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"TIIE GREAT WAR OM89 -." English Exp trts Foreoavit the flext Euro paan Diaturbanc*- Tkr I-.-.'.- 1 1 1 lu ur<- Ho I.I, it. i, ., TII| lh . I . : i-'i lint.- llui K.I .1.1.1 . FrjM \f Kh.iiilitaa a*d Ike Ualks.ii *lale I hr I . u. ii aialsi tii-iory. but nul Ibe ti.uri-l.Brr.ilii.' Vrw l. > i. -, for kill- lux il-n -iii.l I ill 1 1.* ill ,i Wark. "TheHrest War of 1S9 -," a brochure juit published in Loudoa, is an attempt to forecast tSe course of the great Kuropcan war, which, in the opinion of the experts who wr.te the book, will occur in the immediate future. They are well known authorities of international politic* and strategy, an. I have tried to conceive the most probable campaigns and acts of policy, and to give to their works the verisimilitude of actuality and real warfare. The collaborators are Rear- Admiral I. Colomh.of the Royal Navy; Col. J.F. Maurice, of the Roya' Artillery ; ( 'apt, F. V Maude, ot the Royal Nbvy.and Messrs. Archibald Korbes, Charles Lowe and F. Scudamore, writers and war correspond- ent*. In the forecast, the initial event of the general European disturbance is theattemp'.- ail assassination of the Prinoe Ferdinand o( Bulgaria. He is at the time on a visit to Samakoff, where the American Mission, which rendered valuable service* to the Bulgarian* during the Russo- Turkish war, is situated. The irritation cauaeil by thin nnf< tunata occurrence is carefully aggra- vated by newspaper comments. An editor- ial quoted in this book, contains this mas- terly sentence: "Toe situation is most perilous, and it is to be hoped t hat siren- nous endeavors will be made by the Powers to chain np the '.logs of war' and spare this dying century at least, the spectacle ef their release. " The opinion is expreated, and a very well-grounded one it is, that the outbreak of the next great war is to be in Dan uhlan province*. Prince Ferdinand doai not die. One of his would-be assassins turns out to bn a revolutionary agent in Kuasnui employ. He U banged without delay His crime is followed by great activity among political agent* of Russia and hired 'outlaws in Servia and Macedonia, Within a few days war breaks out between Bulgaria and Servia. The Austrian* unexpectedly bring about a cessation of these hostilities by crossing the Save and taking possession of the Servian capital, Belgrade. Thereupon a Russian force occupMS the Bulgarian tow us of Varna and Boat go* in Kastern Roumelia, the Russian Government inform- ing the Porte that this action i* necessary for the maintenance ol peace in view of Austria s uncalled for position. To Russia's peremptory demard for the evacuation of Belgrade, Austria returnii a flatly negative reply, and Russian troops are immediately massed on the borders of Russian Poland. < Germany then mobilize* even army corps to assist Austtia to repel a Rutsian invasion, in accordance with the Austro-German tresty of I v'l. All these eventi are related by in -mi of despatches fr >m Knglish newspaper oorre- spondeuti, as they would be if they really took place, the writers being newspaper Balfour, for the (iovernment, effectively crushes the Opposition by retorting that Knglaml will not attempt to retrieve single- handed the neutrality which Belgium has surrendered. Ho adds thaf the I Jovernment has obtained from Belgium the right to gar- rison and hold Antwerp during the Kuropean liaturb%nces. The accounts from the Russian frontier are resumed. In an encounter between the Liet- en Mm inland Cossacks at Alexandrovo, in Russian Poland, tiie Germans make very elective use of their new Unce rifles. Alex- androvo n then captured by the Germans with the help of magazine rifles and smoke- less powder, unaccustomed terror* to the Russians. A Russian night attack on the Herman entrenchments at Aloxandrovo is anted by the electric lanterns, which turn night into day. But the light, unfortunately for the Ruasiaus, illuminates themselves almost 1* well as it does the ( Germans. The Russians are stopped short in a tremendous bayonet charge on the < German entrenchments by a wire fence placed a few yards in front of the earthworks and invisible to the attacker* at night. They press against this and staid there to lie helplessly shot mm! their in- creasing numbers break down the obstruc- tion. The wire fence U one of the latest innovations in field warfare. The Russian atl.ick is anally repulsed. Ten thousand ol i ;>MI. (iourko's men aro killed in it. Admiral Cotomb is again heard from in the Baltic, where the Russian and French fleets have combined. B'lt in face of an overwhelming demonstration of naval force by England aad Herman y they consent