... ci6 C U C Z, It r 411 o II t ll,!3 BY SIR ROBERT S. BALL, LL.D., F.R.S. ON the 27th ult. the scientific world received another of those epoch-making announcements which everyone who loves the truths of nature receives with breathless interest and attention. Professor Ramsay, who, in conjunction with Lord Rayleigh, recently discovered the new component of our atmosphere, now so well known as ...

... ?? -of Vnnlln -I I. By H. H. S. pEA RSE MEN and women who know what the rapture of a run is when every nerve feels the tension of keen rivalry, and there is a wild rush to be nearest the pack as it speeds over scent-holding pastures, will hardly wonder that a glance at Mr. Charlton's inspiriting picture last week set memory going on ground where pace is the one delight and slow hunting only a ...

... jottiar Xotflairt Olt t~f Congo By A MEDICAL MAN E IRON,1 THE FREE STPA IL1 I MET Major Lothaire several times when I was on the Congo, but then he was only Captain in ranc. His services to the Independent State, both on the southern tributaries of the main river, at Bangalla, and elsewhere, have since earned for him the promotion that has fallen to his lot. MIy recollection of him is that he ...

... Vp2e (eutt GUESTS AT WINDSOR SINCE the Queen's return home there has been a constant stream of visitors to the Castle. Most of the members of the R1oyal Family have been down in turn, the Prince of Wales spendlic, Sunday with Her Majesty, the Duke of Saxe-Coburg, andi hi son staying a couple of days at the Castle, the Duke and Duchess Connaught bringing their children on a visit, and Princess ...

... 34 30turg 'fatotium SIR HENRY RAWLINSON was one of the last, as well as onc Of the most notable, of the great Anglo-Indians who establishe1 I i Empire upon its pre- sentfirm basis. Times have changed since the days of his and his colleagues' rule, and it is hardly likely that the Indian Civil Service will ever produce again such prominent men. The poor Anglo. Indian of our day is a slave to ...

... . . . . I . ?? I - . [its 0 I . ?? !! ., ?? ?? - *THE ETERNAL EAST.-There has been a lull at Con- stantinople during the past week. The Powers have wisely determined to give the Sultan another chance. Whether they could help themselves is a matter of some dubiety, seeing that their accord has so far been essentially passive, and that there is little likelihood of it extending to a definite ...

... IT/TI-I T//F RO UPX'I)R - C0.1./I/SSJON IN 1-AZ/IAISTA.V TIE ?? spilit of the hill triltc, in Wazilistan con- tinues to cause ?? to thO commander of the expedition which is acting as cscoi t to the Boundary Cow mis- sion, although there iz little chance now of the tribes being able to malke another night attack on ?? troops, such as took place on the camp at Wano, s hen CLIetcnauIt Macahlay ...

... British Counsel in the Jabez Balfour Case Photographed by Witcomb, Buenos Ayres Dr. E. Lamarca is Counsel to the British Legation at Buenos Ayres in the Jabez Balfour Extradition case. Dr. Lamarca is one of the most eminent lawyers of the Argentine Bar, and his able conduct of the Balfour case has greatly increased his reputation, and places him at the head of his profession as regards ...

... C. ?? 91m --0 THE NEW CAaINET.-Even without making allowance for the shortness of the time at his disposal, Lord. Salisbury deserves great credit for the constructing a Cabinet admitted by all experienced politicians to be one of the strongest ever seen in England. Not only are the individual members men of statesmanlike ability all round, but in every instance except one the square peg fits ...

... %b Trafrozor 35UTUR TIrE death of leaves only one survivor out of the little band of famous naturalists who inaugurated the new science. Darwin and Tyndall both are gone, and Herbert Spencer, laboriously completing a monumental work, alone remains. It is true that a host of the once younger generation have grown old in the new faith ; but in the days when this new faith was being thrust upon ...

... 'uarat 3tes THE SEASON THE almond blossom was out this year on Palm Sunday in many gardens round London, being forty-three days behind the earliest recorded time in our own record and twenty-three days behind the average of a number of seasons. We do not fancy that the growirig wheat is behindhand to the same extent or the pastures either; but the almond is a very fait index to the general ...

... Nrabr I?ir 10411 franklill! AN ARCTIC COMMWMORATOV - BY G. BARNETT SMITH THIS week the Royal Geographical Society has commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of the departure of the last Arctic Exploring Expedition under Sir Tohn Franklin. Even in this age-the age par excellence of celebrations and testimonials-never was a com- memoration more abundantly justified than that in honour of the ...