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...Capital of Canada by a most quaint expedient (1858). Her Majesty closed her eyes, gestured with her right hand and brought her extended right forefinger down on a map of Canada. Then, opening har eyes, she remarked: "It is our will that here shall be the Capital of our Dominion of Canada...
...presiding over a series of Diamond Jubilee ceremonies lasting, on the principal day, from before noon until after midnight. Most impressive was the maiden ringing of a huge, sweetly toned new carillon from the Tower of the Canadian Parliament. As the bells pealed, their reverberations spread throughout the Dominion upon a network of repeatedly amplified radio waves...
...what extent has Canada progressed since her Constitution became operative 60 years ago? Significant facts: 1) The land which was "our Dominion" to Queen Victoria, in fact as well as phrase, is now a great nation, legally co-equal in political status with Great Britain, and independent within the British Commonwealth. 2) During the Jubilee period the population of Canada has increased from 3,500,000 to 9,500,000; railways from 2,278 miles of track to 40,000; industrial capital from $77,000,000 to $3,000,000,000; and occupied farm lands from 30,000,000 acres...
History. In 1800, the Earl of Elgin set forth to make drawings, models, paintings of the Athenian ruins which testify to the immortality of Periclean Greece and the work of Phidias. Greece then was under Ottoman dominion. Being a Christian, Lord Elgin found himself obstructed at every turn. His artist companions were forbidden approach to the ruins, let alone entrance. Later Great Britain's arms prevailed over France, and Egypt (hitherto under French dominion) was dealt to Turkey. So enthusiastic waxed the Ottomans over this token of good will, that Lord Elgin was told to go ahead and make...
...northwest and the (British) Hudson's Bay Co. became critical when the Democrats made their campaign slogan "Fifty-four forty or fight"-meaning that Oregon should extend north to 54° 40' and include about half of what is now British Columbia and Alberta, provinces of the Dominion of Canada. The Democrats won the election, did not get the "fifty-four forty" line (it was settled at 49°) and also did not fight, having on their hands the Mexican...