to separate. Thus Kngland aiils peace some- what. Tim Turks repulse a Russian advance ou Krieroum. The that the brave between the British and Russians begin*. Troop* are sent from Kugland to India )>y way of the I'malian Pacific Railway with much ease and comfort. The war comes to an end without linn,; ing about many great change* in the map of Kurope. TIM- liberation ot Poland is one The French are not inclined to continue the war after their heavy los.es, because France cannot trust her Russian allies, (iurmauy is glad to olit .tin peace when she finds she on doso without surrendering Alsace-Lorraine. Kiiiiland obtains ad agreement from Russia to wulidra* every soldier in Atgtan mtan. The weakness of Russia is the principal cause of the quick termiuationof the war. It must bo n. >l 1 that one of the last chap- ters in the book, .'trilled "t'tissa'ion of Hoi tilities, "istUtfl I) :il. IviJ, nn unfortun- ate mistake. Otherwise it is very realiitic and interesting, although much losssatistac- tory in its conclusion than in it* beginning. The illustrations are very entertaining. Pnruntiinlii and <> til plloi. The prevalence of pneumonia and con- sumption, as shown by the mortality rec- ords of large cities, is a start ling fact which ought to arrest the attention of medical societies and of the public. This is u year when sanitary questions wiU he constantly discussed owing to wide-spread apprehen- sion on au outbreak of cholera. Public opinion will sustain the most radical measure* for the protection of the country against the Asiatic scourge. It is not our purpose to cull in question the necessity for a rigorous quarantine and systematic regulation of immigration an safeguards against pestilence. What we desire to emphasize is the fact that whether cholera Turkish soldier* refuse correspondent mentions I is let u. or kept out, oar cities are already ravaged by scourge* which escape public observation. In proof of this assertion we have only to refer to the mortality statis- tics daring the last decade. It i* an alarming exhibit, which ought to be etiously considered in the sanitary discus- sions of a cholera yenr. The first inference to lie drawn from the brandy even when wounded, gouge out the eye* of disabled Russian* and feel hitter anguish *'hn their own horses are injured. The Russians suffer more disastrously in their German rainpu^n. The victorious H.Tiiiten Army of tliu Vistula meets and de- feats the combined force* of lien. Hourko and the Hrand IHike Vladimir at Skirrni- in Teasing prevalence of tin di wioe, 'ii the Halician frontier, hi -ti is de- j that they may be regarded as infectious or scribed as the Waterloo, in a str.Ueglcal way, of the Russo Herman campaign. The Russian artillery is rendered largely met fei'tive by the fact that their gunners must come within reach of the Manser repeating rifles. SmnkeleM powder make* it difficult to ascertain the position of artillery. The same cause adds greatly to the difticultieii of the war correspondent. Tho Russian*, who love hand-to-hand fights, are more disturbed by the latest inventions than the Germans. The loss of life ii heavier than in any of the battles of the lale Franco Herman war. Italy next mobilises her army and takes the fild against France, to fight with her contagions under certain conditions. ' '"r tain forms of pneumonia have indeed been shown to be communicable. Reoent reports of medical officers to the Local (iovernment Board IK London have tended tu cuiitirm this opinion. There wai, moreover, a sink- ing illustration of the spread of this disease m Vienna a year ago. The Grand Duke Heinri.'h died of pneumonia ; his niom at- tendant wo* seized with the same disease ; then his aide de-camp, Colonel Copal, and finally his physician. This instance of pneumonia in an infectious form is vouched A I r MADE Hi- i on II \i *W a VOMX trlli Was vitd frnin Hulrutr. K.itrht year* sgo Maurice Leaolr dwelt in a garret, earning hu bread by copying pictures, nourishing his soul with dream* of a great classic canvas ol his own. Need- less to recount the duillusioiu, privations, rebuds of the nervous reactions of the days when he received a few francs. The un- relieved pressure of poverty, the unremit- ting blows of ill-lucktap, tap like a paver's mallet became unbearable. The thin blood of semi starvation mounted to his head, creating vision* of suicide. One evening he bought poison. Re-en- tering his room, somethum rushed past his feet. He lighted a candle and began to write a few lines merely to save trouble at the inquest. Suddenly there sprang upon the table a little yellow kitten ; it rubbed caressingly against his face, hvidently a waif, one