... A CHAT WITH AN OLD SOLDIER. At Ten Acres, within easy hail of Birmingham, there lives one of England's heroes, who, alas, is destined to eke out an existence by the aid of his munificent pension of fourpence a day! This is the lot of William Wray, of ...

... Chat .? \\ A ;r XV*’' ...

... magnified. For instance, if a man takes a bet of, say, 5,000 to 500 about a horse, and the next day hedges it, the public jump to the conclusion that a big commission is being worked, no less than £l,OOO having gone on. As a matter of fact, ...

... A CHAT WITH HORACE ALLEN. A representative of the Leigh Chronicle called upon Mr. Horace Allen, on Tuesday last, with view learning something about the Christmas production of that gentleman’s play at the Theatre Royal. “Isee, Mr. Allen, you annannee ...

... A CHAT ABOUT INHERITANCE. | One of the most interesting, as well as one of [ the most imporiant studies iu which the scientist oan engage is that which relates (o the ut‘u‘n of inheritance, That “like begets like' is, the main, a true proposition, although ...

... out-distance a horse after a ten-nide rare over Australian Some of his stories are very funny. Here A friend of mine once related to me a Cur lout en• pertence which hint ilering • up the Trichitiopoly coat IS few yesra since. As he nun p through ...

... CHAT WITH A FAMOUS FOOTBALLER. Mr. JonN ROBERTSON, a miner, is one of the leading players in the Shettleston Swifts Football Club. At his house at Barrocknie,near Glasgow, he told a story inteteating to all footballers. He said, I am 26 years of age ...

... CHAT A LA MODE. Brown, Jones, and Robinson di,ronered dixttooring the state of the Nary, iu a fird.c/tors compartment. Brown.--My dear fellows, I can assure you we are in a terrible condition of unpreparedness. If France was to declare war to-inorrow ...

... in their clothing. Ellis had purchased a new silk hat, a blue Melton overcoat wltli velvet collar, of fashionable cut, and also silver-headed walking cane, and looked p--»r--fect “masher.” Walsh had elao donned a new overcoat, similar in style to that ...

... Alter a few personal qneslions, I plunged in mediae res. . Hew did you manage to hone the public so? I asked. . . . . . . By cards', a crystal globe, and a mirror. These, with a curtain or two, w lamp, and a few other odd things, such ...

... and was told that a thunderstorrn was evidently proceeding in the direction of Blackpool. I was then flashed across to Fleetwood, and afterwards paid a flying visit to St. Annes, and terminated my aeriel flight with a , brief chat with genial Mr. Brandwood ...

... for the acceptance by England of a common frontier, and for the abandonment of England's pet theory of a neutral zone. Lord Randolph Churchill's state of health is giving a good deal of anxiety to his friends. He was in a very poor way when he started on ...