he "proposes to accotilplisli. t Besides his R' in I gen ray apparatus, Major Beevor is taking w th him three cameras and a cinematograph. As he is a very keen photographer, and well versed in that science, he should bring back with him someexcellent results. Major Beevor is one of the very few British officers who have had experience of the X-rays in actual warfare. He was in the Tirah campaign, and during the time that he was on active service in India he em- ployed the wonderful rays with great e ffect, -on wounded soldiers. It will be remembered that radiography also played a part in the last Soudan campaign. The work here was in the hands of Major Batters by, R.A.M.C., who fitted up an X-ray room: at, Abadieh, on the Nile, some nine miles from Omdurman. Both of these officers were able by means of the rays to locale bullets which no amount, of probing would have discovered, and iI, is finite certain that by their use a very great deal of suffering was spared the soldiers, many valuable limbs, and even many lives wer.. saved. In.,no future campaign can therX-raya be absent., for their value to the army Burgeon-has b-er, abundantly manifested. Major Boevor will make practical trial in the Transvaal for the first time of a new form of machine for j>ener<»ting electricity, invented by Mr. W. R. Pidgeon.of the kind known as Influence Machines/' There are many forms of Electrical Influence Machince in existence, but the, best known is tin- doubtedly that devised by Mr. James Wimshurst. This consists of two or more circular plates of var- nished glass, which are geared to rotate in opposite directions. A number of sectors of metal foil are cemented to the front of the front phtte and to the' back of the bitck plate; these sectors serve both as carriers and inductors. Across the front is fixed an uninsulated diagonal conductor, carrying at its ends neutralising brushes which touch the front sectors a*, they pass. Across the ,bacJc,bnt' sloping theother way»>is !t -<!<<B<ynd (*a,Onvt I cond tor, with brushes that touch the sectors on the hinder plate. When the machine is rotated electricity is- produced. Mr. Pidgeon has modelled his machine on that of Mr. Winushurst, but he has improved upon it, and Mr. Pidgeon's itiac)tine.Aiag in torn been altered by Major" Deevor for the special purposes' for which he will require it. The great thing about this new form of Influence Machine is that it produces electricity almost as soon as it is started, that. its output is large, and that it is nQt greatly affected by dampness or dust. The Influenza. Machine has, if we .mistake not, been .em- 0 ployed Ijeforej both in the Spanish-American and in the Grrcco-Turkish Wars. But our -knowledge of the Iitintgen rays was then very limited, and the science of radiography had, not reached the state of perfection in whiph jt .now is. There is^ eVery reason to believe that the Influence Machine will be of great service in the present In its improved form it can stand a good deal of rough usage, and. is not affected by the climatic condition's'likely to be fbifndan the Transvaal. The great advantage of the Influence Machine is that it is at ali times ready for X-rays work, by merely turning the handle or starting a motor. "The wl.e r are led directly from the machine .ta the C'roofces Tbbe, and no batteries, Leyden jars, or induction coils are.required. To generate the electricity for tHe accumulators iR the Soudan, Major Battersby used a tandem bicycle worked by his orderlies. In India, Major Beevor had to carry heavy batteries and chemicals about with him in the hill districts, and he found great difficulty in arranging for their transport. How the Influence Machine will wqrk in South Africa remains to be seen.
.RECRUITING FOR THE ZOO.
RECRUITING FOR THE ZOO. 'Mr. P. L. Sclater, F.R.S., the secretary of the Zoological Society of ndon, is just now at Cape Town, where his 80n.18 director of the South African Museum. Mr. Sclater is (says the Chronicle) anxiour to bring back examples of the gemsbok antelope, which is not the Regent's-paik gardens. The species is found innamaqualtnd and Bechuanaland, but is rare. Mr. Rhodes has a pair at Groot Schuur, and if Mr. Sclater, now that hunt- ing in Bechuanaland has become more than usnally dangerous, cannot buy them, there is a young hon in Mr. Rhode's keeping—the rejected of Pretoria— which bhould not be difficult to secure.
--THE PURSUIT OF THE KHALIFA.
