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THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. Inurritlnf lt<< About Our Owa Commtrj . Great Britain. tk< (Jsltcd Sutc.. and All Parts of th< Qlobc, CosdeoMd sad Assorted for Easy Reading. CANAJU. Dr. Montague has been sworn in aa Minister of Agriculture. The convicts at Kingston enjoyed a 1,200 pound pudding on Christ m SB A farmer named Pirhe blew out the gas in his room at Montreal ami from suffocation. Traffic receipts on the C. P. R how an increase for the week ending (peoemher >l of $86.000 over the cor- responding week of 1894. The distribution of 3.200 Martini- Mel ford riflea and 600.000 rounds of ammunition to the volunteer forces) has been completed at Kingston. A London West young woman nam- ed Mary Price swallowed an ounce at lauilanum with suicidal intent after a quarrel with her intended. Her life waa saved. An inquiry ia being made at Kings- ton penitentiary into the conduct of a num'cr of the employees, who are al- leged to have dinninnrd with outsiders the dismissal of three of the guards. . GREAT BRITAIN A lifeboat was capsized in Dublin Bay and the whole crew of seventeen man drowned. Lord Rosebery is said to be engaged on a new took which will he a strik- ing contrast to his "Life of Pitt." The heavy gales continue around the coasts of Great Britain. and many wrecka. accompanied by loss of life. are reported. London is to have another Oriental vis-tor, the Niaam of Hvderaliad H- ruins 15.000.000 subjects and 10U.UUU square miles of territory. M Emile Zola will visit England again in the spring. He wishes to study the industrial and social life in such cities as Manchester and Shef- field. A Prel>yterian church in XoUirur- htm. KnftLand. recently celebrated the installation uf electric lifrbt by a spe- cial services which attracted much at- tention. Mr. Robert BUT. the author, who has recently bought a piece of ground on Surrey Hills, England, also owns bouses in Florida and en the Canadian shore of the Detroit river. Sir Henry Harland. M.P.. in the Con- servative interent for North Belfast .and head of the famous ship-building firm of Harland & Wolff, ie dead He was aixty-four years of age. The Queen ia greatly interested in the Awhanti expedition, and also in lit mo y Hamate* Kaffir buornek She baa order- ed the Colnnial Office to kerp her in- formed of t hr> latest developments in then matters. A leading London muatsal serial says: "It U enough to make the mouths of lirii ish organists water w ben t bey rea>l that the organist of the Marlborou;h- Vandertult wedding at N*w York re- orired 500 for h services. It ia rumored that the Japanene i<v- erniiient has entered into arrangements with Ixrd AriiL-st rong A Comj>ajiy. the great English firm of vhipbuilden> an<l gun-makers, for the establishmeint of a dockyard and gun factory in Japan Srrvius Slenniak. I bv Rtusian an thor. whxt wan in f\il- from -Russia and has been refilling in London, was kill- ed the other day by a pawing train while walking over a level railway crowing at OMswink. He was fifty- four years of age. Pmfeawr Archibald Ueikie direvtor- grix-ral of the geological survc>-s of the United Kui+ritoin, and author of many important w-orks on gvulryy and kind- red subjects, intends visiting the I'ni- ted Stt very shortly on a lecturing tour. The marriage, of Miss Maple, of Ix>n- don. to Baron Erkhar<b.t<-in is likely to bf <in*> of the. ev-nu* uf i.ext iwa-oitn. for the daughter of Sir John Rlundvll Mapl<* is not only a beautiful aihl at-ifinpli-l.! .1 ?irl. but one of the greatest brirosaea in England. The Manchester Courier says that or- lers have been giv-n HI the \Vool\\n-h and Dewnpirt arsnnala for a large quantity of anununiti . together with a great number of magaiine rifltv. M.trt in i- Henry rifb. and otliT Kuns for MiipnuMit to Carutds in January. The I'tHiruT aho learny that the >(.- fonitm of Canada are> to be gradually I SITED STATES There w* rt> six auk-idea and one ac- cidental death in New York at Chris! - mast ide. l!