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... THE VANISHED ART OF THE SAMPLER. WHICH CHILDISH FINGERS WORKED LONG YEARS AGO. Behold these 'broideries. Finer you never saw. To the majority of people the word sampler merely conveys a vague idea of a square of more or less coarse canvas exhibiting a cross-stitch alphabet, a row of numerals, perhaps a house, or some weird, heraldic beasts below, and a moral aphorism as a tag. But as a matter ...

... . Once upon a time there was a Princess of Arcacia who refused to wed Prince Victor of Kurland because she thought that marriage ought to be based on love, and she did not love him, for she had never even seen him. So the Prince disguised himself, and, aided by an amiable prelate, was introduced to the Iioyal Family of Arcacia, passed himself off as Count Bernardino, made love to the Princess ...

... . Messrs. Frank Ilendle and Neil Forsytlj have anticipated the Paris Exhibition, for, as may he seen by our illustration on page 35, the setting for this season's Fancy-dress Balls is a most lifelike replica of that mighty show that is being prepared for us in the Gay City. According to their scheme, the parquet floor forming the ball-room must be regarded as the Pont d'lena, the visitor ...

... . The main interest during the last few dags has centred round Dundee Rietfontein Ladg smith, Maf eking ffwrf Kimberley. From the flrsi-nanud place General lule commenced his famous march on Lady smith, which he reached on the 26 th ult, Two days before this General White engaged the enemy at Rietfontein near Ladysmith), and inflicted considerable loss on them. On our own side, 13 were killed ...

... Chronicle of the Unr By CHARLES LOWE Turning of the Tide THE tide of war has now turned in our favour. For a week and more we have had a thrilling succession of bulletins announcing brilliant successe ...

... THE BATTLE OF MONTE CRISTO. Letters from the Battlefield. Our special artist, Mr. Ernest Prater, who accompanies General Buller's army, has shown himself a first-rate draughtsman. But he is more, for he writes as graphic a letter as if he were a trained writing-journalist. His most recent series of sketches dealt with General Buller's attempt to relieve Ladysmith from the east by way of Hussar ...

... [re fnturjc of the Republics EPHEMERAL MR. CHAMBERLAIN MR. HERBERT PAUL, in his indictment of the Government and all i works in the Contemporary, raises the question of annexation, and the word is to ...

... FROM THE, PEI-HO TO PEKIN A Bird's-eye View of the Disturbed Area China. I On this bird's-eye via p all the important points between Taku and Pekin are to be seen in their relative positions The absolute distances are given in the adjoining table. The route of the un successful relief force lay along the railway from Tientsin to the village of Lang-fang a party of bluejackets from H.M.S. ...

... THE RELIEF OF KIJMASI And the Governors Dash from the of Death. The Golden Stool of Ashanti which figures ahove is closely connected with the present rising. Seated on it, under the sh-de of the royal umbrella, King Premoeh would order his countless human sacrifices. At great functions twenty heads used to fill the great braaen execution bowl. With the Golden i Stool still in their possession ...

... BACK TO JERUSALEM- --The Dream of the Zionists. AN IDEAL VIEW OF THE ZIONIST MOVEMENT If all the Jews in the world answered to the call of the Zionists and returned to the Holy Land they would converge upon Jerusalem in five great streams, from Europe Asia, A frica, Am rica, and Australasia. According to the latest returns (given above) the total of the streams would amount to over 9,000,000, ...

... THE LATEST ARCTIC RECORD The Italian Expedition Beats Nansen. J he curva.ure or .he earth at the Pote is one of the most important points to be decided by polar exploration. At present the ignorance of the exact curvature leads to incorrect charting. A mistake in making the proper allowance in connection with this element of error at sea sometimes runs a vessel on to shoals and rocks. Fewer ...