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Said eielemettee Bled when 'nao, was thirty,three, and epeetit haying succeeded to the title of Vali of Egypt title teet he soon get his overlord, the Settee of Turkey, to eievaie to that of Khedive — he Promptly showed that none of ills habits had altered, when within Jul incredibly short space of time, he raised the nation al debt of Nati( fr'o, a have $10,000,000 to ovee five hundred The Suez Orient had been started by Ferdinand Op Lesseps — after lengthy negotlatioaS with the for- mer Egyptian ruler, Sale eloleme med — just four years before le- mail's accession. Israeli's first net was to Wave- melt the Suez Genet Company In- to parting up with a great deal more money time had been accepted by Said Mohammed when he greeted the original concession. That meant a lot more money for Ismail's harem and, steam yachts end 'gambling. But It was not sufficient. Then the Agnericee Civil War cut off the American supplies of cotton to Lancestdre — and up went the dOillitilkiOr Egyptian cotton. Sud- arIlythe- Egyptian cotton crop, which <bed been worth only $15,000,000 in Said elohantmedes day, was worth $75,000;000 a year to Ismail — and only about 10 per- cent. of that huge sum was spent on the nation ! And the gambling went on as wildly as ever. Concessions were sold right' and left, revoked and re- sold again at a higher price, Nothing which came in and what came totalled tens of millions of peunds"— .was sufficient -to cope with the frenzied, gambling which was Ismail's all-engrossing vice. Judgments were given against Egypt's ruler in international courts, and: both Germany and Aust- ria began to make war-like prepera- times to enforce some of the judge- ments on behalf of their nationals, Ey 1875, six years after the French Empress. Eugenie; on board the im- perial , yacht, L'Aigle, had ceremo- nially opened the Suez Canal, Egypt was internationally bank- rupt. Not even •the shadiest, most reckless of financiers would lend Another pennee All that the princely gambler, had left,., in the way of security, were his 177,000 shares in the Suez They say that the childree born to Melee of Mixed races, Inherit, not the virtues 9f both races, but their vices, History may not bear out that (beery, but it Is, certainly true that a elan whose upbringing has tainted him with tbe* vices of two entirely different worlds will be hard to match as au example of out - and - Out depravity. Prince Ismail was such a man. Born to the traditions of Oriental, despotism, when Use slightest wish of the ruling cage was a thing instantly to be gratified, at what- ever cost of human dignity and justice, Ismail was educated to regard self ludulgence as the chief prerogative of royalty. Cringing servants, flattering and obsequious palace officials taught fantail — as prleces had /been taught in the East from time im- memorial — that he was born to have his meet outrageous wishes. satisfied. But Ismail also came of a fight- ing race. As well as being great voluptuaries, his family had also been great soldiers; and when, by Oriental standards, Ismail was grown to manhood, 'his uncle, the Vali Said Mohammed Viceroy of Eiypt, seint young Ismail to Paris, to study the modern — Western — science of war at the French Staff College, In his favour, it can be said that he was diligent pupil at the Staff College — but the glittering, cor • - rupt Paris of the Second Empire had other things to teach Ismail than gunnery and field tactics. Besides, there was ample money to smooth his path to the very limits of viciousness. His allow- ance was, as became a prince — princely. Credit was unlimited. But, In addition, Egypt was, at that Wile, the happy hunting Around of shady foreign finanelern —and the Paris of Napoleon III was the very home of shady fin- ance Knowing that Ismail would one day rule Egypt, the financiers were quite willing to finance the prince's dubleus pleasures, against the day when he would be in a position to grant them valuable concessions on Egypt. It was a wonderful Paris, to a man with few moral scruples and a seemeingly unliniited purse. To the strains of Offenbach's mush!, fortunes were won and lost at the tables and, so ,far as Ismail was concerned;,-they were lost. His losSee.at the gaming tables astonished' even the hardened -and vesicle ,socialites of the day, and fantasticelly, Yet the losses ,only sharpened Ismail's appetite for HATCHING turkeys every week in the year, place your orders well in ad- vance so that you will receive your Extra Broad Breasted Bronze, Thomp- son Large Whites, A. 0. 