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NATURAL SELECTION.

'THE DARWIN-WALLAGH JUBILEE.

COMING GELEBRATIONS.

Fifty years ago, on July 1st, 1858, the Best osy of Charles Darwin. together with the similar suggestions regarding Natural Selection made by Alfred Rus-al-Wallace ware freeauted to the Linnaan Benisty of and on July 1st of this year this London; memorable date in the anuals of Natural History and Biology is to be celebrated at Burlington House in the Lioness Society's. Hooms. year will be the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, the greatest name in the history of biology; and his centenary will also be sppropriately celebrated. No arrange ments have yet been made with regard to the though we understand that the family Darwin, which includes Sir G. H. Darwin, FB.S., the mathematician and physicist, Mr. Francis Darwin, FRS, the faniet, Mr. Horace Darwin, FRS, the engineer, and Major Leopard Darwin, B.E, will themsofres, take no official part in the celebratione, rightly thinking that the koncur paid to their dializ guished father should be organised independently of themselves.

of.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 28TH, 1906.

A CROSS-CHANNEL BALLOON TRIP. Įside him, at the head of the table, the thres

* 490 MILES FROM LONDON.

contemporary.

London

Mr. Philip Gardener writes to It was clondy afternoon a few days ago, with a gals from the north-north-west, when a friend of miso rang me up on the telephone suggesting that we should ceces the Channel in my ballon, the Kism. t, should the clouds lift towards evening, and we arranged to meet at Short's balloon works between five and six to discuss the weather then. By this time the clouds were just beginning to break a little, and seemed to have risen to a higher altitude; an, after returning home to make a few prepará- ticha, he gave the nor to begin Billing shortly aftor 8.30

A few minutes before feu, my friend--who bas, by the way, orored the Channel sight times and made one hundred and six ascents and I arrived at the balloon ground to find the Kismet waying to and fro in the wind, as though sager to be released. We spent some miqules in storing away the basket containing food and tying on the instruments, then wo ensconced burely in the car, and-afterwards waited for a slight dreg in the wind, At 10.15 with a sudden ery of " All hands off; give her a shove up," we shot upwards at a great spred." 1 bis in a high wind is neessary in order to avoid the large gasholder at the south-enat corner of the balloon ground.

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plaintiffs on-bis left, the professor on his right, then myself, and then my friend. After a long paper had been written out

what stating

had among other things my parents' naman, my oscarred and giving

stiled solidly down to an hour's argument and birthplace, age," addrese, and occupation, we gestionlation, finally settling our damage for 10 to one men and 16s, ach to the other two, the former having alkimed 250 and the latter with everyone in Arbois, and after much £10 ouch. At last we were again on good terms homing making pride speeches, and shaking hands all round we had only time to jump into the hotel omnibus and go to the station

The distance covered in our trip from London to Aibois le about 430 miles, and it forms, I be lieve, a record for two amateurs, starting from London,

MONEY MATTERS IN MAIL PAPERS

The following extracts are from various

.souroua,

The US Supreme Court, niing in parallel case, held that the Hepburn rate law did not repeal the older. Elkins law, under which the Standard Oil Company was fined $29,240,000 (£5,848,000).

The decision defeate the Standard Oil Com pany's strongest contention against the legality

of the fine:

THE COMING MAN IN CHINA.

VICEROY TUAN SHIH-KAI. Mr. Charles Denby, the Americas Consul- Era of January an illustrated character sketch General at: Shanghai, contribules to the Pacifis

General of the metropolitan provines of Chill, of the Vloeroy Yuu Shih-Kai, now Governor. rearganiser of the armies of China and foremost. advocate of Chinese educational development

Western lines. along

subje

Mr. Denby' personal acquaintance with the tet of this seatch began in the year 1902, when Yuan was still in Feking waiting to take

his post ne. Viceroy. He says:

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When Yuan went to Shantung to replace the previous governor he took his foreign drilled: troops with him. He had had some experience se Chinese Resident in Korea and be bad gained from the Chius-Japan war some knowledge of the meaning of foreign methods and of the valuo to be attached to foreign good will.