of the surplus nine old lives of nobody 's cat. It was thin and 'araishsd, its wet fur frayed by the jaws of some dog. " One may be tired of life, "said Maurice "but one doe* not le\ve a guest hungry !" With bread and milk, all he had, he fed the kitten ; Then wanned it within the breast of his coat, where it oareeseit with it* tongue the hand thai held it, then pur- red i tsel t to sleep. Maurice reflected: "Suicide is the refuge nf on* who has uo longer hopes, UBS of af- fection or responsibilities. In receiving this kitten I have assumed a duly. To place this little creature for warmth upon my heart and. then turn that warmth to ice would be a betrayal. At least I wilt live until to-morrow." In the morning the little oat appeared so pretty that Maurice painted it, and was able to tell its portrait. Another was or- dered'and another. Mr. -Lemur's pussie became the fashion. He deferred his dream of a classic canvas and painted only cats in all postures and colors, yellow, black, white, gray and tabby* He studied cat* ; he divined under their inaiks of d.-owsinea* er caprice, the subtle charm aud wisdom adored in old m yellow kitten that saved his life also made'his fortune. And M. Lenoir proved not ngrauful. The yellow oat, now pal riaroh of a tribe, has hi* cushion and his cup ill the atelier and wears a golden collar inscribed "To My Benefactor*. n I llf I > M. I II 01 It lift. ISM ** H.Ml-< '-I a Ki'MilulluM In Kuur sfour. Tu-day nihisjga*- linn yesterday ; to-niwr-. row will be longer than to-day. The differ. is *o small that even in in* onurse of it -ai. harlly be said to have been dis- tinctly established by ohscrvutiou. \Vo do not pretend to say how many centuries have 1 elapsed xiuco the day was even one second shorter vliau it is at present : but centuries are not the unit* which wu em- ploy in tidal evolution. A million years auo it is <|iiite possible that the divergence of the length of the day frum us present value may have been very considerable. Let us tako glance back into the profound depths of lime past, and see what the tide* have to tell us. If the proaent order of thing ha* lasted, the day must hare been shorter and shururr the fart her we look hack into the dim put. The day is now twen- ty-four hours ; it wu* once twenty hours : once ten hours ; it was once six hour*. Ho>v nucli farther can we go? Once the i\ hours is past, we 6egiu to approach a limit which must at some point bound our pros- pect. The shorter the day the more is the earth bulged at the equator ; the moro the rnrtli is bulged at the equator the greater i* tlie strum put upon the materials of the earth by the centrifugal fore* of its rotation. If the earth were to go too fact it would be unable to cohere together ; it would epar%te into pieces, just a* a grindstone driven too i ipi.llv i* rent asunder with violence. Here, t hen-lore, we discern in the remote past a lrnrr which (top* the present argument. There is a certain critical velocity which is the greatest that the earth could bear with- out risk of rupture, but the exact amount of that velocity- is a question not very easy to answer. It depends upon the nature of the mau-iiili> of ttie earth ; it depend* up the temperature ; it depends upon the otle. . of pressure, and on other details not a- ''u. ately known to u. An estimate of th critical velocity ha*, however he*n, made, and it ha* been shown that the shori.v period of rotation which the earth have, without Hying into pieces, is . three or four hours. The doo'.rine of ti iai evolution has thus conducted us to the con- olunoD that, at some inconceivably remote epoch, the earth was spinning round its mil in a period approximating to three or to a hours. partners in the Triple Alliance. pares to enter r ranee by Rivicta stead of attempting the passage of the Alp*. This is heavily defended by recent French fortifications, in the attack on which the Italian navy participate'. The Italians gain a victory at Costebelle, which greatly for in " Public Health Problems,." a recent Knglish work. As for phthisis, there U a steadily growing opinion among mdica| .She (ire- men that it is a contagious disease. One ot road in- tin beat-known case* wit* that of a Fiench dressmaker who hail three apprentices. The young women took turn* in staying overnight at her house and shared bar bed with her. She had consumption and died of it. The apprentices, who had been vig- A I r-i.l. I .... <!..,.. A tragic story of love and jealousy is re- ported from the lowu of Lod, in Russian Poland, A young man belonging to one of the leading families of the place fell in love with a beautiful girl, who was one of the principal artistes at a