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Canal Company, One day,, a top Priority coded telegram reached Britain's' Prime Minister, Benjamin' Disraeli, warn- ing hint that the Khedive of Egypt —Ives on the point of parting with bis. Canal' shares. "Informed opinion" in Britian had sneered at the Canal because the French were planning and building' it, init the few years in which it had beet! opened had ,demonstrated, beyond all argil= went, that Britain's empire in the East, and her Australasian colonies as Well, 'Were now dependent upon Britain's 'keeping the Canal from falling under the control of a rival, power. The telegram arrived at a week- end, after both Houses of Parlia- ment had risen, 'The price that, the Khedive was asking Was $12,000,000 in cash. „What was more; the telegram stated decisive,- ly, the Khedive had to' have the •motiey Within_ a- teWe holies. There vette, net even time to summon mem- bers of Perliateene,-, to• vote the nee- eseary cash to"buy the shares. Disraeli,, et that moment, showed the highest qualities - of stateamtin.? ship. On hieeoten authority be: summoned a .niember of. the great;! banking thin of Rothschild, and told the banker "hltintly .thite.he ixislied 'to borrow. $12,000,000. ' When the banker learned why, he Instantly adVaneed the money.. telegram was sent to Cairo and the 177,000 shares of the Stu'z Canal Company' shanged hands,. to become, the eroperty of they" British Geteerrenent. Disraeli,' when he presented tee', House of Coeutiong with the news,. got nothing but' congratulatiorei It was a wonderful day in the history of the British Einpire — *MACHINERY BANKRUPT stock of new Massey-Har• ris feed mills, hammer type, ball bear- ing, complete with hopper. Regular price $185.00 to clear $45, No C.O.D. Federal. 185 King St. E., Toronto. 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IofItGUS LANDRACE SWINE FARM FERGUS ONTARIO SAFE ON WILD THROW Pete Whisenant, Cubs outfielder, ducks his head as he leaps safely onto first base in the second inning of the Chicago-New York Giants game at Chicago. Whisenant grounded to Hank Thompson who threw wild and over, the head of Giants first baseman Bill White (foreground). 'Mystery of The Congo Peacock For twenty-three yearg the "detective" had waited for this moment, There, on, the musty, seldom, used, top floor Of the Belgian Congo Museum he had cornered his quarry at last. Be had solved the Mystery of the Conga rxd cock. His went bock to the time when he- had. first. taken up. the trail: of the Congo' Pea- cock and that first and only clue, the single feather. From 1.009 until 1913, the "detective," Dr. James Chapin the distinguished American naturalist, had spent a good deal of time in the Belgian Con , go, studying bird life and col- lecting specimens for American museums.. Just before returning home in 1913 he made a collection of feathers, some of which came from a native head-dress. Back in America it was an interesting exercise to sort out these fear thers and decide what kind of bird each one came from. Iden- tification of single'featheri isn't easy, but Dr.. Chapin's expert knowledge enabled him to place every feather except one of those from the head-dress. This became a mystery fea- ther. Many times it was taken out to be examined, and each time it had to be put back again. Meanwhile, he began specu- lating on the unknown owner of the feather, and decided it was some kind of game bird, possibly a pheasant, which as yet remained undiscovered, But Dr. Chapin had to wait until 1936 before his guess was con- firmed in a most' unusual fash- ion. During the 1930's he paid several further visits to the Bel- gian Congo and became friendly with Dr. Schouteden, director of the Congo Museum, And it was one day in 1936, when Dr. Chapin called to see ,his friend, that he stumbled on