ergen, saw this bird in the rigging of his boat. It
was very tired, had its head under its wing, and was fast asleep. The
captain shot the bird, and it fell into the sea. He did not think
anything more of the matter until he happened to remember hearing about
the pigeons Andree had taken with him. He turned his vessel, and steered
back to try and find the bird. Fortunately he was successful, and
attached to a tail-feather of the carrier-pigeon was found a small tube
with this message in it:

"July 13th, 12:30 P.M.

"Latitude 82 deg. 2'; longitude 15 deg. 5' east. Good
progress eastward, 10 deg. south. All well on board.
This is the third pigeon despatch.

"ANDREE."

It has been proved that this dispatch really was from Andree, and it is
the only word that has been received from him since he started on his
perilous trip.

* * * * *

England seems to be determined to keep her hold in Egypt, and, if
possible, to strengthen it. Her troops there have been ordered to
proceed to Khartoum and thence to Uganda, with the plan of sending them
on to Fashoda in order to make it a British post.

England realizes the immense importance to her commerce of keeping the
White Nile Valley open and safe. It is reported that she is now
conducting negotiations at Brussels and at Berlin to secure control of
the territory connecting Uganda with South Africa, which she tried
unsuccessfully to secure several years ago when Lord Rosebery was in
power.

* * * * *

The news that the French liner _La Champagne_ was overdue last month in
New York, caused considerable anxiety. This increased as several days
passed without bringing any news of her.

Then the steamer _Rotterdam_, which arrived in New York on February
27th, brought an officer and six men belonging to _La Champagne_. They
had been picked up in an open boat in which they had been tossed about
on a rough sea for six days and nights, suffering great hardships.

They announced that _La Champagne_ had broken her shaft and was
anchored, safe but helpless, off the banks of Newfoundland. They had put
out in the open boat in order to seek for assistance in the regular
track of the steamers, from which _La Champagne_ had been driven.

Assistance was sent to the disabled ship, and a few days later she was
brought into the harbor of Ha