well-known cafe cnantant, and believed that bis affect ion was reciprocated. One day, however, he surprised the girl in a very familiar con- versation with a wealthy merchant of Lodz, anil there was a violent ncens, which ended in the young man, who had received a blow from his rival, drawing a revolver and fir- ing three shot* i>t lum. There was, hoi harasses the French, who are trying to look ' orous young women in perfect health, all everj no |, arm j OD8i oll | y one ( tne hullota after the Hermans elsewhere. contracted the fatal disease. Such instances |,, V mg hit, and that so slightly a* merely Th* action ..' Kii-:',.'iid then occupies some ' as these point to infectious or contagious tll uauM a graze of the skin. H iwever the attention. Lord S^lislmry announce* that , conditions which are ordinarily disregarded. tlie British fleet enured the Black Sea five Another deduction which may be ground- correspondent* in actual service. Here i* a i days after the occupation of Varna, and ed upon the terrible mortality of these dis- specimen in th* conventional style : " By telegraph from our special corre- spondent. Mr. C'harle* Lowe: " BKRI.IS, April 21 Midnight. Berlin, winch ha* poured all its teeming million and a half into the street*, is at this hour a scone of the wildest excitement, owing to vruinor (and a friend of mine in the General Stalf, -whom I chanced to meet, confirmed the truth of the rumor) that the awful and electrfymg words. ' Kricg Mobil !' had (as ir IH70) been .tlrcady dashed again to no fewer than seven of the twenty army corps that Her Majesty's Government has in- eases is that their development is promoted rluenced the Government of the C/iir by existing conditions of living. There- that no further advance in tiie Balkan forms in sanitation ol houses, which havo had a marked atfect in diminishing the ravages of diseases like diphtheria and typhoid fever, do not appear to have affect- ed pneumonia and piitlnsi*. These refonns htve been confined mainly to improvement* States will be preimf.ed. It is re|>>n..| that a British force ha* lauded at Trebiz- oude t.o assist the Turk* in repelling the Rus- sian advance in Asia Minor. A declaration of war agtinst Kngland by Russia follow* The British declaration of war Ir sergeant -at ariiiu from the stepe of the Royal Exchange is the next picturesque event. The English expedition to the Kaat lands at Cyprus and the Meet withdraws intervened, and th young mas wan imprisoned, but was shortly afterwards released through the intervention nf hid own family and the refusal of his adversary i to take any action against him. On return- ' ing home 'the hero of this adventure sent i his mistress a nole begging her to come and | see him, and she, repent ing her infidelity and hoping for a reconciliation, went to hi* lodgings. She found, however, the door locked, and after knocking loudly several by the I in plumbing and dniinage and lo facilities j ljmoi , limnu , ne ,| |, e l p . 'f| lo poiioe, who of the for ventilation, especially in tenement- _- ril ,-11-. i : i,_ .1... nciuhhours. brok constituting the Imperial host, viz. : To from the Black Sea to await the action of the First, or East Prussian; the Seventeenth West Prussian ; the Third, Krandniburg ; the Fourth, Province of Prussian Saxony ; the Fifth, Posen ; the Sixth, Silesian, an.) the Twelfth. Kingdom of Saxony." Mr. Lowe is at present Berlin correspond- ent of the London Standard. The intell- igent reaifer will notice the importance of the remark in brackets about " a friend of mine of the General Staff whom I chanoed France and a decisive naval engagement in the Mediterranean. Twc hundred retired officer* leave for India by wny of the Can- adian Pacific Railway with 50O,000,<KM). smokeless-powder cartridges. The whole Knglmh army is mobili/ed and the militia auu volunteers call'*.! out. The French soon declare war against the Knglish, and Admiral Sir Heorge Tryon prepares to meet the French navy with ten men-of-war. He is reinforced by th* Italian The F ren. -It fleet of sixteen ships off to meet. The Russians choose a route of invading i fleet. Austria by way of Lemburg and Stryj, so | the coast of Sardinia i* thoro a* to he a* remote as possible from the tier- man base of attack. The Hermann march to the Russian frontier biuging " Die \Veichsel Wacht," or "The Watch on the Vistula," insteadof " DieW.icht am Rbein." Their army ii to be concentrated at the Thorn, on the Vistula. The young Kinperor William makes a very stirring speech before leaving to take command of his army at Thorn, " the first Cir i man Kinperor who has un- sheathed his sword against, the < V ir of all tho Russian." Mr. Lowe describes with much glee tint ducking of Solomon Hindi. the well-known correspondent of the Kar- liner Tageblatt, by a party of Hussars, for reporting the movements of German troops too accurately. Tun mobili/. ition of the German army tin the French people and press to a patriotic fury. The emblems of mourning are torn from th.