the solu- e tor . It chanced that the director , had gone up to the top floor- - of the building which was used for storing all kinds of things, including surplus and unwant- ed specimens. Dr. Chapin paid them little attention as he searched for his friend. Suddenly his. attention was arrested there in a- dusty discarded case he:,saw 2 birds, and one of thern orried wing feathers identical in every way , with the mystery feather he had cherished for twenty three years. But here was another mys= tery. These, two birds, one a male and the other a female, were described as Indian Pea- cocks. Arid long ago they had been dumped' there on the top floor because they were con- sidered of.,„no interest the museum. ,exhibited only anienals, of the:ongo.' Buteto Dr. Chapin, 'who knees', hie' birds` well, they presented e ti.:ftirther. puzzle. 'was quite ,certain that in' spite of name i.e47en. to ;Ahem, no etteei ebirdee existed' in India, Wheie; then, had they •come from. At, least he now krieW that" the 'bird from • which his mystery -feather had been taken definitely exist- * ed. He was particularly interest; I ed, top, to see that the birds! were really — pheasants: For-i; tunatelY' Dr. Sch'outeden was able to help by ,explaining haw the museum obtained the birds, and between them they gradu, "ally Unearthed the whole story, In the 'early 1900's an unknown employee of the Kasai Company, that operated in the. Belgian Congo, made a collection of local birds. These were mounted and labelled; .and kept in the company's offices, In 1914 the company presented this collec- tion to the Congo Museum. Most of the specimen's were renova- ted and put on show, but not the Indian Peacocks, The truth now dawned on' Dr. Chateri. These birds must be Congo rarities that had been ••caught arid mounted 'by the amateur bird collector nearly 'forty years ago, and had thou been misnamed. Not realizing that he had brought a new species to light, the unknown collector had not reported his find. If all this was true, and as- suming the birds shad not' be come ektinet meanwhile, interi- Sive search should reveal others. In the hope that other residenta in the COO Might be able to help Dr, Schouteden published details of the bird in the bid- iceituhib. Of the bingo 'Zoological di d A few correspondents i Write in frith Various Widely eePereted localities to say they thought they had seen the bird. There Was no tithe that year td organize a Search, but he returned in '1937,. and With the help of a slated hunter' located and ShOt one or two §peciiiiens, but did net succeed in taiittit, frig one alive: After the war the New' 'York Zne breettized a reelecting sit= es well as in the history of Egypt— when nearly .half' the shares of the Suez Canal Company passed' into British ownership. It was good business, too, apart from any question of Empire security. In one year alone, the dividend on the e12,000,000 invest- ment has totalled e4,e00,000- — tax- free, and the figure is always rising. It is estimated that Ismales sale Will have lost hiS country the better part of . two hundred million pounds before the Suez Canal, by the terms of the original concession, reverts to the possession of the Egyptian Government on November 17th, 11)08, That's. gambling for yea! Fine Gifts For Conservation The 1956 Canadian National Sportsmen's Show recorded a net profit of $74,301 despite in- clement weather which slightly reduced attendance, Frank H. Kortright, President,» informed the annual meeting. Income from the sale, of com- mercial exhibit space reached an all-time high of $113,277, the financial statement indicated. The net income from the pro- gram, concessions and lounge chalked up gains over the pre- vious year, as well. During the fiscal year just ended the Canadian National Sportsmen's Show made grants totalling $64,000 to various 'pro- jects and organizations •in the interest of conservation,. 'An-' other $100,000 is now available for conservation during the forthcoming' year. Some 'of the `orgarrizatigns and projects aided; by ,furids'Irom the Sportsmen'ss Show during the past .12 Months include, the following: Conservation cis of Ontario, '($15,000): Toron7 to Anglers' and, Hunters' AsSd- ciation,.::;,($15,000); ••::anadian Forestry AssoCiation. . of 'On- tario, •:;;:;(4600); '..)"