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... YANKEE YARNS. I Didn't Know the Artide. t Some people from the city were camping on jtheshoreofa.iitt!eia.ken)Vermont. One day tlVO young !a,die3 of the party went to the npa.rest store aad aaked for devilled ham. Of coarse the rurni uroprietor did not keep sach wicked-Boana- iuc; article. After the yonns: ladies had gone out a loafer said to the What on a.irth 'd them p;a.ta wa.nt ? ...

... AN OCEAN OF WHISKY. It appsais from statistics sop;;liod by the various collectors of Inland Revenue that the total quantity of whisky lying in bond iri Scotland on Jnus 30th laRt wan 104,635,40^ gallons, dis- tributed among the following c.kCti:)IH1 :EJgto, 20,343,615 gaJi.jijs Stiriiuv, 11,468,029 Ec!in!n-n, 11,218,445; Camobal!- town, 10,610,201; I'VJkirk, 7,342.265; Perth, 6,238,553; ...

... I Nottingham Meeting. ) NOTTINGHAM, Friday. Thor.gli hzy overhead the weath»r was everything 'thru conld lie desired at the opedng of th Col?iek Park function, and as the meeting enjoyed a clear date the greater number of the profes?ioKalf who had assisted at York moved on here on their way home. The card contained several attractions and fair fields assembled, while the attendance was quite ...

... BRASS BAND COMPETITIONS. Nove! Methods in Adjudicating. The brass baitil contests at Pontypridd were remarkable for a new departure in tho history of such movements. Theadjudicitor, illr Ord Hume, for the first time, was accompanied in his isolated tent- by an official shorthand note taker, who re- corded his comments as tbe contests proceeded, with the result that directly the contests con- ...

... RACIAL TROUBLES IN AMERICA. New York, Wednesday.—An incident occillrect at New Orleans, which it ts feared will give rise to serious racial disturbances. A negro race agitator was takan for a burglar by a police- man. The negro shot and killed the policeman when he attempted to arrest him, lie wa's fol- lowed, and in escaping from his pursuers shot and billed a police captain and a policeman. ...

... TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION AT NEWPORT. A Question of Motive Discussed. At the meeting of the Newport Technical In- struction Committee last evening Councillor Can- ning presiding, a deputation which has been on tour reported that in their opinion the planning and arrangement of the Manchester, St. Helen's, and West Ham Technical Inatitates were the most suitable to follow in the buildic-g cf an in- ...

... Doncaster Bloodstock Sales. Despite the fact that there was a lar;:e attendance when the annual sales opened this morning ororoed- ings were very unsatisfactory. Little spirit, was infused into the bidding, and prices ruled small. Not a single let reached four ficure*. and Mr E. P. CJ>V I ton headed the most expensive nurciiiibc v. hcu lie paid 710gs for a good-looking bay filly bv Buckingham ...

... United States Attitude. REPLY TO THIRD ARTICLE, I (Central News Telegram.) I IN-E W YORK, Thursday. The San says that the German Charge d'Affaires, on the authority of the German Government, haB informed the State Depart- ment that the third article of the Anglo-German Agreement is not intended as a threat against any Power. This clears the way for a formal acquiescence in the agreement by ...

... A TERRIBLE MI8E £ £ 3,000 in a Stocking. Stories about misers aro sometime-1.! exapge- RATD^FBNB it BAA been verified that a beggar- woman named Marie LM-t, who bar, diod at Ver- sailles, left beliinj bel: in gold aud bonds abous ik8,000, Tbe money was found in an oid cap. board in the hovel whertiu the deceased had lived for over half a century. Marie Leret was 83 years old, end was one of ...

... There is at the Paris Exhibition a locomotive, constructed for the Priissian Slato Railways which is attracting a groat deal of attention, from the fact that it is provided with a superheater which c intaina acore than one-fifth of the total heating surface of the engine. Exact particulars of what the superheater will effect are yet want- ing, but from experience with two previous loco- ...

... I BOBS'S RETURN. I The Date Fixed. The London Daily News says :—A private toiegrntn received in London on Saturday fixes the date of Lsrd Roberts's departure from South Afiicn for Etiglaud as beiuji within the seven days of the last week of the present mouth. ...