... RABBIT AND POULTRY -: SHOW AT DARLINGTON. ; rha -A 1 hil h;t The Darlingon Ornithological and Rabbit j Society held t eir fifth show on Saturday, in. .the North-road Institute of tha; town. The: 3 show,.thanks to the exertions of Mr Ed.'M'Kay, the hon. secretary, and the committee, was by K far the best yet held, there being a total of no 3 fewer than 258 entries-a considerable increase I on ...

... ha- 11- ?? ?? -^ - .^AS t neA very excellent specimen of its kind is Ur Edward Jenkins's new novel, A Week of . Passionl (1) which is a somewhat misleading le title for a clever account of the detection of an ii extraordinary crime, involving the honour of a noble house. The crime-a murder-is corn- mitted in an unprecedented mannrer.; for even It in these latter days of dynamite and ...

... TOW LAW FLOWEMR AND INDUSTRIAL SHOW. L _ ._ .. .. - The twenty-sixth annual show at Tow Law T, was held on Saturday, iamid alternations of 2 sunshine and rain, and before a ]arge poblic ni attendance, over 450 prizes behing awvarded r tar plants, finwers, fraui, vmgetables , po Ulbry, pigeons, rabbits. butter, eggs, IaNT bread, and ifor indastrial, lady amatieurs, anld ?? wor,2. Other ...

... TBE MAY MAGAZINES. . 4 (oONTwrxNXD). L The contenporary StBvie gives first place to -Our Relations with Turkey, an article in- spired by a conversation with Sir A. H. Layard. T it is. not difficult to guess its tone, as-our once Ambassador at Constantinople is well known to I have strong ?? sympathies, and to believe in the wisdom and necessity of alliance 5 with that Power. He does not ...

... . CAMP LIFE IN DAKOTA.r I Mrs Custer's reminiscences of camp life in Dakota are as lively and pleasant reading as one e could wish. Full of fun and spirit, whatever . the gravity of lthe situation, are these sketches of the pleasures and pains of campaigning, of E expeditions through hdstile countries where each step was fraught with danger;ofltong months itt isolated frontier stationa; of ...

... , CATTERICK HORTICUL- I TURAL SAOW. .The ninth annual show was held yesterday in the Riding School, at Hornby Castle, the seat of the Duke of Leeds, who, with Her Grace and a laige party, honoured the exhibition with their presence, and had their charming grounds and gardens thrown open to the public. The society, which includes a number of villages south-east of Richmond, was established for ...

... I NORTH YORK AND SOUTH DURHAM HORSE AND DOG SHOW | SKETCH PLAN OF, THE GROUND. L ?? Lb Ia -A L OPEN TEIS- DAY. .0 RIFRESH4tetrS EDi £3 -\ '1J L1ILO * f ou A LCO- .--I O4?V CmC E! 5 } 0 -Okra k ' ; = t DSHF go A:-b Dais Am, @ re ot and fatal sickness regularly and promptly paid so their visits, sympathising with the afflicted and a consolun! the bereaved, would not want friends v.) on earth ...

... DARLINGTON - :EORSE AND DOG 3:SHFOW. The South Durham and North Yorkshire twenty-seventh, annual show of borses and dogs was held in Mrs Gurney Pease's beautiful park at Woodside, yesterday, in most favourable I weather. Nothing, so far as outward and i unmanageable advantages are concerned, has been wanting to give to the Darlington Showi the success which always follows it, and f which it is ...

... ?? ! s R f t A Biographical Dictionary of Women of the .Day (1). compiled by Frances Hays, has just ebeen published by Messrs Chatto & Windus. It 3 8upphes in a concise form all important informa. tion concerning notable living women of all elands and is a most useful book of reference. Much trouble has been taken to ensure accuracy and fulness of detail, and the result appears to be very ...

... EHistory repeats, itself,'i says the writer of atn article in Temple Bar, entitled The RusWian Armament. In 1791 Mr Pitt's foreign policy had been eminently successful. Ile had de- stroyed the ascendancy of France in Holland; ?? had quelled the pride of Spain in the dispute of Nootka Sound; but his attempt to curb the advance of Russia in her invasion of Turkey ended in disaster. Russia ...

... IBA.INA 1.0 CASTILEi FilOWEiR _S. .. n The forty-third s'-ow of the BPna ,? 1 Castle o Floral and ?? Societ!y ?? idel e. ii terday within the pirtrireep 01 gro:no i Of lhe 5. ruins of the rock-er,) wued a ?? I lt ?? C. 68 The day w1aS genmt'li': fline, t ';uoluil w ?? ba'. odrll, fitful glearls ofilsu), a, coo; ai . at di Vii 't a- e about the sale its 'ast yer,-. COtn iu 1.irgj-) 1 numbers ...

... .'ZOBOA$TR,* : ^#-i -:t ?? ji ,, mrl, T. trion C ' Zoroater w',lU hardly be as popular as his previous works. The i lovsand sorrows of tw9 t housand year s ag o,: holevere lfoy iidepicted, lanno e appeal to mus2 ies do the joys and woesof yesterday. Darius, a Atossa., Zoroaster, are names well-known indeed, put their owns have been so long ' oosaisned to to .the dust of the tomb, that their ...