... Why do you always ask, my dear, Such foolish questions ? said De Lancer. Because they seem, replied the fair, The cnly ones that you can answer. ...

... THE OLD BAILEY. BY HARRY BLYTH, Author of The Devil's Heir, A Wiiy i Woman,1' &c., fte. CHAPTER XXXI.—AT CAMBER GREY- STONE. And what during these long, changeful years had happened with Blanche ? Not much. The time had passed wearily enough. She felt a restless longing for she knew not what. Her only diversion was the Christian one of visiting the poor, and her only work attending to Mr ...

... Important Ceuncll Meeting. A meeting of the council of the above college was held on Wednesday, when important matters came on fcr discussion. There were present Dr Edwards (chairman), Rev J. Morgan Jones, Mr John Duncan, Professor Thompson, Mr Lewis Williams, Rev C. J. Thomson, Rev Alfrsd Tilly, Rev David Young, and Mr U. T. Whit- mell.—Mr John Duncan was unanimously elected the the ...

... The London Gazette of Friday contaills a. Privy Cjaucii order uotilyiug that a petition bus been presented to her Majesty by the couucu ot the borough of Cardiff prayiug, uuder the provisions of the Municipal Corporatioua Act, 1882, for aa alteration of the number and boundaries of the wards into which the said borough is now divided. Hoc Mujesty has be&o pleased tocrder that tho said petition ...

... THE ADVANTAGE OF FACIAL EXTENSIVENESS. JOE MFLLICK (after the cave-in): Th' byes may not be along fer an hour, Tim, an' we may's well tck it aisy. Me pipe wint out in th' gravel. Hov yez a light? TIM CROTCH hov. ...

... -,vh.3 c,Lt!L,, '?iti?-elf --eclel-ic Cli?.?toi), :irl -?r i a -),,vn of alc)11L?, tlie o,, e dln,, To the, t. Hansford. He espies a light in i house near and asks for alms. Evidently a £ reete ...

... Newport Radicals Disapprove. At a meeting of the Newport Radical Associa- tion, held on Wednesday evening, Mr C. West presiding, the following resolution was adopted That this meeting disapproves of Mr I?arnell's conciuctind of his ob?-2t* in refi-i,iii, ?,i,h part td resi,,n the chliriti-tnsh'p of I y fears that such conduct will damage the Home Rule scheme and hopes that he will, for the ...

... A CARD. -A*-i iiaport--?nt discovery Is LnlounCL-d in of a I-,Ilu,,tble remvdv for nervous debility, exW, ustio2l 1,:idne, and kindred le (ii,co--ery iiiade))y .4 lllis.s,oll,ll., iiiOl?l?,foxiec). ThL> Rex-. -Tosepb Holiiies, Blo()tnsbili?v--?qiiare, l,on?lon, W.C., WiL, se-ld the Iii-eE:criptioll free of charo;e on re- ipt. of a self-,tddrL-ssefl st,,tn'Petl eave]7ope. Alention this paper. ...

... WORKMEN'S TOPICS. BY MABON, M.P. The Eight Hours' Movement. The Effects upon Sweating Dens in Large Towns. Here again it is often urged that an Eight Hoars' Bill could not been forced, and it is with these oases, everybody admits, that it is most needed. It is argued that without the services of an army of inspectors, with powers to enter at all hoars the dwellings of the poor, such a thing is ...

... THE REV. MB NBWOOMB (just landed): And are you making good headway? THE REV. MB ONDEOE (Pastor of Cochibooli- grewgaw): Yes; it is astonishing how quickly the natives adopt the ways of civilization. ONDEOK, JR. (bursting in): Dad, dad I There's a gang of. chiefs going through Mr Newcomb's trunks on the beach, and a-sweariug like troopers because they can't find rum. ...

... Home Rule for Wales. WELSH PUBLIO OPINION ON THE QUESTION. A superficial observer of Welsh life, or one who did not possess the key to the inner and deeper sentiments of the Welsh people, would have been apt to come to the conclusion but a very short while since that there was nothing in Wales approaching a desire for any measure of Home Rule. That such a conclusion would have been not only ...

... By our Special Correspondent. POLITICAL—LITERARY—SOCIAL ( MR THOMAS ELLIS, M.P. tK m a^ra'^ I have unwittingly traduced' •*« Libian Desert? Mr Samuel Evans, of Alex- andria, whose ardent Welsh nationalism does not Prevent bis being a faithful Comptroller of Coastguards to the Egyptian Khedive, writing V^ristmas dwells with evident gusto on the intense pleasure Mr Ellis found in his desert tIde ...