> in* burning of the saw mill of the Sutherland l.umir I'onipanr at Ash- laud. Wis.. three men Uwt their lives. Joseph I. Ingalls. of llrid^inn. Mt- nrver was in a )<arlier's chair for a shave till last week, although he in a notioenarien. A duel was fought in IVr*a. Ken- tucky. in which K>ih the princip.ils were killinl They were ruuued Mitchell and Johnalon. A lift snan four hundred and twenty- one feet long is pmfximvl for the new Kn.v City liriilgc The thing works on weights, like a \\indou shaft 1 >\i(en*iit \yr\ ha. leirned t.^p>k the h-^kniM. langiutge with all the ease of a native It is aim <nt us PJ - inu-li the pole as to acquire that UxtK"^ A ''ill Ins been inlroilucr.l in the 11,'uso at Washington ' am h<iriing the cons' ruct ion of a liridtr* or tunnel from Grand Island, on the Niagara lti\i*r to a i <>int in Canada. IVk>r pl.tviiiiT f\r iiMtnev is not >rmi>t>- IIIIK. anordinf :o Chktf JwUo* lwattv. of the Calif cniia Suxwwite Court, oral IftLHi ihcrv LI no criminal vt iinnmitted in playing (he >MUU - fur in.tio> ,<takc The I niiMl Statra Senate has re- pealeti t ! act prx>hi' itiii*.' Conftvlerate offitvro who had held txwimis.Hions in the t'niuvl States army frinu U-ITIC a|<|<i>inted to plat-ra in the ani. navy. At Hntton raw day remntlv Mrs 1U1- litiiruHi Huoih mado three addrtwwa. re- vk-vMMl the local Salvatitui Aniiy. and attrntietl a re-<H<i< in the rveiiing She wac at work again next dav before ten Archie Turpie. a piar watchman in S. Vork, has rescued his twentr- first individual frum drowning He keep* a coil of rope handy to throw to those who jump or walk off tbe pier. Tbe last man saved was a drunken marine. John OT> inell. of Lowville, formerly rai Iroad commMsioner of New Y'ork has devised a cheap form of tramway for rural roads, to facilitate hauling big loads on ordinary farm waggons. The estimate for the tram- alone is $2.500 a mile. Florence Mack, aged seventeen years, of Detroit, ran a small splinter un !r the thumb nail. A physician removed the bk of wood and told her to poul- tice the thumb, she disregarded the instructions On Sunday she was taken ill and on Monday I ecame unconscious and remained so ui.'il her death. GENERAL. Dr. Joseph Ciajkowski. a foreign bac- teriological expert, is reported to have discovered the microbe of measles. Prince Bismarck has informed Emper- or William that if his health permits be will attend the Slate banquet at the Schloas on January 18. The cruiser Kwan Ping, captured by tbe Japanese from China, has been wrecked. A number of offkers and 00 men are miaaing. A herd of Jersey cattle at Deposit northern New >..rk. has leen found infected with tuberculosis and con- demned by tbe State inspectors Report rorae* from Newfoundland that there were in all 22 persons on the ill-fated schooner Victor)', believed to have foundered with all on hoard. An Austrian named Dr. Marn after (our years study at tbe Pasteur Institute in Paris, claims to bare discor- ered a serum cure (or erysipelas aud puerperal fever. Advices from Aleppo say that tbe town of Zeitoun. which has >vn he!., by the insurgent Armenians fcr some time past, has been captured by the Turkish troops, and that tbe inhabit- ants fled to the mountains. M. WeUoff. professor of bacteriology in tbe I Diversity of Moscow, who re- cently died from the poison of a scratch of a piece of glass from a broken bottle containing liacteriv was one of the moot eminent of Russian scientists. The longest Egyptian railroad now ex- tends to Uirgeh. S!t> miles frum Cairo It is soon to ! extended to the first cataract. 