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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 613, 16 September 1909, Page 8

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. —■ —-0 : INTERESTING ITEMS BY MAIL. .. KING MANOEL TO VISIT ENGLAND.' 1 ... London, August 7.',: King Manoel, the nineteen-year-old Sovereign Portugal, has receved a personal'letter from King Edward" inviting 'hiiii to visit England.' He will probably be the guest of t.he King and Queen at. Windsor. Castle during the Bocond week in November. .The-'young monarch will snjoy shooting in the coverts, r , and, following oustom, will Be entertained by the City of Lori--ion, driving,to the Guildhall from Paddington siong -decorated - streets. Tho' Lisbon -journals Rpfess great''satisfaction'and suggest the possibility - that the marriage of -the young King ivill-be discussed during* his stay''in England. the Lisbon-assassinations. of, February 1, 1908, 1 -brought Dom; ManoeT from a-nav.al training college to'tilo throne. .He-is of dark eyes ind hair and pale' skin, and has o'atgrou'n /a ■ondency to .delicate' health which marked bis wvhood. Ho ;is an -.active and -well-built young nan, - whose' physique already shows the tralitional embonpoint of.his family.: His face' labituslly expresses a smiling good -temper.'Sis character has .much of the charm of his nother, Queen Amelia, to' whom he is tenlerly attaohed. From her,, too, come a strong ove of- books ' and artistic tastos—the young Sing,sketches, and is an excellent-pianist. Ho' vas always more studious than' liis late broker, but his unforeseen, call to the throne the. acquirement of much fresh □iowleage.:". He has therefore applied ! hjmself io a strenuous-course of study, Less devoted ;o. outdoor gaines than his lato' brother,-the ronng King is yet, like,his father, an enthusiastic lawn i tennis player. -■ He fences well, is :ond of' billiards, and; every day rides out on ior6oback. His favourite flower is the orchid, lis pets, are <}ogs, the chief being a Danish 1 j'oarhouhd,: Box,; and an, Irish' terrier named Tagus.' - Dom. 'Manoel - emulates' King. Alfonso n jliis fondness for motoring-pat a-brisk pace or preference—despite the indifferent - surfacef many ,of the Portuguese 1 roads. With the Jueen, ■ his . mo ther,' he • regulairly . plays,,bridge or; ii! short/time'. after- dinner.:. Manyj runours of Dom Manoel's. betrothal have been pread from 'time to time since his. accession. L granddaughter of King Edward and -the Raiser's.- only. do.ughter . are among tho Prinesses ' whom rumours—only -to be promptly' ontradicted—have' named as the'future Queen f Portugal. '; , FOOD FROM CHINA. '• • Nearly 5000, frozen carcasses of/pig's sent all he ivay from .Hankow,'in China, tor consump-ion-'in England havo just passed the inspecion' of the Port of London fcanitary Authority t Deptford., - Their .arrival in the , steamer Palermo,, -with v mariy /cases of Chinese beef, loultry,- -deer 1 , game,' : and; eggsj; marks the - coma'oncement'.of a highly' ihteresting'experiment-. "Chinese-'pig; has never'.before been offered is. : an article of^-consumption; ih England," exiluined. a director'of, the Union Cold Storage to whom the- cargo was consigned. 'As ; :-regards J the Chinese : beef, '-poultry, -doer, ;amej and eg£s, I: am not quite dertain whether hey are entirely rieiy, 1 Tlie , experiment may, o-.far as-, they-are. concerned, - have been tried n a. tentative way before —certainly not on so arge a scale as this. Upon the success of - this xperime'nt, in 1 whifch the": resources of China •re serionsly called ujpon-to- aid tho markets of London for the first time, depends tho building ip.of -a new' trade.'" ' ', As", long-ago as last December; the idea of ntrod vicing to England Chinese pigs fattened n-' tho-banks of the Yangsteßiver was'first adpted.'.among several' English 'firms-.. Sir Sutherland alluded to it at the annual nesting, on December 11, of the Peninsular ridOriental-Steam -Navigation Company, when le'/expressed,'.'the ,ho™ that; this first shiplent would,"mark the beginning- of, a-very .large Jhitfese • - . ''Pip bjed' in .'.China -art) certainly' hygicniclly fed, defclared' a' Chineso gentleman, who lOlds ah official'position'in London. "When 'oung .they are given grasses growing over rater, and later' they are fed on: wheat or barey,;bran, and- peameal, mixed with turnips ad-cabbages.--The pigs. are generally kept in tyes, as I. beheve.is the case in England. .-' - -. .-I. . , .