Araldo cristiano e segni dei nostri tempi . sh, mostrando che un corpo d'acqua era in un tempo dove il desertnow si estende per molte miglia. * * N.. . La malattia di Gladstones, ad un timeconsied serio, lo ha lasciato molto debole butconvalescent. Un'illustrazione impressionante del thebiry tenure che un uomo pubblico gode è trovato inil fatto che durante le sue poche settimane di malattia, i politici britannici hanno preso a discutere l'ques-zione del suo successore nella direzione liberale.Il consenso dell'opinione politica sembra bethat Sir Wm. Harcourt piuttosto che John Mor-ley, sarebbe il leader in arrivo nel caso di G

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Christian herald and signs of our times . sh, showing that a bodyof water had at one time been where the desertnow stretches for many miles. * * # . . Mr. Gladstones illness, at one timeconsidered serious, has left him very weak butconvalescent. A striking illustration of thebrief tenure a public man enjoys is found inthe fact that during his few weeks illness, theBritish politicians took to discussing the ques-tion of his successor in the Liberal leadership.The consensus of political opinion seems to bethat Sir Wm. Harcourt rather than John Mor-ley, would be the coming leader in the eventof Gladstones permanent incapacitation ordeath. # * * ... As the Behring Sea fishery question isstill a matter of vital interest, we give to-daya portrait of De. G. N. Dawson, who has beenappointed one ofthe British Com-missioners in thearbitration. Dr.Dawson is one ofthe best knowngeologists in thiscountry. He i sthe son of SirWilliam Dawson, Principal of theMcGill University, Montreal, and isnow forty-threeyears of age. Hewas the geologist. DR. DAWSON. of the Boundary Commission to settle the linebetween Canada and the United States andexplored the region from the Lake of theWoods to the Rockies. In 1877 he com-manded the Yukon River Expedition in Alaska, making a journey of 1300 miles in boats.He is a native of Nova Scotia. * * * . . Pikes Peak, in Colorado, is no longeran unapproachable pinnacle in the clouds. Therailroad, which has been building for two yearspast, is now finished, and the first passengertrain reached the summit of the mountain onthe afternoon of July 1st, carrying sixty-fivepeople. The lower terminus of the line is6, 400 feet above sea level and the upper 14, 147, the entire distance being nine miles and thesteepest grade twenty-five per cent. Goingup, a snow squall was encountered and thepassengers were glad to wear overcoats. Theengine is propelled on cog wheels, the rear ofthe locomotive being elevated to give the for-ward portion a true level. The passenger cars

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