THE PURSUIT OF THE KHALIFA. The expedition in pursuit of the Khalifa will (says the Cairo correspondent of the Moruing Post) pro- bably leave Kaka early in November. On September 26 the Camel Corps and artillery left Omdurman for Guz Abu Goma by land, and on the 28th the cavalry followed them. On September 29 two Soudanese battalions left for the same destination by river. Other Soudanese battalions will follow in case of necessity. These Soudanese battalions will be divided into two brigades, and will be accompanied by one or two Egyptian battalions. The infantry will go by river, and, all the troops will be concentrated at Eaka, on the White Nile, 300 miles south.of Oindurman. Maxwell Bey and Lewis Bey will probably each Com" mand one of these brigades.
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WE are informed that the new dog craze is to take the shape of the small variety of Pomeranians, which weigh hardly more than six or seven pounds, and are to supersede the present fashioiy»ble toy "Japs. The latter have one great disadvantage; they are so terribly delicate that they are more often re a source of heart-break than of pleasure to their owners. Lovely and engaging as are the little crea- tures, with their silken coats, huge eyes, and rudimen- tary nQses,. it is rather a doubtful joy to posse? them, as one has to be constantly mourning their loss. The small Pomeranians are hardier animals. The dark chestnut variety is the prettiest and the most en vogue, and they tlrtr aIÍli alt can lay clai m to the superior merit of being cross and evil-tempered, excepting with their legitimate owners.
I ELCHO SHIELD.!
I ELCHO SHIELD. The Elcho Challenge Shield, won at Bialey in July ky the English Eight for the fifth year in succession, was receifed on Saturday evening at the London Guildhall by the Lord Mayor, who, after the cere- mony, entertained the members of the team and the commanding officers of metropolitan volunteers to dinner at the Mansion House. Sir Ralph Knox. Permanent Under-Secretary for War, in responding to the toast of The Navy, Army, and Reserve Forces," reminded his hearers that a yeAr ago. speak- ing on a similar occasion, when the War Office was. perhaps, the most unpopular institution in the country, he had expressed the greatest possible faith in the Army, and especially in the Reserve, which he was confident cou!d be relied on. He thought the events of the past few day's had proved to de- monstration the soundness of his view. Out of 24,500 men of the Reserve called up, 23,600, or over 96 per cent. had put. in an appearance, and 00 per cent. had been passed to the colours. The scheme of short service and Reserves had been un- mericifully and venomously criticised; but it had enabled the Government to send to a distance of 6000 miles from this country a force of over 70,000 men-such an army, he believed, had never before been sent by any nation at any time. Among others who subsequently spoke were Colonel Alt, Lord Waldegrave, Alderman Sir H. E. Knight, Colonel Edis, and Major the Hon. T. F. Fremantle.
SCOTCH EXPRKSS IN COLLISION.
SCOTCH EXPRKSS IN COLLISION. The night express from Perth to Aberdeen col- lided on Saturday with a cattle train which was being shunted at Blairgowrie siding. The engines came together with such force that the boiler of the cattle engine was hurled 150 yards away, and the pas- eenger engine was twisted out of shape, while several passenger carriages were wrecked. The drivers and stokers of both engines were terribly injured. George Piper, the driver of the cattle train, being so dread- fully mangled that he died soon after his admission to Perth Infirmary. The injured passengers are Patrick O'Kane (County Derry), James Dunney (Ballyshannon), Joseph Conley (County Tyrone), Joseph Fulton (Tyrone), Peter Brown (Forfar), Miss Richardson (Aberdeen), D. Peddie (Cannadice), Miss Reid (Aber- deen). James Silt.er (Alyth), John Carlin (Ireland), and J. Winter (Stonehaven). The driver of the passenger engine and the stokers of the two trains were on Sunday progressing satis- factorily.