710 miles from the coast. This means, of course, an ultimate railroad connection with the British possessions in South Africa, It is reported that Gen Gomel, at tbe head of the Cuban insurgent army .num- bering twel-.e thousan-i men. has turned the flank of the Spanish army, and is now marching direct on Havana. There is great excitement in the city over this insurgent success. Among tbe conditions imposed upon China by Japan in evacuating tbe Liao Tunir peninsula was one that neither Russia. France nor Germany should be allowed tr> occupy tbe territory, and a number t>f ports are to be opened to international trade. Tbe highest mountain ascents are those credited to W H. Johnson, of the Indian Survey .br>t wren 1*60 and 1965. in Cashmere. In 1965 be climbed three prns'i of tbe Kue-u I. on. one of which aivording to tbe measurement of tbe Indian Survey, is 29.800 feet high. Advices (rum Santiago de Cuba state that yellow (ever U raging there fear- fully in spite of tbe winter season. The death rate among the officers is very heavy. In four days a commander, four captains and two lieutenants died of the diseas*. In tbe military hospital there are more than l.OUOsick soldiers, of wtr<iii from ten to (iften die every day. ITEMS OF INTEREST ABOUT THE BLSY NANKEE. PLATFORM Al SEA. S.B lrm.i. i b .1 u aaM ! Preveat Mrkana. A steady platform at sea most people who have been the sport of the sad sea waves will be attracted by the subject of this paper. They must not be disap- pointed, however, in finding that as yet its advantage is enjoyed only by search- light projectors, but must hope, as they may. with reason, that before long it will be extended to suffering humanity Probably some one. at first sight of the proHem will suggest that this ob- ject may be attained without much dif- ficulty by connecting, in some way. the to-be-steadied object with a pendulum. or by converting it into a pendulum i>y suspending it on a pivot and ballast- ing heavily below and be will point to the bowl of the mariners' compass or to the swing table commonly us.-d on board yachts as example of ob- jects steadied by this UKM:;S. But if be will look along the top edge of the compass bowl, or tbe table, at tbe hor- iion. be w ill see that tbe sleadineas thus obtained is of the same order as that of tbe ship's deck. Tbe ship itself Is a pendulum kept upright In still water '> Imllast. and cai>*v> which make it depart fnmi uprightness act with tbe like effect on peudulums placed upon it. The first practical machine 10 insure steadiness of objects at sea was fitted up on a steam jacht and subjivied to laborious course, of experiment by tbe Captains of M. M. ships Yernon and Excellent, the torpedo and gunnery ships at Portsmouth. England, as a uitvuia of mounting '-th search-liK'ht prt>jevtors and machine guns. U has 111 >"-.>nst>iurncv t'll filled to gUUtKWlS in tbt* HniUh navy. On t IK- machine, as mounted on the yacht, a seat was provided on which a person could sil and observe the steadiness l<y looking alonx sights at the boriiou The sensation of 'Steadi- ness white seeing the ship rolling mul pitching aliout under one was a curious .UK', and many people who tried it ei- .Uiim-.l that here at last was au allevi- ation, if not a perfect remedy, for sea sickness. It is true that tbe rising and falling motion is still there, but this can he to a great extent avoided J>y taking a position autuew hejre aU>ut mid- \\ i\ iviuivn the liw and the stern. Hut t IH> angular motion of pitching aud (limit is equally great in all parts of i In 1 whip, and can t* escaped or. i .> such contrivance a* here oonsider- cd. -V small oabiu kpt toad\ by an appurst us of this kind could I* easily . on tin- Kiwlis!. Channel steamers, for seats in which many ppr^ous would lie glad to pay a high price on a rough day nttrttt Is HU Dolajs Maturs sf Mamtmt u4 Mirth Ustasrea' w*ss HU Dally RCCOTS. Altoona is again short of water, and tbe 5.0OO men in tbe Pennsy's ear shops are idle. A plumbers' supply trust, including Mf Philadelphia firms, will be formed at Pittsbnrg next week. Sentence of death was pronounced at Boston on Angu- L> i.i.b-rt. the murder- er of little Alice Sterling. For killing Marshal Emerson, who ar- rested him for theft. Abe Taylor was executed at Canon City. Col. The potato crop in Niagara- county. N \ i so big that the fanners are feed- ing their hogs with the tubers. Eleven years after his escape from a Geonria penitentiary G*.