In personal appearance Yuan Shib-ksi in of short stature, solid and substantial of figure, bot not fat. He has piercing black eyes and is very observant. His speech is dirent and incisive and he strive qulekly at theaisiour. He is fond of display and is devoted to military pageants: Altogether it may be said that he is more a soldier thau a sehelar, but with his soldierly. qualities he combines the talents of a correct, honest, intelligent and conservative statesman,

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HOW LEOPOLD II. HAS LOST HI PEOPLES AFFECTION.

on The Tendency of Varieties to der Lerdon wis laft behind in a few minutes; et affairs, sends a communication, in which he Governor-General of Shantap. He took his years witnessed with sadness and concern the'

Bat me steps have already been taken with regard to the Linnean jubileo celebrations this year. There will be an afterpony meeting and an evening rception, both at Burlington Ifense; and re of the most interesting pacis of the celebrations will be the presence in the flesh of Dr. Russel Wallace, whose independent indefinitely from the Original Type" was written in February 1858, and having been sent to Daiwin for his perusel sed opinior, was submitted to the Linens Scenty, logether with Darwin's own paper,

A1:2000ft.we stopped ascending, and were lying towards the coast at forly miles an hour. 11.35 we crosed the coast-line the left of Hast juge, and were speeding series the Channel, tearing the Dungeness lighthouse behind on our left. At 12.15 the French lighthonges near the const were sighted.

An important shureholier in the Peking Byudiente, who is closely acquainted with its argues that the proposed ospital anification scheme. which a committee bus just begun to tquitable consider, is ither just for from the point of view of the ordinary stockholdere. He argues that they are asked I feel powerless to describe the magnificent under the scheme not only fe sacrifice their The afternoon meeting will be under the spectacle below us and above; the moon wasalin rights to the sum of £106,000 standing to the punideres of the recicly president-elect Dring brightly, the fare were cut, and not a cind credit of premium account, which cannot Dukit Beld H. Scott, F.R.8, wborn lank and was to be seen. The sea, though very rough in possibly belong to the Sheusi shareholders, but position in aeobetsny mike him an ideal reality, looked from a height of 3,000ft like a

that they are also asked to merifica 55 per cent. choir in for inch an doersion. At this pois huge expanse of dull beaton silver, and the glow of the prifiis of the syndicate, apart from the meeting distinguished zoologists and botanists em the distant French lighthonges seemed toonsn and Shens concessione The sharp will rad papers and communications. It is welcome us to France. Then as we approached holder, of course, raises his objection in no spirt hd bat Sir Jeeph Broker, F.F.S., in pile the coast the roar of the area beating against of animosity to the Syndicate, of whose general position he takes a most favenrable view. of his great age, will tę cze of those who wille thors reached us very distinctly, on our il us contribute to the society's utals on this right was the small town of Tieper, on our Indeed, he estimates that the tangible rasets of ocersion. It was ir Joseph Hooker, then Dr. let the large bay on which St. Valery

the Syndicate are worth £1,298,200, whereas usted.4.11.15 wo crested the coast-line, pad the market valuation of the Syndicate's secu was in Finzee (or, rather, I should say above rities is only £840,770. The estimate of pests

is made up thus: France) for the first time in my life.

Investments (Trast stocks)

Hocker, we, with Sir Charles Ly, com municated the Bre papere by Dawin and Roesel Willacs to the Linen Ecclety. The letter with which the Communications were scocus pasid in extant, and port of it runs be follows

We passed over large woods, with patahes of uncultivated land. Bere and there we saw The companying papers, which we buvo small farmir, azd now and then a small town the heneur of ermmunicating to the Linneen or village, locking weirdly deserted in the moon. Society, and which all rele te to the same subject;ght. The only rounds that reached us were Bamely, the Laws which affect the Preduction those made by the wind in the tree or an eCa of Varieties, Races, and Species, outain the rional chime irem a cleck in at me church tower, results of the investigations of two indefatigable and sometimes a dog barking. naturalists, Mr. Charles Darwin and Mr. Alfred Wallace.