IBRAVE DEEDS REGARDED,
BRAVE DEEDS REGARDED, The world-wide reach of the rewards given by the Royal Humane Society for bravery is illustrated by the list which has been issued as the result of the society's meeting on Saturday. The silver medal is conferred on Walter Green, a student, of Lakeside, Lurgan, for the gallant rescue of companions, whose boat was capsized near Kin- nego Bay, Lough Neagh. Lieutenant Ion. P. Barton, who was in command of H.M.S. Woodlark, was voted the bronze medal for striving to save a seaman at Shanghai; the gallant officer, however, is not alive to receive it, as he died on October 3 at Hankow. Police-Inspector W. C. Arthur made a daring rescue at St. Helena; Sergeant-Trmnpeter George Campagno pluckily saved two lives at Malta; Miss Lucy Webb, of Killucan, Westineittli, courageously attempted to save a boy at Bray. Co. Wicklow Charles Wood, seaman on H.M.S. Collingwood, made a during plunge into Lough Swilly and saved a man. These, and others in di fferent parts of the world were voted medals.
BRITISH EXPEDITION TO1 ABYSSINIA..
BRITISH EXPEDITION TO 1 ABYSSINIA.. Another British Expedition to Abyssinia has been arranged, and is leaving England this week. The members are Mr. James J. Harrison, Mr. Powell Cotton, Mr. W. Fitzhugh Whitehouse (of Newport, Rhode Island), and Mr. A. E. Butter. Mr. Donald Clarke, who has done much work in the East and West African coasts, and with Colonel Lugard in Ngamiland, will go as surveyor and geographer, and a taxidermist will also accompany the party. The objects of the expedition are scientific and sporting, and it is expected that the journey will occupy about nine months. Valuable geographical work should also result from the expedition. Pro- ceeding via Marseilles and Aden, where the outfit will be completed, the travellers will cross to Zeila, from which place Captain Harrington, the British Agent at Adis Abeba, will have made arrangements for them to enter Abyssinia and so avoid the troubled region south of Berbera. There the caravan will be got together, consisting of an escort of 80 Somalis and Ahyssinians and 90 camels. Sixty-five of the party will be armed. From Zeila the route followed will depend upon circumstances, the expedition going either direct to the Abyssinian capital, where an audience with the Emperor Menelek will be sought, or via Harrar. Striking south from Adis Abeba, the party will explore the country between that place and Lake Stefanie and also the unexplored regions to the western border of Abyssinia.
HEINE'S SISTER.
HEINE'S SISTER. The German papers publish interesting remini- scences of the sister of Heinrich Heine, who has just died at Hamburg. Charlotte Embden was nearly a centenarian, and her house was visited by numerous admirers of the great poet. She talked volubly of Heine, and used to show his letters to her. Among her visitors a few years ago was the late Empress of Austria, who journeyed expressly to Hamburg in order to talk with Charlotte Embden of her favourite poet. The Empress Elizabeth kept up correspond- ence with Heine's sister.
BOER SEDITION IN BRITISH COLONIES.
BOER SEDITION IN BRITISH COLONIES. The following is a translation of the "Appeal to Afrikanders," which has been circulated by the mil- lion among D^'ch-speaking and other inhabitants of the British Colonics in ollth Africa. The signa- ture is that of Commandant Ben Viljoen, one of the Boer Generals, who was recently elected to the Transvaal Volksraad as a member for Witwaters- raud: "jAPPKAL TO AFRIKANDERS. "Compatriots on either side of the Orange River,— At this significant period in our nation's history, I come to you as an old Colonial Afrikander, and ask you to consider and decide what you propose to do: in the uncertain and pregnant future. You will have seen that Great Britain's ancient hatred and avarice have driven her so far that, if we are to believe her, our little Republic is on the treshold of a sanguinary and un justifiable war. Hundreds of arguments are advanced by England, but who amongst us does not know that the only reason that would inspire Eng- land to war would be the fear that" British para- mountcy in South Africa is threatened by the victory of the Afrikander Bond in the Cape Colony and who does not know that, when the two Boer Ilepub- lies are once brought under British control, the Afri- kander element in the Cape Colony will be made to disappear ? the franchise is mentioned in England's latest despatches as (he point of dispute. But look at the case in its true colours, and the question involuntarily occur.