>r^e Kirke. a munierer. was found serving a sentence in a Brooklyn prison. - years after a fall through a sky- light. Daniel McCarthy ! New Y'ork was operated anon and a three-inch puce of glass taken out of hi* arm. Because Peari Dunn. s,-e ' 18. of Evans- ville. ind . would not go to tbe altar during a revival with George Rubright. a weak-mm-ied youth, the latter stab- bed her fatally. Phoenix - central ulat ing it- self on the metropolitan ways the town is growing into. "Five-cent shinea have appeared on the street*." a local paper chronicle* with much pride. A poorly executed f20 I'nited States note of the series of !**> is in circula- tion. It has s poorly engraved portrait of Hamilton, and the P*P#r shows red lines in imitation of silk fibre. A man in San Bernardino, Cal . bought a ticket in a raffle fur a bicycle last week pay in? 5 ' cents for it. Before tbe drawing be sold his ticket for a dollar At toe drawing his ticket won the machine. Mayor Pingree has carried out his plan to test tbe right of the Detroit street car company to charge five-cent (area. He refused to pay tbe fare unless riven six tickets for a quarter, and was ejected from the oar. The use of nets in fisLing for sturgeon is rapidly susplant ing other methods of taking the big fish in the Ijpper Colum- bia and Snake Rivers. The nets are from 600 to 900 feet long, and the meshes vary in siie between iJ and 10 ir-hes. Two hunters of Boise. Idaho, had a sorrowful experience last week. They spent half a day loading shells, being dissatisfied with those on sale, and next I morning drove twenty-two miles to the I hunting grounds. On arriving there they discovered that they had left sll their ammunition at home in Boise, On July 21 last Ernst us Mills started from Quincy. III., with a string of burses and a waggon, with the intention of driving overland to Elsinore. Cal Last week he reached Riverside. Cal.. having driven the whole of tbe way from Wuincy He say* be had a very pleasant time on the tnp. and had no difficulty making it. In a "competitive hunt" between two bands of farmers, situe fifty on a side. near East Atchtsou. Kan., a few days ago. ninety-six rabbits were killed by one aide and jrtei.ty-iLX by the other. In these compel it u>u.< a bet is posted on tbe mull, and the winning side taken all the game, as well as all the money stakes. Tbe (ox's reputation for smartness was well sustained by a member of tbe tribe near Kalmouth. Me., the other day. A couple of hounds and a hunter were after it. and the fox led the hounds to a frusen pood, and out on ice so thin it just supported t he fox. w UK-h escaped while the hounda w-eut through and were drowned. Idaho*' population has increased from 9Q.OUO to 1:5.000 in the five years sinve the State was admitted, and tbe assesstd valuation of prooerty ha* increased from ,>. to J> SSJ.^IU These figures are ju given out by the tiovernor There was a boom in IfVS when the awessed valuation ran up to uiore than M3.0QMSJ Boring for natural gas was begun in the bean of the city of Sacramento. Cal.. last week A couipan> aba capi- tal of 9120.000 has been formed to carry- on tbe work, and it expects to make a itreat deal of money supplying tbe city with natural gas. There has been quite a boom in natural gas exploiting on the Pacific mast lately After several years of tireless warfare. and tbe payment of many thousands of dollars in bounties, the farmers of Henen county. Mich . have given up fighting the Kngilah sparrow pest. The sparrows are more numerous than ever, despite tbe best e-iforu* of the farmers, and. in the belief that matters cant possibly be worse, the. farmers are going to quit and see what Providence will do about it Hunters returning from the Okefeno- kee swamp in Georgia, where compara- tively few hunters go, say it abounds with game of all sorts deex. bears, alli- fators. turkeys, wild fowl, and fish be people who live in the swamp dis- tru-i Know litt ! or nothing of tbe world outside, and apparently care nothing They supply all their wants from the products of the swamp region, and though bv no nteouis wealthy aiv exceed- ingly independent. A woman mooashiner with a Winches- ter rifle