These panther, havirgindependendy and unknown to ne smither conceived the same very ingenious theory to recount for the sp. PERIBLce and perpetuation of varieties and of specific forms on our placet, may bath fairly cinim tle meist of being criginal thinkers in this important line of inquiry; but neither of them having published his view, flough Mr. Darwin has for many years post been repeatedly unged by na to do so, sad both authors hasing unre ervedly plea d-their-papers in our hands, we think it would best premote the interess of science that a selection from-them shtold he hid before the Linuton Sreiety.

Loàn to Chinese Government

774,200 Chinese 5 pc. guaranteed bonde, repayable in 20 years by annual · drawIDUR, commencing

1913

£118,000 175,000

Yuan Shih Kai distinguished himself by the dry humour and unsparing severity with which- he dealt with the Boxera. When the Boxer rising broke out in 1900 be was appointed foreign drilled troops with him, and at the very opening of his reiga strack torror into the hearts of the BoxORE, AS SOOD as he arrived at the capital a committee of the Boxer leaders waited upon him, and told him that they were. invulnerable, that they bad supernatural powers, end that bullets could not harm them,

as to

ibeir

He listened to them respectfully, con gratnial- ad them upon their supernatural gift, and invited them to dinner. They accepted with As the dinner was drawing to delight.

close Yuan-arid -that-be-bed-been-nch in prassed by their remarks ability to withstand ballete, and such a mar- vellons and iniraculous thing, if well demon. strated, would do more than anything else to establish their claims to respect. proposed that bin guests who had been speaking se confidently as to their invulnerability, should, on rising from the dinner-lable, go out into the backyard, line up against the wall, and allow him to afford the world a conclusive proof of the truth of their claims.

He therefore

The horror striekan Boxers in vain protested that the moment was unpropitione The 774,200 Viceroy was inexorable, and one after another they were taken out and lined up against the 175,000 wall. A Bring squad of his foreign drilled 23,000 troops, with rifles, received the command to 10, on fire, and the next moment all the Bozers fell 14,000 dead at the feet of their late Host. Such a man

Wes obviously not to be trifled with, £1,299,000 It is stated that he, when Governor of Stan And the market valuation is worked out . tung, issued orders that Bozers should be killed, follows:

whenever caught, without the formality of a £541,270 trial, as he had arrived at the conclusion that 199,500 extermination was the only remedy for a frenzy 100,000 which seemed to have taken possession of all

Balance of hansi Concession sale, to be paid by instalments. After we had travelled some little dance Land at Tientsia and Hankow.... irm the count, and had discovered our direc-Chinese Central Railway .... tion. my friend said he would go to sleep for a Debtors............. while, leaving me in charge, which was though at first I felt a little berrous & delight to me. as-I had coly once before piloted my balloon, and then only for a short distarea in England. Scen after my friend had gone sound sleep feurd en looking at my snered and statescope that the balloon war, owing to a cold current of air, falling rapidly Fo 1 tegen throwing ballast iutes quickly as I could. At first this seemed to have no tffect whatever, but at isab 1 managed to check our downward coarse, and we were again between 3,000, and 3,500ft. high, at about which height I kept her till my friend awoke.

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1.207,822 Shansi shares at. 98. 39,900 Ordinary shares at 5 2000 Deferred abares 50

£840,770 The figures certainly seem worth examination and consideration

A New York Weamge dated February 25th

lays:--

Houte

North China,

As Yon is now practically the dominating" spirit in the Chinese Empire, and is creating an effective modern army, blood and iron will not be wanting from the regiment to which the Chinese, and their neighbours are to be submitted in the near future. There is a certain Bis markian look about him, and although he in Chinogo there is very little suggestion of it in

ANECDOTES FROM PARIS.