!111Ylaskinonge Survey, ($3,381); Mallard• Duck Banding, '($1,156) Codtes Par- adiae Marsh, ($1,150); 'and In- sect Research, ($3,000). Mr. Kortright reported that ,plans tare well Underway for 'the Show?s tenth anniversary Which will 'be observed in ,con-' junction with this big outdoors and sports, extravaganza in Coliseum, March 15 to 23, 1957. Ostrich Swallowed 71 Diamonds -- • Officials at a Chicago zoo Were puzzled recently Whee an apparently healthy alligator died suddenly, They instructed pathologist to find out why. He reported that inside the alligator he had found five Mar- hies; two peach stones, a bi- cycle's reflector lens, a small hand torch, wearier* hair comb, a brooch;.., an air valve cap, eleven pieces of broken bottle and fifty stones. It was decided that the".alligator had died of stomach trouble. Zoo creatures soinetitries gob- ble up the oddest things, A fish at London Zoo during the Wee killed itself by eating broke en glass after an air raid and in the stoinacb of an electric eel was found a large coil of Wire. A post-mortem oti a rattle- Snake which .Was found dead One ,inonning showed that it had swallowed the winding screw of somebody's Wrist-Watch. A fee/ weeks ago a large numberV Coins weighing More than fonr petinde and Werth $10 were fetirid in the sterna:eh of an Ostrich' Which died in the -Buenos Aires • zoo. Arid , the- stomachcif captied ostrich South Aftlee were edited 'Seetile ty,one_ pure White diamonds,. orie of which Was over ,SeVen earatt, The bird is believed to have picked the& ;UP in the Kalahari Desert W s Where it was. captured by a litulter, FARM IMPLEMENTS. NEW and used Threshers. " Lowest prices in Ontario. Delivered any- where. Write GEORGE SOUTH, Heath- cote, Ontarib. AIMMO WIN, PODNER---Loading up for another round is Carta Perdue, during the international, pigeon shafting meet in Rome, Italy.' Marta was one of the' American representatives matching her skills with experts from all over the world. FOR SALE GRENFELL Recreation Hall; Billiards and lidwling. A real money , maker, no opposition in town. of 1,201 Ex- cellent mixed farming district. New building and equipment with living quarters in connection; also Barber Shop. A real opportunity for one de- siring a business of his own. Apply Glen L. Neill, Grenfell, Saskatchewan. pedition to the Congo, live spe- cimens of, the peacock being the main, - objective...The expedition was a great success, and in 1948 the zoo was able to put on pub- lic exhibition the first living, specimens ever brought out•'sif Africa. One of the most remarkable of all mystery birds is New Zealand,s rare "Notornis. Its story began with the discovery of some bones in 1847 by a goV- eminent official, Mr. W. Man- „ tell. These were identified by the great English zoologist, Sir Richard Owen, as belonging to -a hitherto unknown 'bird, which Notornis.„ Since no living specimens had ever...come to light it ,was assumed that this bird,' like the gee, was al- replier .extinct. • , TW6 years , later, ..however, lttantell niet ,some. Minters Who had just killed a specimen. Ig- norant of its rarity, they were making a meal of it, bilf.,Mari.- tell managed to save the skin. Shortly afterwards some Mao- ris captueed another and this Mantell.was also able to secure. These two specimens were tent to the British Museum. Again. Notornis vanished, and again, nineteen years later, an- other solitary specimen was caught by' a local httntsrnan. This time the New Zealand Government' bought it for $750 and gave it to the Dunedin Mu- seum. Flightless Notornis was a rare bird. Perhaps it was near- ing extinction, This seemed more and more likely as years passed and the fifth specimen was awaited in vain. By 1948, just half a century after its last 'appearance, No- tornis was' found, again. This time, though, it was not a chance individual,, but a email colony occupying a remote mountain valley' in South Island. At once' the New Zealand Government• stepped 4 in and gave complete protection, with heavy penalties for anyone found in .possession of the bird or its eggs. 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