gavt> the revenue officers a lively tussle near Cleriuont. Ela . last week She wao at work with her illicit still when tbe officers surprised her She caught up a \Yinc hester and brought it to ner shoulder before the officers could seiar her. but one of them kiuvk- el up the- gun before she could pull the tri>rger. Then he drew a big knife and wounded wveral of t he men be- fore she couUl t*> disarmed and secured. She is about 90 year* oUl Uavid Jonea. of Elwoud. Ind.. has be- come known to medical men in that re- g:\ni of late vears because of tbe peculiar pervxts of *lee4>lsness that come upon him at irregular intervals i>ue of tbw oegan on Nor. U. and from that day up to last MtiKlay he had m>t iOefU at all. day or night. His health continued ex- celliMit. and he> i> usually but little dis- turbed by tbecw peculiar AK.uk.. He was ven'uig as Circuit Court jur\<r dur- ing the third week of bio aleeptessness. and hid (acultn-s apparently were in no way ckxided by bis inability to sleep. The provrrte about an ill wind had a cur:ous illustration in the course of the long drought last summer and fall It was thought everybody suffered from it, but it wa* a .T--*: 'b'uu for the own- am of tbe coal minos in Hopkins county. Because of the drought the Ohio Kiter becama clmud tu navigatioa. and tbe Pennsylvania coal was snut out of and other important Ken- tucky markeLa As a coosfquenoi there was a great demand made upon the local oual mines, and they were all run at th~ir extreme capacity for three or four months. WINTER WRINKLE3. Hoax Does your dentist take pains with his work I" Joax "No; he give* them" Alice (the friendt-^" I don't see how any one can help loving Blanche." Ger- trude (the nval> "She can't help it herself." " Boy. are there any fish in this : ' " I dont know, sir.' " Why are youtiahing in it. thenf** "To fin-J out, sir." " Tommy, do you lore your teacher." " I would if she wasn't my teacher." said Tommy. " She s awful nice " " She talked so fast that I could not get a worl in e.tzewise." "Too should have resorted to sharper language." V Talker Briggs" You know .Cab- lets don't you r Bragg* " Oh. I have a listening acquaintan-e with him." He "That's a very extravagant cook yon have got." She" Yes. she aeons to think we hive victuals to burn." Guest" Bring me some canvas hark duck." Waiter" We are just out." Guest" Well, make it canvas 'ack ham. then." " Men'll do anything for moaer " said Plodding Pete " Tea." replied Meandering Mike " " Some fellers 11 even work fur it " v Krenchman declares he has dis- covered a process be which wood can he made palatable. He ought to tackle some kinds of board. Lonesome Luke" Does yer ever wish for a I icycle. Wally r W'allr Wiggins " Nor* I would rutber walk a-foot than ride a-foot." Fuddy " There goes Grat.well He's what I call a self-made man " I r. !.<r- * fie uri-> know him intimately say he is all self." He" What leads von to call Mrs Smiiax ei-centr.c fShe " #be was tell- ing a story the othei night and began it ' When I was a girl.'" Attorney for the defense " Now what time was it when you were held up I" Complainant"! don't know; ask your client he took my watch" ' Where are you gain; my pretty maid r" " To my Christmas shopping. Pa." she. Pa drew a check and wiped h us ere And thought of the coming bay and buy The heiress " I'm afraid pap* wl!1 never consent" Tbe impecunious " Is your father down on me r The heir- ens " No; he says he's op to you " The sleigh bells' soon will jingle. And nose and ear* will tingle. And arras and waists will mingle What a picnic to he single ' I have a! wars given our first moth- er. Ere credit for one thing ' sai-1 Mr Chugwater "She di!nt hyphenate her name when she married Adam " Proprietor "Where is the book- keeper T' Office Hov " He isn t in. His wife sent hup word that the haby was asleep, and he's gone home to see "what it looks like " She " She's just about your age. isn't she f He " No. I'm much the older " She" What makes you think sof He" We were born in the same month of tbe same year" She put her