The most interesting development in Wall The two papers were duly reid before the Lionen Sciety on duly 1st, 1858. Derwing We began to see large links of clouds gather Strest is the quiet way in which the fancial tellen in his hicgray hy that they revivid ing all rannd us, and though we were above leaders are planning to compel Mr. Roosevelt

lo show his sincerity za sponsor for the Fecretis face-Bouw of Reviews. scant alteilen. - Prefenzor Summel Houghtop, most of them we occasionally went (krough one, of Dublin, mathematicien, declared at the emerging again into the moerlight, which was tary of State, Mr. Taft, who is boing boomed time that all of them that was new was false, so bright that we did not need to use the electricas his candidate to succeed him in the White and sli that was tine was old! We need lights in order to read enr instruments. The bardly say that it is not in this spirit that they chuda were cow gradually becoming misssed up will be viewed by those who again anise them together, and we could only see the earth enfl- this year. Besides the reading of the invited ciently to take our berrings, As dawn approach papers from the men of wience of today, a ed we now 7,100ft, ebore the earth witntred speciel medal is to be struck in commemoration. a mest gorgeous ecens.. On one side of us wes of the Jubilee, in which on reside will sprear the morn till igh in the heaven, throwing & the portraits of Darwin-and of Wallace. silver light in to the tops of the clouds, formed Thest midair, in grid, are to be presented to like & Inge renge of thew-covered menatains, distinguid zoolgifs on the fortbewing towards the hare of which the silver shaded Seme important interests are already work

e and ate to be constituted a dak bine. On the other side, the tops Liersen chty's wedu), which will in the of these cloud-mosptains were fipped with future be presented from time to time for special | brightest gold, wbieb grew rose-coloured lower services to cituce. Copies of this medel are down, and fought for supremacy with the blue also to be druck in bronze, as commemorative and silver light thrown down by the moon. then, which may be purchased by Fl

Follows of

Gradually, however, the rees and gild gained

the sciety,

At the reception, which will be held on the 91 ning of the remne day, way interesting and talusķle zhilis, of the nature of relics as well

the day, and slowly wo were enveloped in their wist till we tank through them into full view the earth again.

of

Soon ca cur right appeared a large, fortified

Evidence is multiplying that many impor corporations, and tant bankers, heads of financiers of internations reparation, intend coming out for Mr. Taft.

Each a plan would, they believe, preclude the possibility of Mr. Roosevelt's renomination, and compel the executive to work with Wall street in sn an endeavour to nominate Mr. T. ft. ing for Mr. Taft, and the programme which I bare ou lined will probably be carried through. With Wall Street supporting his candidate, the Street figures that the President will be compelled to subside.

Delaware and Hudson's payment of dividends

The Belgian people, have during the last few

ever-declining popularity of their. King.

For the first twenty years of his reiga (1885-1885) Leopold II. We adored by his people. His magnificent stature, bis long and oharacteristic beard, whenever seen in public, were always greeted with the most loyal cheers and the most respectfal demonstrations. In the King the welfare of the country and the welfare of the dynasty centred, and so that EO one at the time deeply oven

ould separate the welfare of the kingdom from that of the royal family.

In the first years of his reigs, Leopold II. well merited this popularity. He took immense iuterest in the management of public affaire; he rerpreted the Constitution, and was the real Sovereign of His people. Even A Crown Prince he had given signs of his ability to con

dust the business of the kingdom. Ho had, for

instance, noticed the vast possibilities of the harbour of Antwerp, and had wisely drawn the attention of Belgian traders to these possibi litian.

His popularity lasted as long as be remained only King of the Belgison.

In a man of the

But in 1885 Leopold II. also became Sovereign of the Cougo Free State, and this of two crowne on eng-head has brought incalculable harm to Belgium, temperament of King Leopold, natural auto- oratic. tenderieien were quickly aboouraged by the fact of his being the absolute master of some thirty million people in Africa, Slowly but surely the roustilaticual monarch of Belgium played second fiddle to the absoluta mangroh of the Congo State,

His will ya noontrolled and almighty in Atries. It galled him to realise that it was not so in Belgium, and he began to not as if it wors;

The unpopularity aroused in, Bogiam by the attempts to play the autoorat were immensely increased by the domestic scandals that soon came to the public knowledge. A King-at least, a constitutional King has no private life, and King Leopold has always shown a curions desire to let the whole world know the irregularities of his life.