- statue oi Strasburg and M. Jean de Res/.ke, who happens to come along in a carriage, is made to mount tho pedestal and sing the " Marseillaise." On the other hand, the director of the open narrowly escapes death for his Wagnerian tendencies. President Oarnot addresses the mob and Bay* : " France speaks to night anil demands of her neighbors that h*r men- ace against her ally shall be withdrawn. She couples with that a demand tor the sur- render of those provinces which were torn from her twenty years ago !'' The natural reply of Hcrininy having been receive.!, France declares war, and the Kmperor Wil- Ii inu'iei to the Fronchjfronticr, leaving the King of Saxony in command in the Kant. Admiral (Tolomb contributes reports of Gorman and Russian naval movements fro:n hi* yacht in tho Baltic. The German ahips avoid a decisive engagement in case the Russians should win aud have an opportun- ity to land troops. Germany marches on France through Baliguin, wi'h whom she has already n secret understanding, this turning the line of fortresses oi< the Franco-German Iron tier. Thirteen Hcriniu army corps are free to attack France. Of tho sixteen army corp* of Franco, three are sent ti the Italian fron- tier and the others go to meet the Hermans. In England the Opposition (Hladu>m.m) leski to embarrass the Govoi-nment (Conser- vative) by asking why Kngland has broken Its treaty obligation by permitting th* neutrality of Belgium to be violated Mr. ,hly beaten. At the cios* of tho fight the British ram Polyphemus sinks the Amiral Baudin install for ventilation, especially in tenement- houses If there lias been any marked change during the last thirty years in the conditions of living and ordinary business in cities, it i* in the climate indoors, eipeci- cially from October to May. By mean* of steam-heat, hot- water systems and improved furnaces the temperature of houses, otiices and stores ha* been considerably raised during the winter month*. It is at least an open question whether overheated houses and oilico4 are not to a large extent respon- sible for the prevalent ot the alas* of dis- MM* which we have Issen considering. It is certainly a natural inference that tho ar- Ulicial climate indoors is debilitating, and that those who pass constantly from over- huatcil parlors, stores, olhVes, churches and theatres to a much lower temperature out- side aro exposed to radical ciianges from heat to cold. We have no space in reserve for discuss- ing other predisposing causes to lung disease such as lack of outdoor exercise, goen in favor of the Hermans. Tho Her mans I ill-ventilated sleeping-rooms, injudicious gain a great victory at Mi'hult, dividing \ diet, and unnatural habit* of breathing the French army into two sets. The Her- Tho subject is one of very great importance in view of the overwhelming evidence of the terrible mortality of these modem scourges. It is, we repent, one to which medical so- cieties and tho press ought to devote much were c-alleil in by the neighbours, broke open the door, and there found the unhap- py young man dying in an arm-chair. tvieously. It is the most sensational event of the engagement, showing tho importance of ramming, in the opinion of the authors. The Franco-German compaign in Belgium mans in this case, a* in the war of 1*70, have been quicker aud more elective with their mobilization, and the French have been over-conlideut. The British have been hard at work in the attention during the present year, when Kr K.MI. The Pacific squadron cap'.ures the sanitary .|ii.--iiuiiis will inevitahly be widely magnificent harbor of Vladivoslnck in Kttat- discussed, em Sibeua, and lands a force of Indian and British soldiers. The British colonies in Australia also t%ke a hand in the tight ma and start out to capture the French penal settlement of New Caledonia, which has long been a cause of offence to them. The i i.T- man victory at Machault is rapidly followed up and in the course of a little more than a nioii'h the Imperial army besieges Paris and an armistice is obtained by the French. Just before theariival of tho German* a Communist insurrection has broken out, as HI. m-. .1 Llunls. One of the strangest of the many odd cruaturc* that inhabit the wilds of South- ern Asia and India is the "Hying flower, " a small, brilliant lined lu-anl of the order of bracovolus. On the wing