... I ?? r ^ gOF 500 £VBSAY T bdrO yeats is a prpdo of tme soi 'that Ieopie are apt to think of it as pd with hum3anity generally rather than rt or tate in partiular. Nor is t say* ca0tiu3 alythnag else than suggestive ; tisO. fr aS 0as onrown island is con- s Tgre >.Ch periods carry the md back to o twor was a eoman proronco, and tisi ahet5,a destined to be the first ft G,3peror assumed the ...

... _vLOWXER SHOWS. GLASGOW W5f5 3321'SSH W The atnnual rOmP'irto~n1 of plnt betorgiug to the seorking ritiers f COcOCS non ?? 1Wee held tn LheCitY lial en Saturnday, Fe S!COW ?? piace undrtecrie rf te , Aejert drter ?? Free Oardenet-sauid was the reveeth of 'nc ser ies Fits otjedt which the scmmrette it ta i viw i hol1 tthec ?? is to elevate the tste of thne serrkiog and Iowae classet, by cantin ...

... LITERATURED (1) Gtin- War-Ship. HE We suppose that literary elegance Is scarcely I re to be looked for in a ; nival essay o a prac- tical subject by a practical man; hot in a book ea specially intenrier for tile instruction ,of the Wi non-technical public werdo expect a little more P' of the element of readableness than is to be 3 found in the pages of - Sir William Cusack- 52! Smith. It is ...

... CATTLll SfHUJ$,. STRA'THEAl'N AGRICULT URATL SHOW. The annaual hose in crrrnection with tlis t)oiety' was heid at CrieE yesterday. The r weather Wvas fauvouirable. There was, ant incer:t e If il-is. | a wi ole the shoiw va. as ery good, loartic lulir l in thre horse lepartmnent, for whici the cnt Lei were zneariy 11)0 inl excess ulE ISe ye'ar. Thle jurd~es| a uer :-For shorthorn and cross ?? ...

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... CATTLE SM0i&V$. IX:ILBAYXCHAN AG~vlCtTM'-L~n2 SO CIE''Y. The annual exhibition and competition o' livs stoc'k axld dairy proiiuce, un der tihe auspices of the; Rilbarchan Aricultural Socieay, Baas held yester- day on the farm, or Wbeatlaes, on the estate on Sir Archibald Niaier, Bart., Millik-en. Ths wveather was all thatr could be desired, and the show on the whole was a declded success. The ...

... zI i7ERNATIONAI EXHIBITION PICTURES. .,The question of the permanency of drawings c ~in water-colours has occupied a good deal of Ci lattention in art circles lately, and is not Vet a settled- Those who favour the theory of per- b manency have cited cases in which water-colours P 'have retained their quality unimpaired after the s laspse of many years, and, on the strength of F these survivals ...

... iOBF . X ?? ?? Shooting. 1l is a happy omen for the success of these volumes that they are published just as the aooting season begins, and they contain matter -o'f a kind which every reader of the Badminton ,library, of which. they form a part, will warmly 'welcome.JT5hey'deal, in short, with the particular 'sporfof the period. We turn naturally enough, Srst of all, to the pages dealing -rith ...

... CATMLE SBOWS. JKILLARS Pt. *The tonnail showr of Eiye stockad dairy prc- ~; decv, onder thae auspic~es of the Killoarin Assrfool- Le enrolSciety, .as held yesterday in a field inU thle f arm of Catrbeth. Thle weather in the forenoon, Iwas doll and threatening earl rain fell for a short Icv time, bet it. cleared off after nroon, and Ccc 0tz remainder of the day, thou~gh not briebt, was fair. ...

... -GA TTE si0 Mrsw. INVERNESS FARMIERS' SOCIETY. The annual show under the auspices of the In. vorness Farmers' Society was held yesterday in the Northern Mkeeting Park, lrvernese. Tihs entries were fewer than last year, a ?? off in this respect having characterised anl the northern exhi- bitions this season. There was a marked decrease in the number of cattle, only 158 of all clae~ss being ...

... GATTLE SROWS. - ZSTR-ATHEARN CE-NTRAL AGRWCUL: ThssceyTURAL SOCIETY. Ths o iey eld its. annual show at Forts-viol yesterday, whi ch w as a great success. The entrien vwere 135 in excess or the previous year. The chief priastalners were as, follows:- I Ssev.~ti~ol~s san abovs- se ?? Ferguson. rI-alswesull. Leieeoissi' sbsestjicg ?? Ferguson. Pest- ?? DeimLan-tor tus larohr-'i-M Feits-riro. ...

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