. His conduct to his wife was deplorable, and a series of lights and insults onlminated in his introducing to the Queen at a Court a woman of quits notorione reputation. The Queen left the royal residence and went to villa at 8ps, We are promised the memoirs of M. Louis where a which British visitors to Paris know so well- As a father, the King's record is as bad as his Gand, the registrar of that grim little buildingabe died, a few sars afterwards—in 1901 the Morgue. f. Gaud should have interesting record as a husband. He has three daughters memoirs to publish. If in only to be bopod Princess Louise, divorced wife of Prince Philip that he will not follow the example of his of Saxe-Cobarg, Princess Stephanie, now Coun predecessor, 1, Pierre, who published his tess Lonyny, and Princess Clémentine,

Impressions de la Morgue" in verse. M. Gaud is no poet, but he should have somas queer stories to tell. I remember one or two of his adventures, for the little man always welcomed journalist, and usually had something to tell It was pact of his duty to preside over the identification by friends and relatives of bodies laid out on the slabs. Occasionally relativen have been too ready to identify M. Gand has story of a young lady who called in the deepest of mourning to identify a body found

a

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"When my little boy was about four years old (o is now about six and a half years) a spot appeared on the side of his face just under the ear. After ⚫ time is broke and spread further down. I took him to a doctor as soon as. It appeared. He was under his orders for about three or four months when he was much worso. ·Scoing in a paper & Cuticurn advertisement 1 went and got a complete set of the Cutleura Romodice, the Cuticura Ointment, Cuti- mura Soap), and Culicura Resolvent, took him away from the doctors and gave him there Cuticure Remedies, used two large bottles of Resolvent, five tablets of Cuticura Soap, and two or three tins of Cuticura. Dintment. From the Brst bottle he began to mend and before he had finished the two he was whole monded. About twelve months after he broke out again at the back of the nceli and it spread all over the head. I had one large and two amali bottlea of Cuticura”TM Resolvent, three tins of Cuticura Ointment, and -four tablets of Cuticura Boap before I got it mended. I think it took me about three miontha eneb time. It i now about eighteen monthe since he was ill, and it has not broken out again, so I think he is all right now, thanks to Cuticura, I always recommend Cuticura wherever I can, and I will stways have pleasure in answering any Inquiries. R. Searth, 25 Newport Rd., Middlesborough, York, June 24, 1008."

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BRITISH PEERAGES FOR SALE.

To the frat he has noted with the most extra ordinary lack of affection. Quite reosaily he refused to redeem the jewels, which had bean bequeathed by the Queen to her eldest daughter, and which the creditors of Princess A debate on the question of the sale of Louise had anld at auctios:. He characterisți-honour was started by Mr. Hillaire Bellos on

Opening was found 1y means of a motion con for cada to a disbursement of a February 24th in the House of Commons. marry Count Lobyay, and when she came to Spa raaccumulated and disbursed. It is notorious, As to his second daughter, he fortade her lo demning the Beersey with which party funds

to pray before the coffin of her mother, the of course, that they are largely accumulated by

thousand franes.

A representative of corent zcokrgical work, will town, from which ascended the sound of bugles.hows that 38 per cent, was earned on the atook frowned She thought it was an unely from King had her expelled from the castle and means of the payments made by those who are

be visible. Snl sequently a publication in em memoration of the cecasion will be prepared. It will consist of a reprint of the Darwin Wallace Joint say, together with the general minutes of Ist of July, 1818, as well se of the varicus ermmunications and addresses read at the Jubilee celebration.

ENGLISHMAN WHO BORED THE HUDSON.

valve-cord for a moment, and we rusbed towards

whom she had expectations. The unclo had ordered out of the town. This public affront recommended to His Majesty as fit persone

is ola:med by the Yankee, it is refreshing to just high enough to jump through which we heavy selling, by shorts and the disinclination Fears."

aggregating $3,000,000 yearly was er joined by the Court to-day as the outcome of this fated to fight since Mr. Harriman became interested in the property.

