... HIS FIRST LOOK AT THE NEW FOUNTAIN. TTNCLE ZES (very near sighted): Well if that's not the funniest boss ever I see'd. ...

... THE BIRMINGHAM CATTLE SHOW. The fortieth annual show of fat stock opened on Saturday at Bingley Hall, Birmingham. The cattle form a larger and better shew than for many yearf, but the sheep and pigs show a falling off. The -Queen has first and second prizes for Hereford eteers, two seconds for sbortborn steers, first for Devon ox, second for Devon steer, and first for Devon cow and heifer. The ...

... THB STANDARD OF VALUK (London: Long- mans).—In this work Mr W. L. Jordan states the case for the bi-metallists and it has peculiar value for two reasons. First, and chiefly, because it is a temperate and well-argued statement of the position of the advocates of a double standard, written by one who evidently has full knowledge of the subject, and who is not (as so many of the bi-metallist ...

... THE PORTHCAWL REST. Annual Meeting at Cardiff. The annual meeting of the subscribers to the above convalescent home was held on Friday afternoon at the Town-hall, Cardiff, under the presidency of Mr Charles Thompson, ot Preswylfa. THE ANNUAL REPORT was taken as read, and it showed a gratifying increase in tbe endowment fund, which had obtained much sustenance from the ladies' bazaar held at ...

... FACT AND FANCY j In Unequat Proportions. The way of the transgressor is to plead not guilty, Wish to be what yon are, and think nothing preferable. What time does the next train leave, sir Where are you going?' None of your basines, you inquisitive thing. Tom: Do you know, Jack, that woodpecker reminds me of my tailor.—Jack: Why ?—Tom: Because he bores so with bis bill. I'm afraid it's not ...

... Mae yr eira gwyn yn disgyn, Ow, Rubin Goch Gan fanteliu giyn a dyffryn, Ow, Robin Gocti; Clo'dd y rtiew holl fwya y traan, Gwag ei gylia, gwy w ac egwan, At ein drysau daw gan gwynfan, Ow, Robin Goch. Rbyw gardotyn bach, bron rhynu, Yw Robin Gocb Ar ein garddrwa salf gan grYDU; Ow, Robin Goch Pwy na roddai dainaid iddo, Wrtb ei wel'd yn gwyl-foes wyro? Dyro friwsion i'w gy^mo, 'R clws Robin ...

... Conn ,Sec'al la eating of th? Monmouth Town the vi held in the Sb ire-hall, oa Monday, CoasiH ayor (Ma G. HigRinRs) presidmg, to ■drafts ot provisions of the Railway and Canal town Act, 1888, and its probable effect on the *UH an(i digtrict. After an animated discussion *trong condemnatory comments from *ct of; ^onbers respecting the power given by *»Hani^Dcreas'nf? the already too high rates, ...

... Mr Henry George, the well-known apostle of land nationalisation, lectured on Tuesday evening in the Colonial Hall, Cardiff. His address was deHreretfTtader ctm nuapicee of the Junior Liberal Association. Dr A. C. E. Parr presided. Mr HENRY GKOBGE, at the outset of his lecture, complimented the audience on the progress effected by Cardiff during the past five years. He commented particularly on ...

... A MUNIFICENT QIFT. The Walker Engineering Laboratories, which were presented to tbe University College, Liver- pool, by Sir Andrew Barclay Walker at » cost of J620,000, were opened on Saturday, when Sir John Goode, president cf the Institute of Civil Engineers, delivered an address. Lord Derby su sequently presided at a luncheon. Later Lady Walker unveiled a statue of the Duket of Albany, ...

... Speeches by Mabon and Mr Randall. A Liberal meeting was held at Knelston Board Schoolroom on Friday evening to bear addresses by Mabon, M.P., and Mr D. Randell, M.P. The chair was taken by Mr Richard Beyuon, of Burry's Green. The room was crowded to the doors, and amongst those present were all the Nonconformist ministers of the peninsula, and by representative men from all parts of Gower ...

... At the Brecon County police-court on Friday, William Davies, Richard Marchant, Thomas Waters, jun., and Thomas Lloyd, all of Llanfaes, Brecon, were chained with infringing the Salmon Laws on the river Usk, just below Brecon, on Sunday morning, October 13th. Davies, it was alleged, tied a gaS on a stick, and the other defendants, it was stated, searched the river for a salmon, and otherwise ...

... John James Caninham, a little fellow t'f eleven, of Trinity-buildings, Mermaid-court, Borough, was seen to jump out of a window with his clothes in flames, and at Guy's Hospital he was found to be terribly burnt. A paraffin lamp, which was in the room from which he had jumped, was afterwards found smashed to pieces. Whether it exploded or the boy accidentally upeet it is not known. ...