26 AUGUST 1899, page 9
The Rhine And Elbe Canal.
A VERY keen eye for the commercial interests of the Empire has always been one of William IL's most marked characteristics. It is a part of that curious com- bination of modern......
The Weather.
T HE people of this country do not enjoy a summer such as we are now passing through, a really hot, dry sum- mer in which the thermometer has either stood or seemed to stand—for......