little hand in mine >"me might have thought her hold And yet there was no romance (or She's hrdly two years old. Weary Wstkins " My fotk always told me I was cut out for a gentle- man " Hungry Higgin* " Mehl* you was. pardner. but ef you was you sure t<elong in tbe misfit department " Oh. August is the month for me. I priie it more than ill the rest That is. just now When utnmer comes Oh then I like December best Mrs Snagga " I was oat after tips this afternoon " Mr Snaggs i w bo has bad expensive experiences with tips 1 " Not tips on st.irks surely f" Vm Snag(r ' No . ostrich tips" " You walk as if your shoes were too tight, old man " "Oh.no Tbev'revery large " "Oh. that may he ." ' Well then. what " ' 1 wasnr' referring to their siie I merely said they were tight." Violin s: (proudly " The instrument I shall n.e t your house to-morrow evening. Mem Herr u over iOO years old" Parvenu " I >h. never mind that It is food enough No one will know the difference " Mr Dunn ' I called to see about a little bill I left here atHit a month ago." Mr Short " Oh i: 's all right you needn't I* alarnieii I've laid it awav where it won't ) dusturbed S'.- neeti for you to call again." Maud" Do you really love Tom f ' Madge " Oh no not in the least" Mami " Then why are you goimr t>' marry him f" Madge " Oh he's such a good fellow I couldn't think of letting anybody else get him." " 1 telieve. " said the younT man in piving the devil his due" " I'm ve." replied his father, who was looking over the stubs of his che-k-ln>t<k - I don't quite see the propriety of >our paying him at my expense " Jinks " I am always emharrassetl when I want to ssy the word v-a--e I don't know- whether to say vase. race, vahi or vawse " Blinks"' You mi^ht take a hint from our servant girl she simply speaks of all ornaments aa ' them there.' " Wayworn Watson "W'y. w'at you runnin' (erf l>id she set the dog on yf" Perry Patettic " Naw But she set me out a w hole h '.f chicken. l>read. "utter 'n jelly an' a pack of cigareets I bet she wants to marry me ! " You seem sad. my rrd.kinne.l brother." said the muwionary " Red- skinned brother's heart heap bad." said the m*le son of the prairie "White man shoot better, fight better, and no" Injun hear college yell, he know Iniun cant 'war-whoop (or sour appW Waugh !" A rose hy any other nime would smell as sweet. Aa truly would. I ween, a dosen such : But jus' to make the sentiment com- plete A rose by any other name would cost as much. EIYIDiW THE EMPIfii. HOW TURKEY IS LIKELT TD BE tOT UP BY THE POWEES. Tfc* !< ' (< U. . !* I * W >>r e> < I.I'.. kii* B i i4 rr\mr,f allll**. Ilk Nlill.s. f iBbaMlaats M IP. The days of the ernel Sultan of Tur- key are numbered. There u little <ioabc that in the near futon the Turk- ish Empire will have fsasril into his- tory. Whether the assassination of Abdul Hanud or the forcible overthrow of his Government by internal <*<,!* . or the ilnhnsii>i in of the Sal- tan by the oannned power*, will cad the Turkish dynasty. BO can predict. But oee thine m > that U u only a question of time whea Turkey wUl be dismembered and divid- ed up among the great natiuns of cavil- lied Europe. The cutting up and dwunbaung of Turkey will Terr much resemble the eat- tine op of a carcass amjog a kx of hungry dogs. Every nation Bonearmea will fight tor at much a* it can get. bwt thewnol operation moat be performed if Foasi U wi:h.ot bringing OB an av war or the disturbance uf that nys- rKia thing known a* " the balance of power." The most valuable part of the Turk- ish Empire will of course. go to the strongest power*. Bui a few Tnauu will be distribute* here and there to kacpap the bluff of the rights of people* and the interests of Christianity. Some Kings May apring n'-irisisnes a* a result of this operation. But they ill be Kings only in name, without a* much real power as the King of Aahantee. and tolerated uy the large Power* only so long as suits the con- venience of the lai:- Xobody has proposed to find out what the people of Turkey think of this 1-Tt*on. nor are they likely to be