... I HINTIO OF INDUSTRYk1ND- ART I ABERDN. , I . . I MP 4xkihiltoawof Inustry ah4~Axt, mtider.,tle usu- I1 ie Off tbe Aberdeen United Txadesi~ouncil, wbih1Oh QPSZIG in 'the Town and County 1Ea11o~xAberdeep, to-, day promaises to be -fae of the, rmot interesting gnd2 snstructive-fesatres.-of this holiday season. .The ex- lisbition is creditable i3Ya high degree to the Trades Council, with -whom ...

... THE COLOSSEUM FANCY FAIR With the advent of December the various bazaars and fancy goods warehouses in the city have begun to assume that gay and attractive appearance which in former years they were not wont to bear till Christmas week. Goods appro- priate fer Christmas and even New Year pre- sents have been laid out, sand in one or two instances tradesmen have so far forestalled the festive ...

... S.. Tho' fiery an' fiercely the sun may arise, He'll be pale ere he sinks in the west, A match will be waged till it e'en shakes the skles, An' a vict'ry be scored for the best. You brag o' the brave wha ha'e won for you fame In the red ranks o' danger so grim; The.brave for the present, whaurever their hame, r Are the skips with the best Dicket bruine! Chlorus-Then, hurrah I Johnny Frost in ...

... GLABGOW SCHOOL OF ART AND HALDANE ACADEMY. Ps Rdtnso JEB ON Tim' M-rhIO M[OVnET. The annual meetisng in connection with the Glasgow School of Art and Haldane Academy for the distribution of prizes was held last night in the p Queen's Rooms. There was a large attendance of students and their friends. The Hon. the Lord Prorost presided, and among the others present were Sir P. Cunliffe Owen, ...

... COMMERC[AJJ NTErfLjiGN( LONDON STOCK EXCILANG'J.-RIIJxlAY; There isi a fair eniluiry foi, mou-.y t atc3 are rather firmer, owing to the continued it upliti the American Exchange. Short loass are' qc.oted 3 and 4 to j per cent., and discount 31,5, per cent. for the best' bills. Egyptians firm, Undifed, abcrn ; Dai sr, and Trbibtt* Svoenty-one Loan, 4 higher. Turks rather easier, Costa Ricaict ...

... FASm2ONS FOR DECFMBBR. in -as- The highly acceptable fashion of wrearing a, large and A. 'warm narrow cloak over the elegant. dresses worn as 1 be- toilettes de visites, and leaving these wraps in the IA ;rg. ante-chamber, obtains as fashion~able favour this season S DU as that accorded it during the two or three preceding. I~ !k, It enables the wearer to show the whole of her dress to to the ...

... - GERALDINE 1LvvTHNosE: A ktcl. .By the authr I Mof a iss Molly. William Black-wood & Sons, E3dinburgh and London. The author ok Mliss Mollv- has selecteda ,siar oil scene for this story-'Aerica during the War of [1;. dependence, and her characters have cmuch of thati quaint directness of speech a-nd action which distil I guished the more primitive districts of America a century' ago. The ...

... SOCAL MEETINGS. OLDURLDRUtI. -The annual ploughman's ball ass held last Friday evening in the Public Hall here. The ploagnhmen n the ncighbourhood turned out in goodly numobers, and the mecting was kept up w tth consider- able spirit until the small hours of the morhing. RAYNie.-A biall was held in a loft, kindly granted by Mr Robertson, North Newton, on Friday night. There was a good ...

... _ - blitanirtvestieartion showedthat the supposition W2S not tenable, and all the fa5ts pointed to the condusion t, at !r. a iit lDf desDair the unfortunate fellov7 had tr.loP7n hirs3elf inte; one of the partially filled pr&sses urmg the aDsesce ef bb.e v7orkmerl, and been. presi so dea0 ^ tstlBETlT LlrMSDEN, ER.D, . joir2Ty-M_~ANAuiEK 0F MhE NO IVIT U CL~ SCOTLAN_,D Our last iss$Ue contained ...

... THE WINDj= EXHIBTION OF T=3 ROYAL ACADEMY. [FMBsT NOTTO] t The Winter Exhibition at Bnrlingtoc-Hocve epromises to be a memorable one. The first feel. r ing ?? however, after a rapid surrey ]is a sense of misallou e t of space and of unft. , ting arrangement. In the galleries are collected ea selection of old masters and separate re- 1 presentative exhibitions of the works of twa 1 lately ...

... SCH09L BOOKE. The activity of publishers has been quite as remarkable during the last dozen years as has, been that of the School Boards. Indeed, were:' some of oureducational orators as well acquainted' tal with the subject, they would find as good a text STi for a speech in the improvement and increase of do school books as in the magnificence of our new: schools, or in the striking increase ...

... Hsi~zxrs3cS~ls. - The second annual show of winter I .flo'vtr&r chryenthiemuzns, 6Sc., of the Bteleosburgh£ and Gare t ocshe;ad Hiorticoltural Soce ty ?? held ye-ter.'ay in lilngI Skstrlat'i, Helfeoesborrh. Three orweafine display of risry- eathelmtsums. bosh in pot and. rut bleoonsa. A splendid ?? 3of pidots was sihhisdrd by ,l~o 3ames Eeygro, among thee ?? shown being several eranples of ...