these curious specie* of saurian resemble a richly-tinted insect. When at rest he compares favor- ably with others of the lixard tribe, with the exception that he hat extraordinary protuberances on both sides of the body. These are the " wings " which are forun >1 by a cutaneous flap, wing-like in shape, supported by series of false ribs. In color thaee flying lizards aro blue and Riay, with intermediate tints of various kinds and shades. The tail of this creature is veiy long and slender, as well as very snake-like in appearance. A large pouch fast to the upper jaw and extending to some three inches below the mouth adds to the fero- cious aspect of the good natiired, harmless creature. The wings are not what a scientist would call "true wings," but arc used mainly as parachutes. When tho li/nid leaps from the limb of a tree into the air the contact In ings out its cutaneous flaps and enables the powessor to soar away at an angle to a greater or less distance, depending altogether on the height of the starting point. it did on a previous occasion This is not very original feature. The British expedition under Lord Wolse- ley disposes of the forces in Bulgaria as easily asdid thesameGeneral those of the Kgvpt'an Arabi. A farewell Russian attack on V ai n i is made interesting by the use of a dirigible war balloon by the Russians. This is pro- vided with a terrible explosive invented by a Frenchman named Dolmard. It smashes a great many buildings, but doe* not turn the Knglish and Bulgarian* nut of tho town. The British capture it. The British success is largely due to the co-operation of the fleet in the Block Sea and on the Danube. In Krmre things take a new turn. De Nagrier, with the garrison of Paris, in- tli' is a severe defeat on the German army, which is forced to retreat. The French follow up their sin 1 :ess and inflict a teinKle defeat on the Uurman'.i at ('Imumont, in which a tremendous cavalry charge led by Hen. de Hallifet plays an important part. One of the results of the war in Kastern Kurope is tho erection of Poland into an in- dependent, buffer State. The French cap- ture the British West African colony of Sierra Leone. Then tight ing in Afghanistan Chicago is asking more money from Cnn- ores* toward the expenses of the World's Fair. Something over half a million 1.1 sought to pay the salaries of the judges and their assistants. There are to be OTill judges PI the various duparimepts, and their re- munerations will vary from |<H)I) to $l.isX> each. Some time ago, when the last appro- priation was coupled with the condition that the fair should be closed on Sundays, tho Chicago papers declared that the man- agers could afford to rejuct tho assistance ami almlish the day of rest. The further appeal for money shows very clearly that that w us a poor attempt to play a game of bluff. Rev. Dr. Herridge, of Ottawa, who re cently took a linn stand against operatic music in his church, has beoa giving his views upon choirs in general. While he is opposed to vocal gymnastics he thinks the music in a chnroh cannot lie too good. As ' TriKune seem to be timely : " It is a period to solos and an thorns h says : "I see no ,,f unrest Wn say this with no desire to more reason why people should be shocked ! he sni^.i'ionul N r to startle the reader. It by ono voice from the choir than by one | )A H b-eu said tiefore. And about other voice from the puljut, provided that voice is periods. Iiidtm; if wo look closely, about A complaint is made that Mr. Haggart is unduly severe jpon the employees on the Intercolonial. If a train IB late or an engine doe* not steam properly tho person re- sponsible is fined one or two dollars for the offence. This is regarded as a very illiberal way of treating the conductois and en- gineers, who are far from Iwin^ overpaid, nt it should he an effective way of improv- ing the service. There havo in the past been many complaints of tho irregularity of tho trains, and it is uliout time business principles wereapphe.l to the Intercolonial, thoii|.,'i there should be no unnecessary harshness. The l>est way the employe* can evade such fines is not to reader ilium elves liable to them. Those reflections from the New Vork rUIa Is te) pi. The mention of tlie Kgyptian policy of the British Government by Mr. Balfour in the House of Commons last week brought Mr. Gladstone to his feet with a torrent of fiery eloquence which sufficiently showed th* deep interact that i* taken in the subject. Egypt IB indeed onc more an absorbing suliject in European Cabinet*. Kugland and France have been more or less directly con- cerned in Kgypt, and, i-onaoqiienlly. more or lee* jealous of each other there ever