... THE BOEI WAgain. (Colli'nued from ?? 2.) FIGI1TING NTEAR JOILAN IS . BURG Jolha'inestburg, Wr'ednesday, 12 50 p.nI:.-A comisrando nf Boers undor Theron coutinues to maintain the offensive to the south ?? bur;r, tbeir presen t position being in fle direction of Klip River. An cisgesement was in progress yestcrday (Tiesday), the filing being aindible ill the ktow. NXo hleiail & ave yet come ill. ...

... The c-oercing of thle tiny RleIpublic of Nicaragla h by Great Britain has its lniuinorouls aspects. It is Y siugestive of tile interesting operation of uasing a l carthvleel to kill a fly, 0r1 a th11sa8nd1l-ton1 stNVuI s hanmmer to crack a niut. 'tlue 'abinet at '.Ma'sIga i doubtless elljoy thle ah.1lieveliut. of ialinlg a the British lion put forth Dis st.ret 'i.'I'They g mar be of the ...

... (BY OU SPECIAL CORRESPONDENr.] SPIUNG-LIKE WEAT'IIEI. Since the tempestuous and extremely disagree- able weather of the latter davs of March and be- ginning of April, the temperattue has become mild and spring-like, the winds Coming from a weskrly quarter, and only moderate and light breezes prevailing in all districts. Altho'ghL- slight showers of rain have occurred in different parts of the ...

... VILLA, ALLOTMENT, AND COOTAGE I GARDENING. PRAOTI(AL HINTS. tBY OUR SPECIAL GARDENING CORRESPONDENT.] WINDOW GARDENrING. The garden in the hocse is ounotantly kept before our readers, beoauso there are many persons who love plants and d'olig1ht mn their culture Wiose only place wfiere they can be kept is in Ile -window inside tnd out- side of it. And itsi surprising. bolw msah ean bedone even ...

... I. I 1 A serious fire Occurred late on Wednesday ?? at the prelni.*s of -MJr. W. Maroden. dyer and beet.s finisher, Clay-on-lane, Clayton. Mr. Marqden employv in all close upon two hundred hands. and of these sorne twenty or thirty were at vork last night. FortunatelW all suoeeeded in effecting their eseape. The alarm was ruised between half-past ten and eleven calock. Pend- ing the arrival of ...

... I THE STOWM. - .. rFIOODS IN MANCIIMtiER AN)D SAI.FORD. SEV~imAL LtVES LOST. Afanicheeter and sitlford w.ere yesterday we~ek ?? by onet of the rabst deluging rainmstoiwis which has been . e onvriened in redent 'year's There wa e an s;atuoug w eaviness in the s tmosphee in theo morning, hut an occasional ga of sunshine eouraged the hope that r ti~ rotstorm wice teemedrbrewing would pass am-wa ' ...

... ITHE WEAEKLY TIMES. The Shiip Canal revenue for 1897 THE CAA.xL iS disappointing. The exact figures are not to hand at the time of wvritimg, but it is know n that the receipts have boen only about :220,000 in advance of those of 1896. The revenue for 1896 was, it will be remem- bered, about £45,000 in advance of that of 1895, and Ihe revenue for 1895 was £40,378 in excess of that of 1894. A ...

... I , MANh R;TE A meeking of t- M ...

... ~±LLMGHT- R .I NATURE AND COUNTRY LIFE. BY OUR OWN NATURALIST. lFiiO1 OF COLD ON PLANTS AND ANIMALS. Important problems which every wild crclture in this country has to solve axc either howV to ?? itself from death during the season of frost and snow, or failing in this, how to perpetuate its kind by affording its progeny during the earliest stages of existence a means of defence against the ...

... f 1 BY JOSI!PE BIURGESS. THR ALATF-IMi7R QUIlSTION. s With the apiproaclh of the Trades Congress, tile n half-timer question is again attracting tile notice of v Labour statesmen in Lancashire. The textile a delegates, especially, have reason to face the t anual ordeal with something like dread. It is b not exactly pleasant to be pilloried as unnatural e parents, sarificing, their innocent ...

... i .- . rir fI.. r..*I :P [ oo - r-fi^' ?? hi : | * g ; 0 l DE R ?? .- I BY i DAL YMPLE BELGAE : Antlirqiof Luck at -Diamond Fields, Jack War- leigh Turf and Veidt,- sTales from the Ol. Bailey,' ?? No. V.-THt WOESOF THE1T RINCESS' OLIE. Iii the year 1866, a Ars. Ryves took advantage of the Legitimacr Declaration Act to bring a matter before the Divbrce Court that had amused the curious ...

... ,.ILLIA ALLO'TA.RMty AND ' COTTAGE GAIRDENING. PRA.C1TIOAL HINTS. [BY OCR SPECIAL GUARDENING COREESPONDENT.) PRACH TREE IN A CREENTIOUSE. We were invited a short (ime since to look at a pench) toeo tjaiined against the back of a vinery and greeenhouso, ini th ?? of an amateur, who, like a goodly number of otherm who ?? an interest in flower-and plants, poud but very ?? knowlei1ge. 'he tree was ...