con- sulted Th- Sultan, it is true, baa been heard from A lot of big men-of-war, the property of the Powers, are anchored in the Dardanelles, with THEIR GfSS POINTED at the Sultan Their decks are cleared for actiua. and charges of smokeless powder with large shuts, are in the guns. v diplomat. exper*ned in European attain. hu cut up Turkey in this fash- ion. DiTeated of the usual diplomatic terms tike " the barrier to anluatioo " and the "demands of justice" his scheme seems a plausible one " It is certain." any* this gentlssBan. " that Russia. probably backed by France and the Sclavonic kinglets of the Balkan peninsula, will demand the lion's share. Russia has one eye on Conataalmapls and the other on Ar- menia. The latter may probably be given to Russia without demur "But 4* far as Constantinople is con- cerned there is DO doubt that Russia will meet with stulibora opposition To sulistilute uoe autocrat lor w*htr would bes political crime, which Aus- tria. German?. Italy and Great Britain would nerer tolerate me suggested that in lien of the Tuik there >bould I* established a Bal- kan Repiii !. i- bat this is impractira- I- The Danuntan principalities. Bul- garia and Jerri*, are satisfied with their present status and loath to be merged in oar which would cause them to abandon their respective nationab- ' 'Bulgaria will nrotiablv absorb East- ern Roumaaia and the whole peninsula. with the exception of Constantinople. south of the Rhodot* Mountains and the Gulf of Lagos. Constantinople will A KREE PORT under the protectorate of the allied great Powers. Austria will extend her dominion to the south of Bosnia and Srr\ia down to the- Gulf of Salomes. and in lieu thereof she should cede Tri- este to Italy. Montenegro." continues this diplo- mat "should pet the adjacent north- ern part of Albania, and to Greece should be allotted the southern part of Altnia and part of Monastir. reaching Bionics, also toe Turkish Island* in toe Aegean Sea and the Islands of Rhodes and Crete. Armenia should he the Danul>tan principalities and Senna the Russian pniecti>rate " Austria. Bulgaria and Greece have more claim on Fun<t<ean Turkey than the Danu 1 ian principalities and Servia Bosnia came into Austria's posse 'oo only eighteen years ago. yet its mixed and turbulent population are thoroughly pacified and contented The Bulgarians have also, in a markr>l manner priyressed in that short period dating from the Treaty of Berlin. Were it rvt for Russian inter- ference they would undou' tedly hare shown to the world that they could manage tbrir own affairs very well They were toe owners of the land before the Vurk inraded Ryiantine Bulgaria wan a kingdom as far -k the tenth century They are a peaceable and uxwt industrious people. I nlike the Servians they have long borne the Mussulman yoke without a murmur. They are DOW proud of their oat tonality " Small Montenegro will he greatly tienefited by the addition Her valiant people were never subjugated by the Turk They owe their independence to the mountain fasineasss. The Turk TH-I hard darings period of 400 years subdue them I'ut nevr succeeded. The strip of AUiania will enable them to dewend into the plains and engage in agriculture and other industries." Mother-nn-Law up North- A oommitie* which has just returned Kngland from British ColumUa, where it has been engaged in making inveatigationa auK>nii the savagv* fi-r the fnlnthtecuivnt of the iHhrri- Uvu-al sect i><ii ol tN British Associa- tion. reports the <(i*nvery of a tril kiK'wn as the Ts'etr'a'ut Thin tri!e. though in uot resprou out ra^trxHuly ouA. has made one extrat^rdinary forward towards civi!iiati<<n. (or them this ct^muutiee "found the custom >'f avoulanoe l<etween moth- er-in-law and x-m-lw This cus- tom is twitiiVeni "maluo on." a term which bears stxne remul'lauoe to mu- tual half ' Thia haNt was c*xuun^n to all the Tinne-h trilvs. The savage son- in-law and nxxhrr-in-law were not only ashamed to take '. each other, but ervw carefully avtled >>tng each other The HMMVI for thid cmrioos avoidance c*xild uot be