* to every-human being, 'What right has Eng- land tomake demands with respectto a purely internal question, and dare England declare war upon it England has just as much right to do this as 1 have to take or claim Sir Alfred Milner's watch. But history lins'Aetnon,qtr-,tted ti. the full that England is never very seriously dispoert to establish a real casus belli for any war. Remember the frivolous charge upon which our countrymen were murdered at"Slachter's Nek. In the presence of their wives and children they were undeservedly hanged by the nee ks, and even when Eternity refused to receive their innocent souls, and the-gallows broke, the supplications of the wives, the children, andrhe relatins were made to deaf ears. For the second time the five Boers were dragged to the gallows in the most cruel manner. In what an unjust manner Natal was taken from our nation, afier we had paid for it with so D.ticii blood and tears; And in the stiiie manner the Diamond Fields, which were stolen from the OrangoFreo State in an even if lprf-, shameless way. The persecution of our people dates from before 1831, and louked how God snatched us, as if bv miracles, from the claws of mighty England in 1881. What happened to the great .Rhodes and his 800 freebooters in 189!? Although Providence placed them in our hands, it did not occur without five innocent Boers being sacrificed. The,nineteenth century is almost at an. end, but England's perse- cution ceases not. It desires to avenge Majuba, and to destroy the Afrikander nation. Eng- land's iron yoke is getting heavier and more insufferable. We have conceded and surren- dered, but, alas, we have reached the utmost limits, and, if we have to abandon more of our rights we are surely committing national suicide; for peace without honour would hare an irremediable, if not demoralising, effect upon our I national character. If we concede the five years de- manded by England without the guarantee that England will not again interfere in our internal affairs, and will not attempt to foist a non-existent over-lordship upon us, as happened with the Cape Boy Question, the, Coolie Question, .the Edgar case, and in many o'Çher connectiofis, then, alas! the sacrifice is committed, and we wound our national character in such a manner that our national cha- racter can never be healed or restored as long as the world goes round. If the South African Republic and the Orange Free State no longer exist as Afrikander Republics, the kivest .eft:ithe( Afrikanders elsewhere will be rendered intolerable; that is as certain as the sun shines in the heavens. Owing to the existence of I( the two independent Afrikander Republics, the Afrikander in the English Colonies is still recog- nised and tolerated. But if the Republics fall into the hands of England, the Boers of the Cape Colony and Natal will surely be disarmed, and onfcdumiiliation will follow quick upon the heels of the other. Hottentots will not alone go with you to the polling-booth, and vote with you, and ride first-clase with you. but they will sit with you, if not over you, in the Parliament; in short, the word Afrikllnder will disappear from the history and vocabulary of South Alrica. The honourable place hitherto taken in South Africa's history will be aB- sumed by Lords, Dukes, colonels, and other played- out scoundrel and black filth (' uitgepeelde sctiurken en zwartgoed'); our posterity will be governed and oppressed by menials, and our children, like the Irish, will not dare notify their origin in fear and trembling. Wherefore, men of our'race that live under the British flag, know and understand full well that the destruction of the Boer Republics means the destruc- tion of the Afrikander nation if the Republics go under the Afrikander w:ll merely bo referred to as a nation that once existed. Know that, in that event, England's iron yoke will press upon and plague you tdl the last day. Wherefore I ask—will you allow England to employ your Colony, your money, your cattle, yea, even yourselves, to destroy your brothers and compatriots? The two Afrikander Republics have been driven by Great Britain, like the old people of Israel, to the Red Sea, and our liberation and redemp- tion lies in the hand of God. We trust in God. He extricated our fathers from many serious dangers and can, and will probably, do so again. But, Afrikanders, to your own selves be true; be true to your people; and we can safely leave the issue in God's hands "B. J. VILJOEN. ABOUT VILJOEN. According to the special correspondent of the Morning Post, General Viljoen's force is compoued of the scum ot the Transvaal, and includes American, Irish, and German Socialists. There are very few men who do not know the rascal Viljoen. In his time he has been a Dutcher" policeman and has kept a canteen. He fought for the British in the Basuto War. In another period of his career Vil- joen started the Voortrekker newspaper with money which was supplied by certain capitalists. He is very bitter in his hatred of the British. He owes his present position to the free expenditure of money which was supplied by illicit liquor men.
