A LETTER TO. CARDINAL LAVIGERIE. >

COMPLAINTS AGAINST EUROPEAN

OFFICERS.
London, June 12. Mrßrodrick, Financial Under-Secretary to the War Office, replying to a question in the Commons, said his department was not liable for the actions of officers in Uganda, lent to the British East Africa Company.
HOME RULE.
PROTEST' OF IRISH PRESBY TERIANS.
' London, June 11. The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ireland have carried a, resolution vigorously protesting against the granting of Home Rule to Ireland.
PRINCE FERDINAND.
VISIT TO ENGLAND.
London, June 11. Prince Ferdinand, of Bulgaria, who is on a visit to London, has been visited by the Prince of Wales, and entertained at a lunch by the Lord Mayor. Speaking at a banquet, Prince Ferdinand expressed himself confident of Great Britain's sympathy in regard to Bulgaria.
THE WAR IN VENEZUELA.
New York, June 11.
The latest intelligence from Venezuela states that .the rebels are making steady progress in their engagements with the Pre sident's forces.
A Lancashire, Derbyshire, and Eaab Coast Railway Company, with a capital of five millions, has been established.. *•,

MORRIS JULIAN'S WIFE

BY ELIZABETH OLMIS.
CHAPTER 111.
THE SHADOW OF A CLOUD,

The first two years of their married life were spent abroad. It was a never-end ing delight to Morris to,witness Satia's enthusiastic enjoyment; to note the rapid development of her bright mind under circumstances so favourable; to feel that Bhe turned to him as the loving giver of each pleasure ; above all to have and to hold her as the very apple of his eye, the source of bhe purest joy he had ever experi enced.