since the Knglish drove out the French after Napoleon left the land of the pyramids Turkey, also, has oven a prior claim, though since the time of .Mahomet All I'acha, the founder of the present dynasty, the suzer- ainty of Turkey in Kgypt has become more and more vague, ami at present i* little more than a shallow of power. Nevertheless it is a sinister shadow, and the Turks no louht intrigues. The other day Ui* Sultan telegraphed the Khedive his congratulation on " cheeking " the British Hovernmout so to speak -and emphasized his congratu- lations by i present of six horses. The question as to the respective right* of Kraii. e ami Kngland in Kgypt is an in- teresting one. It involve* the history of the dual control established under Lord Beaoonstield m 1ST'', and the termination of that .-ontroi in 1*811 by the snlisutuliun therefor of a financial advisor appointed by Great Britain. In Itxl occurred the rebel- lion miifer Arabi at the head of the so- call" 1 V itioual parly. While nominally aimed M the reigning Khedive, the rebellion had for its real object the overthrow of Fin: li.li and Frencn influence in Africa. Tin story of that contest, the bombardment ol Alexandria and the victory of Tel-al KI'|HT are too recent to req lite mention except that there is a tendency for distant events to pax* from the memory. Kngland interposed, and interposed sue- lietslully. in behalf of the Khedive, and his authority was restorrd. France did not join Kngland m supporting the Khedive, and as a consequence ten yean ago the Khedive, by dec.ee, abolished the dual control of Kngland and France, slid Kiigland's influence in Kgypl thenceforth became supreme. Whether a control es- tablished under the sanction of the Hret Powers could be alwlished by a decree of a Khedive plainly under tho influence and power of Hreat Britain i* a question con- cerning which we are likely to hear more in a few day, at leant irnm France. The question has heen an exceedingly dilhVult one in diplomacy and 'he Sultan s interixxi- tion makes it all the more ditlicult ami dis- agreeable to Kngland. Mr. I Gladstone in I sw i simply s.-ii-pted Hie status quo in Kgypt as left to him by t he Beaconstiitld government-, an 1 his promp' action a year later coal lu-n the loss of some of bin politi- cal following. But there is uo reason to Iwlievo that Kngland will fail to guard th* results of her victory nt Tel-el-Kcher. lx>rd (iranville justified rCnglsnd's action then as a matter of " simple and legitimate self-defence," and Kngland has still strong- er reasons to-day for not leaving Kgypl than she had then. . i.ii i. MI I .i>t Tragedy. A Vienna telegram nays: A terribla tragedy occurred on Tuesday night, when Max Thicle, a very rich and well-known contractor, belonging to one of the best ..imlu-a iii Austria, shot, himself and his fmnnee. He was to have been married next WMK to the daughter of an army otlicor. Il is not known how the affair occurred, hut hr invited hit fiancee to visit him at Baden, near Vienna, and then, it is supposed, allot IIIT and killed himnolf. striving to praise Hod. If the anthem is an idle intrusion or a mere opportunity for display, the sooner we are rid of it the better. Onr churches, as I havesnid Ix'ii ., aro not in' ended to be concert halls for I ho gratuitous encouragement of egotism Hut. if our praise in led only by good musician* it may become a substantial aid to devotion. Still more significant it is when a whole con- gregation join in hymns of praise, all sing- ing as best they can." There is a govd deal of homely truth in these remarks. all periods. Wn ire Somewhat disposed to think it is always a period of unrest. Not unlikely some of Abraham's household made the same remark when the patriarch stai ti-.l to move out of C'haldoa. 'I here is morn un- rest, of course, at some times than M oilier times, more at some places than othnr places, ami some people t.t some times in.l H nre more restless than other people at other times am} places. " As Cnpt-.iin Biinnhy remarked, tlm hearings of this re- mark lays in the tpplicatiou on it. Knglish despatches are foreshadowing a measure in tho present I'urlumcnt for tho ii mi nl of tlm British members. It i* worthy of note that in addition to Canada and ihu I'nitoil States tho fclloiving coun- tries givo their parliamentary r. i>reeiita- tivos substantial Indemnity : l c r nice, $5 per day; Austria, ?."i per day : ' o-nnany, SJ ."ill jnr day : Sweden, ni tor a four month's Maston, 12 ;>:: day i> it-; da- duc'iod for al.icn ! -. r-itujti!. ) per year ; Denmark, ! a day. In S.. i ,1111,' 1'aly rcproneiitativM are not jii ' r.iijoy perquisites in tho form of ire and to forth. nut