£IOO,OOO. GIFT. •* ,' 7. .The sum-of •£loo,ooo'has been' presented to he managing; committee: of tie. -Home of Befcov- ? y r> Tf or -n- Convalestents-of-; which l.iX.li. Pnncess Loniso, ! is. president, and the : iarr :_of • .Lyttoh' ohairman—by : . Mr. '-Ernest 'nxteick Schiff,-of.No. 1 Carlos Place, ;Grosvoior Square, and Warnford Court, E.C. in S^ir of ' 'i h iC brother, -Mr.•- Alfred George ichiff.; Mr. Schiff is a, wealthy and well-known nember of the Stock Exchange.' -He is a aturahse'd Englishman who has been in this ountry,almost aU '.his life.A bachelor, he ivcs in a flat in Carlos Place, 'Ware.- . The' donation," says Mr. Schiff, "is o tafio the form: of a large modern countrylouso- at; Oxshott, seventeen miles from Lonon, wmoh I' nave purchased, and which roll « endowed. The, house isv named! Bevendean nfl, stands m, grounds of forty-four acres. It ormerly belonged to Sir John Aird.'-It is inDnded' to makd this place a home of recovery or.indigent surgical patients, whom:the great jOndon hospitals, owing'to pressure on their ecommodation,: are unable to keep until they re completely recovered, and 'who at:present lave to be'discharged while they are-still so reak as. to requre. more, attention than the rainary .type- of .- convalescent:.- home. is able 0 provide.--- My only brother, whose memory I P, *?' ®n*OU9 to perpetuate, suffered so much hat I am TOxious: to lighten; the lot ■of those ~L ar ® ail ] lcted :«* -ft-similar way.; Ho wis my l JF tn ®r. and my, constant. companion.' ; My only oject 'iQ to -keep-his niembry'greGi!/'' -■■■■y CHLOROFORMED LIONESS. 1 The officials at tho Zoological • Gardens: have naUgnrated with- succoss a now method' of ntting- the claws ,of'the: mora' savage: memlers of .the Previously 'this operalon : had been by' ' sheer physical orce; iaw'. the', "nippers'; are' 'ajpplied, while ho animal is-;.under 'the influence:of chlo'ro,Ji»v.. new , ls , simpler and ; very much [uicker. A lionoss, the dew claw if whose j left ,-fore -foot ■ had. ourved; over' and ras growing into the: pad, was the'first animal 'perated on.; X sbonglv .fashionedcase," with ;lass sides, and. sliding doors at each end, was m /on wheels to. the., door leading from the ropt to the rear of.tho cage.- Into'this case he animal-.was -dnven by - keepers, and: the loor was closed: down, ■- -. - Though /a small: aperture-in the side-of tho aso chloroform was pumped until, in about 1 quarter of an. hour, the beast fell down. By Mang. slightly-one of the doOlrs,; it' was posible .to .tell by the limpness of the., tail ffiat Ph«n P 1 nes ?' * as Perfectly harmless. Lhen the paw required was pulled- out, and he .keeper relieved the - beast of her ingrown llo™ v The clawsi of, a jaguar ?ere .afterwards, cut in. the' same maimer. BEQUESTS:FOE ANIMALS. Largo bequosts for. the, benefit of animals pero - made by Mrs.' Sarah Jackson,' of West lank, .Eose Hill, Bowdon, .Cheshire, whose state,is valued at Mrs.. Jackson left) 81000. to the Society for the. Prorention -of • Oraelty to Animals. •••••• eioto Vs J. H. Buxton, of Ware, ■ and Miss Johnston; of-Carlisle, for. the benefit .of .animals in-.Naples. ' eiOOO to.. Mrs.. S._ H. Odlam, of London, ' for the benefit of animals m -Monaco and • Monte- Carlo.. " • esOOJ eimiloTly •for-'.tho'' benefit >of animals in - iiigypt. •" t f h if„ ;H^ me . o t ßcst f S r Horsos London. S i 'i? T? J 0 ™ 1 Battersea. MAn' i iv 8 i? ogs , Homc ' Liverpool. OT. to the' Manchester .Home for, Lost Dogs. SS . 4.1 ® nt J'. V ""section Society. E2CH) to.the_Cheshire branch, SJ?-C-A : Bv_ Mrs..Jackson's death charitable bequests ' made - r " • Daniel Sheriff Jackson,' of ManPinmn t m \? )ay ? bl ?- These include: - • nC u est "„ br ;? ch ' S.P.C.A.. Ss®. f9.'S ,e Society.. bIOOO to the Manchester Home for Lost Dogs; .THE DtJKE OII'CONNAHGHT. "In view- of an impression that the Duke ol jOnnaught is at .variance with the Array Coun' :il, and that he intends to sever his associa•ion. with the Army, we;aro informed (says.the Daily Mail ; J, that he never had any inten,ion of the- kind. . He differed somewhat from .He Army. Council as.to the importance of-the Mediterranean/command, which ■ lie has just , esigned- --;Bnt under the 'schema-of defence #.°h.,is now. beme .thrashed out by the Im! >erial Conference, that command,will probablv irovo a,-highly important one, , which will re--Of ability to fill it.- It is imlrpbable that the Duke of Connaught irill renain -long a post. He . continues to ■etam his: chairmanship of the Selection Com-