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FRIGHT THAT KILLED. ■ Conversation in the front. room of 98, Station- road, Purest-gate, had turned upon the war in the Transvaal. Suddenly a loud report., as of an exploi tion in ,the street, startled the company, and the housekeeper, Loiitaa Mn hers, springing to her feet, and placing her hand to her heart, exclaimed, "5 have got my death-blow." On the following mornt. she was found dead in bed. The coroner's officer produced at the Saturday the casing of a large squib which had been found in the roadway near the house. The coroner remarked that whoever exploded the squib,.could be held criminally respontiible for the woman's death. The sudden shock had caused her death, as she was alTeoied by a weaK helHt. A verdict of D^ath from misadventure" was re* turiied. t
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A VERY curious action has Just been tired m Brussels, in which Verdi, the composer, was theconi- plainant and those who control the thentrophone the defendants. The composer of so many operas con- tended that it was not legal to give any more pub- licity to a work than had been sanctioned by the author, Sihd that as telephonic transmission con- stituted a sort of second concert, the practice of switching on customers to theatres where his com- postions were being performed could not be justified in law. The :Cotirt has upheld the objection of the composer, who has been allowed live francs for eac& unlawful "audition."
COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL.
COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL. Early on Sunday morning, in a dense fog, a collision occurred off Deal between the British steamer Laristori and the steamer Crimea. Tho- former was strnck amidshIps, and soon sankthecom- pressed air blowirjg np the after part of the vessel. ;Th'6 'crew took to 'the boats arra were landfxjl at Dover, with the exception of five, who had beem transferred to a boat, belonging to the Crimea. What became of the latter vessel is not known.
TRANSVAAL REFUGEE'S FUND.
TRANSVAAL REFUGEE'S FUND. The Lord Mayor of London's Fund for the relief of the Transvaal refugees amounted on Saturday evening to El35,000. At the instance of the Duke of Cambridge, the Lord Mayor has opened & fund at the Mansion House for the benefit of the widows, orphans, and other dependents of officers and men of her Majesty's forces who miy lose their lives in the war operations in South Africa. This is distinct from the Refugees' Fund, and the- money contributed to the Transvaal War Fund" will be handed over to the Patriotic Fund Corn. mittee and the British Red Cross Society for distri- bution.
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TnE Pan-American Railway from New York to Buenos Ayres will, according to in article in Feilden's Magazine, have, when completed, a length of 10,223 miles. Of this 4772 miles are already built, leaving 5546 to be constructed. The 2094 miles from New York to the Mexican border are in active operation. So are the 1183 miles thence to Oaxaca, Mexico. These make a total of 3277 miles, or about two-third* of, the grand total of road already existing. L
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ACCORDIKG to a usually reliable authority, up- wards of 5000 million gallons of petroleum are now produced annually in the world. Of this quantity, 2500 million gallons are produced in the United States, 2250 millions in Russia, and the remainder it distributed among a dozen countries. The United Kingdom is the largest consumer of mineral oils Ex- ported by the United States; the total imported to this country in the last fiscal year being.21,65, gallons. The total exportation of refined illuminating oil from the United States in the fiscal year 1898 was 900,998,875 gallons; while Russia's exportation of refined mineral oils amounted to less than one-third of this quantity. DR. WELLDON, late of Harrow, and now Bishop of Calcutta, has accomplished a remarkable linguistic feat. Not a few divines who go out to India have ta acknowledge themselves beat in their struggle with the various Indian tongues, and give up the study in despair. Not so Dr. Wetldon. He found an admir- able coach in Mr. Munro, C.B., who was once associated with Scotland Yard, but now lives at DarjeeliRg, and with his assistance Dr. Welldon made ■uch progress in the study of the Bengali vernapplar that within sfx mdrit"8 of his arrival hie cOnauQtid m fuirOonBrrnatiori' service in that dialect, and he has now delivered a sermon in the Bengali tongufti wiucb Í8 the one mostly spoken in his diocese