The Lackawanna railroad's annual report This town we discovered on our map to be Dijon, Then a large fistr, the Rhone, in fail spate, The, te its cppally, and is booking n sy disappeared, but unless is body were found and

Corporation operating 51 appeared winding through the country, fending

identified his heirs would have to wait thirty its banks on either side. After leaving it bebid orders of 14,000 tons daily. we decided to descend, and did so close to the Copper securities were under firs, despite years for their fortune, M. Gaud showed the lady several photographs of bodies in a town of Arbois, behind which stretched The reports of big sales for export, and Europe's horrible condition. At the sight of one of them Jura Mountainr. My companion pulled the benfisbres confirms the bears in their position the shrieked aloud. That is he! That is my

Mr. Cortolyou's all of R35,000,000 from the

dear Uncle Thomas, "the exclaimed, and burst into National Bank was raticipated by the bankers, the earth at a great speed. To car aui)zewest who are already sending money back to Wash. loud sobs. When she wasa lítile better M. Gand hold $246,000,000 said, "Your uncle disappeared on the fifteenth ington. The banks now of Government funds, and the call is believed of last month, did he not? Ya," said the

lady. Government Threes dne in August. to foreshshow the redemption of $58,000,000 of Then, my dear madame, let me dongratulate you. I have had this photograph for seven Among M. Gaud's snoedeton is one of a wedding ring which bas been back in the Morgue four times. Everybody who wore it was drowned.

Another story be war fond of telling was that of a wife who recognised her husband on the slab. She signed the necessary papers, and on her way out came face to face with the husband, alive and well, who had been away on a journey, returned home, not found his wife, and come to the Morgue in fear, and trembling to look for ber

In these days when everything wonderful find that the schema for connecting New York with New Jersey by a railway tennel under the Hadeon River, which bis jast been cumpleted, was entrusted to

en English engineer, Mr. Jacobs,

This triumph for English engineering, which was dedicated to the servies of the two cities ou Tucaday, to truly described by President Roosevell as a note ble nobierement, for it brings. the Etates three miles nearer each other.

we saw, just before our first barp, that the teld on to which we were descending was in reality a vineyard covered with aboxt, sharp pointed sticks. We bumped, my friend valving hard all the time, and immediately bounced up a high wall and land in the second vineyard, dragged with car anchor here and there bat taking no real hold in the soft clay soil. My friend began to rip. At that moment tho basket was furned over on to its side, and while we were bing slowly dragged along in this prsition Į sized the red cord, finished the zipping, and the Kimst, quickly renk, an inert mass of balloon cloth, just as we wers crosssing over hedge into a third vieneyard.

Soon a large crowd assembled, laughing, taik- ing, gesticulating, and asking a thousand ques tiene, while we worked away patting the balloon carefully to tad in her own basket. The cart which we had sent for immediately on landing arrived, and with the balloon in it we slowly proceeded down a very rough road into the town of Arbois. Among the crowd who had given

of

The cotton market was excited and lower, on

Liverpool to take much coiton,

THE KAISER AS PREACHER.

ARMON AT KEA..

The Homiletic Reviso for January publishes as the first item in its section of sermonic literature a short sermon entitled Signalling at Sea," by His Imperial Majesty William II. It was over a cup of the newly fashionable tax of Germany, presohed on board the Imperial that Madame Xfold the story. She had yacht Hohenzollern. The editors of the been out to dinner, and about midaight was. Homiletic Review ray that the Kaiser would be driving home alone in a cab. he lives on the probably mors in sympathy with the sailor left bank of the Seine, and had dined near the Baberman Peter than with the profoundly meta- boulevarde, so that her cab bad to traverse the physical Paul. The only value of the sermon deserted courtyard of the Tuileries called the Coar du Carrousel. All of a sudden the cab stopped. The cabman climbed down, cause

B

to

has never been forgotten in Belgium, sud que he honoured with peerages, knighthe ds and might say that it has been from that day that other title or decors: ione; and thus the debate King Leopold's popularity altogether dis gave another opportunity to Mr. Les of

1721 enlarging

Mr. bis favourite topic. appeared.

