... UR LADIES' I COLUMN. . ,i . ; , I . pthebi ONE1 ~OF THEMSELVES,' t b 1AF'LORA'L- DiSPLii7-LH0RTICULTTURAi: I)EpoT- oni. RLOSVS-PICTURES AS FELT-THE Queer N im athei HER N IGiITDRES.9-NiGitT CAr'S-A lusEviah and g OF ANTriqo7 GARmENTS - WASHING IN bard I OLDEN TIMEs-TrHE wATER Suppiy-Bvctsx , SON~S FOR IT-CiXArIy ORGAN5SBATION-~~ 5 CASES OF DISTRES-A HELPING HAN~D. L Dr In walking'down ...

... AFFGHANISTA N. not --- ier ATTACK IMMINENT. the hat to t LATISOIE, Wednesday. re. Owing to the almost complete failure of the the recruiting department, and the prospect of an early campaign, the Government is contemplating the re- cal enlistment of the native pensioners to supply the to place of the troops despatched to the front. An early irst attack by Mahomed.Jan is considered certain, ...

... .ECCLESIASTICA .L the ELGIN FREE PRESBYTERY. The ontily eetn.,of the Free' Presbyteryof, .jgElgin was held yesterday in the classroomt of tCue High: ility Church. Irs it .ELECTION OF~ MODERATORS. Wing The' Clerk said that, As this' was the first meeting of :;Prpsbytery, since the Synod, iti fell to appoint, a -mode., .M rator, and in the usual order it fell to Rev.,Alex. Robb, g'aPluiscarden. ...

... INYERNES? HIGHLAND CLUB BAU?. ,The annuaxl ball under the auspices of the Htighland bfeenh iClub, Inverness, camie off in the hlub buildings, EHigh of tb Street, Inverness, nn Friday night, aud was attended °l with unimixed success. There was a very large attend- w lere .ance of ladies and gentlemen, and in every respect the taxdat tball must be pronounced one of the best the club have IiiOd e ...

... THE GENE1RAl; ELECTION. -e --------S THE 'UNIVERSITY' CONTESTS. GLASGOW AND ABERDE EN. , , ~GLASGOWv..' Thevoting at Glasgow continues by the twenty- five votes arrangement of mandates; Both parties have still a pile of these, but signs of exhaustion, it is expected, will begin to show themselves to-day. At four o'clock yesterday afternoon the figures were- Dr Campbell (C) 848 Mr Asher (L). ...

... THE MfORALITY OF blD-LOTHIAN. Morality1 was a ood deal invokced in the course of the late elections, and nowhere so frequently or vehe. mnently as in Ilid-Lothian which was urged to set an example to the world of righteousness, ti uth, honour, an d al the virtues. It is true that the force of this' advice in the abstract was a good deal blunted by L various concrete qualifications to the ...

... BANCHORY. SCHOOL BOARD.-A meeting of the School Board was held in the Townhall on Wednesday. Mr P. Davidson, chairman, preided. The Clerk sub- !mitted a general account of the receipts and expendi- ture for the past year. The Clerk also submitted a vidimus of the probable receipts and expenditure for the current year, when it was resolved to certify to the Parochial Bnard that a sum of £528 ...

... IThe custom of striking medals to commemorate I victories is a very ancient one; but it is only ill stea modern times that they have been issued in the form! thei of personal decorations. Probably the first medal in g conferred in this country for services in the field was wor one authorised to be issued bv Charles I. in the year repi 1648 to such soldiers as might distinguish themselves and ...

... ABEREDEEN STOO IP EXEA--E-1, c3.. t | ~~~~' COe.~sioe'reucrsE2-12i I,. i : -- 7- f r .tI^&L WAYS. ati. vtoo Uouealaa o pJr er. tiuer, 100 to. 'o. No. 2'Pref, . k'1O Do Dlotorred Ne 1. | 100 Dik j o do. No 2.. lk. 100 D)o. 4 por cent. Dobonture etk. 100 i). N. of Scotla,,i_ . etk. 100 Do., S per cent. Pref. eltk 100 Do. 4j percont. Prof. A 9tk 11°O DO. '4A per ceit. Prof. ...

... | I ~-. o. RieViC;Wes By ONE OF'THEMASELV'E1 S. mtTruio EASTER MONDAY - HAMPSTEAD HEATH- amserog ARISTOCRACY AND MoBoCRAcvA, DACIPYR of-being TO BOTANISTS-EASTFR WrEIZ HOIIbAYS-~ iretietiiB. THE ELECTIONS: HASTING-tRAiSSEri'S SONY- SHINE- SEASIDE I COENTRICITIBSLIUFFS ibiins01 AT DINNER-ARTIST GOSSIP-FASnIrO2NABIE 5STBRaT i '1 BONNETS-GOL LACE-CFTIFIA TiE8OF 3'sLane, COMPETANCY FOE SERVANTS ...

... LETTERST) THE EDITOR. A MISCARRIAGE 01 JUSTICE. Morphie, by Montrose, 4th June, 1880. SIR,-I enclose copy of a letter which I sent to Sir George Balfour on the 25th. ult. I have, however, received no 5nswer to it, asy more than I have done to several former ones addressed to him in connection with the saie sad event. I shall reel glad if you will kindly find space in the Aberdeen jotsrn(d for ...

... A correspondent of the JewisA Chronicle, who has. recently been travelling in Tangier, sends to that paper an account of a wedding at which he was pre- sent :-At about ten o'clock the lady friends assem- bled at the house of the bride's father, They were arrayed in characteristic gala dress. The bride, who wore a scarlet dress embroidered with gold, sat at the I top of the room; her face was ...