His relations with Princess Clémentine have Les informed the Huss in effect that the been nearly as bad. It is perhaps not generally price paid by Sir Alfred Tarmaworth for known that he prevented her from marrying a the privilege of calling himself Lard North- Prince whom the hai loved for years, Prince cliffe and maklog vory Htful appearances Victor Napoléon, the Bonapartist pretender to in the Upper Chamber was £130,000; but of the French throne.

course he did not give his authority for the Leopold II. is now in his seventy-third year, statement. He also waxed sarcastic once more and his irresponsible iffe, which supplies humour over the ease of a Hadical M. P. who, as be to French journalists and writers of Paris alleged declined to congratulate a colleague on revues, in a source of shame and humiliation to receiving a knighthood on the ground that it the Belgians. They are not proud to be ruled was a matter for commiseration rather than King who is hated by his children and congratulation, and who nevertheless accepted The left his wife to die in neglect,

Sir a knighthood himself a few months later. They fear that he may attempt to arrange Handal Cremer, the Labour-Liberal member for one of the sons born in his comparatively for Huggersino, who was admittedly the mem- recent morganatie marriage to succeed him on bor referred to, retorted by going as nearly as the throne, and they resent the fact that their Parliamentary rules will allow to calling Mr.. Sovereign in so rarely in his own country. Los a liar, and Mix, Lea's rejoinder was to He governs Belgium from Paris sed the refer to Sir Randal's speech as concentra bed Riviera, merely paying flying visits to Brussels, hambag," a phrase which he was compelled to and leaving again for France as quickly as withdraw. Whatever may be the truth about Mr. Charles M. Jacobs, the engineer who is

possible.

He treats the Belgian Parliament | Sir R. Cramer's consistency, however, he ser responsible for the scheme, is a member of the

as if he were an autocrat and has little, if any, tainly cannot be included among less recipients Brm of Jacobs and Barringer, of Gracechurch

regard for the Constitution.

of honours who paid for their titles, says the a. E.C., with branch offices in New York and

Lastly, Belgium blushes for the Conge. The London correspondent of the NC. Daily News. Burton Ile was born in Bull 58 years ago.

martyrdom of the unbappy Congo natives has His surrender of the greater part of the Nobel He entered one of the large shipbulding

made Leopold a millionaire, but is has wrought Feace Prize and the smallness of his insome works at Hull, where as # papil be had a

incalculable moral harm to the Belgian people are sufficient to assure as of this, A more thorough training. Five years' service there

and to the prestige of their country,

humorous turn was given to the debate by Mr. tsu Lim sssistant massger. Then he went to us such a charming welcome, and had helped us lies in its note of Christian fraternity. The

It cannot be said too emphatically that Swift McNeill, who after declaring that be could India and Chine to superinterd important to the best of their ability, were some men in text was Lukav

Belgium is not responsible for the Congo, and name a hundred peerages whose patenta were engineering works. In England, on the Conlong blue stocks, who did not seem to be quite And they beckoned unto their partners, round to the door, and opening it insisted on timent, andra lo goived wide sc cheers in fact, they regarded up with looks which were in the other ship, that they should. Andere playing a game of wards with that in this question Sovereign, and people are steeped in corruption, suggested that all that Experience; and then in 1575 he opened an olleef of mooidering abger. On our way into the come and help them. And they ena", erd. filled him. It was bitterly cold, and when an home in entire disagreement, despite the money he was required to Bet the matter right was to has spent lavishly to secure support He has make the parchass of honours open and publisk in South

Wales,

town a card with some writing on it was given both the ships, so that they began to sink. later the poor lady got home she was confined A quarter of a century ago he opened on us, after reading which we found that the The Keizer explained that wbst beckoning to her room for a week. A few days afterwards oorrupted, with the Congo gold, much that was a regular seals of charges. office in London, and launched out into London writers were owners of one of the vineyarda | was to those fishermen-namely, the simple and I met Madame Y-, who bad beard Madame good and pare in Belgium. He has bought the

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. work, and afterwards into Transatlantic who wanted to claim damages: They politely original signal for mutual joy and mutual X' story, and had been much impressed be Bouscience of officials and ethore. He hag, in enterprizes. He made his name in America by but firmly asked me to stop at the Hôtel de labour-had in our day developed into theist. That some evening she had dined out and gram, played the role of a Bultan or a Shah. It is a curious instance of the evit effect of Ville to settle the claims. However, I persist- language which every sailor knows, the inter-driven home at midnight. Her cab too stopped The great New York tunnel enterprise has

Cengo natives should be vast organ, of troubled bistory. The idea offa turuel was in going to the station first to sent the national code of signale at sen, and he said, in the Cour du Carrousel, and the cabran aill-gotten gains that the gold dragged from the

balloon swey,

There is a similar language for Christians, hairy,beoloaked, and forbidding-looking demoralisation in Enreps. mooted 30 or 40 years ago. Three engiucern

in "Come Returning from the station, I heard of two for all who mail together on the ocean of life, creature-opened the door.

Suick,

King Leopold is in ill health, and he is spend on the 21st just, and is expected here on the -produced schemes, and thres contractors tried their hands upon them. Considered a wild who spoke English, one a teacher of and steer towards the haven of eternity. The and give me the cards," oriod Madame Ying the evening of his days estranged from his English at the college and the other a kind of latter is also an international language, this "I will play any game you like. I was saying

The N.Y.K. atr. Wakamiya Maru (Bombay project from the first, the scheme was justice of the pesce, both of whom lunohed beckoning from one side to another, the peculiar just before you stopped how long the time obidren and from many of his most loyal and

Line) left Bingapore for this port on the 24th Nam beriese induentia! Belgians in every insi, and is expected here on the 31st inst. At last a fearth syndicate, with Mr. Jacobs We told them our trouble, and at the end of language as well for those who happen to be up on his box, and drove to the nearest police walk of life, politicians, artists, business people,

and proved to be the best of company signs of the members of the Christusa calling, seemed. The esbman closed the door, climbed most distinguished servants,

The Indo-China str. Laisang left Calcutta as constracting engineer, took the matter up, luncheon, while having our coffee, a gendarme in the viber ship, if only the seat I ord is station. and gnocess was achieved,

arrived, saying that fiftees olaimants waited

I've got a mad woman in my cab," he said. soldiers, have abandoned him, and he is closing for this port is the Straits on the 23rd inst., - Mr. Jacobs was onos' saked to tell the story outside and would we receive them bahind the signal and grants the common bless

One of my traoss broke on the Place dn life, which was begun under the happiest and may be expected here on or about 8th pro ing. Herein consista izus Christian wisdom

The C.P.B. str. Afenteagle arrived Nagasaki of the construction of the tumbel, "There's came in, but the others were dismissed; as their namely, to observe in all the ways of life and in. Carronsel, and when I opened the door of the suspices, disliked and unesteemed.

His only consolations he in the affection of at 5 am, on Wednesday, the 25th inst, and left nothing to tell," he said, "except that Henry vineyards were some distance from the spot all the turninge of life, not only the Word of ash te tell my fare that it was nothing serious bin young wife, and in the countless millions again at 2 p.m. same day for Shanghai, where Hndeos was the first white man te orom over | where we landed.

the Lord, but also His beckoning, and whoever and would be all right in a minute she insisted he has wrong from the Congo nativas by the the river and Charlen Jacobs was the first who

An amusing scene followed. Everyone arose. stands in lively communion with Him learns on playing cards with me." crossed under it”a fort which he nocomplished i and bowed "one to the other and sat down more and more to observe and follow, not only k Madame. Y.........had to send for her husband / incredible cruelty and rumorseless greed of she is due to arrivo at 4 a,m, to-morrow.

officials-Express, again, the magistrate, with the gendarme be-" His words, but also His silent beckonings.”

the great East River gas tannei.

abandoned every time.

an 11 March, 1904

with

before she could be mit Zroo..

Я

The N.Y.K, str. Awa Maru (European Line) loft Kobe for this port via Moji and Shanghai

29th inst.

The 1.G.M. str. Klaist which left here on the

26th ult., arrived at Genos on 24th inst: at 7 a.m.