... FLOWER SHOWS~ BALLATUR.-The thirtieth annoal exhibition of the B Ballater Royal Horticultural Society took olace in ta the Albert Memorial Hall yesterday afternoo i. The it show was opened by Rev. James R. &fiddleton, of Glenmuick, who referred to the object of the society in encouraging the amateur gardener and the pl labouring man in the cultivation of his plot of garden B ground, whether ...

... LItBATURE. BrTAC cins Semcirc To rBooa EARTH KOsw, LEDGE, Paw II. (London: Blackia & Son.) I iEvery schoolboy now is required to know at least the elements of physiography. Hitherto, I the wailt-of a really useful test-book has been I a serious drawback both to teachers and to students. Most of the pupils who prepare for such examinations as those of the Science and Art Department have not the ...

... SPEY, AVEN, AND FIDDICHSIDE FARHERS' CLUB. yl if i . EOW AT DOFFTOWN. r Yesterday the annual show of cattle, horses, &e. e under she auspices of the Spey, Aven, and Fiddichi te side Farmers' Cl'. was held on a field on the farm Itof Balvenie, nea D Iftown, kindly granted for the occasion by Mr Pi ud atter. This year the show has - lost none of the interest and attraction which ft obaracterised ...

... y GLENs13avcM.ZThe annual exhibition and cornpeti- ir tion was held yesterdsy within the policies of Glen- e bervie House. Tbe display of pot platsts was rather .e limited, but cut flowers were excellent and keenly ir contested, Fruit was a splendid show, especially Lt black currants, rasps, and strawberries. There was a d good display ef vegetables, and the specimens shown p were well grown. ...

... LITERATURE A?ND ART. Weare glad to bear that the scheme for destroy- ing the cottage of J. F. Millet at Barbizon will not take effect. The studio of the painter will be trins- formed in,'*o a museum, to which the public will be T admitted. 'The Life end Adventures of Edmund Kean is A the title of Mr 3itzgerald Moiloy's new book, which A will be published next month in two volumes. Mr d, ...

... PARKEHILL AND DfYCEFLOWER SHOW il AND GAMES. -- A The following is the prize-list of the Parkhill and G, Dyne Flower Show and Games, which was held at 58 P~arkchill. on Saturday: I Begonia-A. Milne, ]Disblair ; 2 A. Meston. I Fi Double petunia-i W. Still, Dyc~e ; 2 G. Murdoch, Dyes. 1 Myrtle-W. Still. I Liliumn-A. Milne. PI to 1 Fuchsia, light carolla-i A. Milne, 2 A. Maston, 8 fe )n W. Still. ...

... > MARN001H AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. -- one y SUMMER SHOW. knoci milke The annual summer show of live stack, poultry, 2 JIo and dairy produce in connection with the Marnoch tjople Agricultural Asstociati on was held on the Market -Re, Stance, Aberchirder, yesterday. Thes weather in the Aberil Iearlier part of the day was cold and boisterous, bu -Ge, as the day advanced the Pun shone out, and ...

... CENTRAL BAINFFSHIRE FARMER CLUB. SHOW AT KEITH. s For many years now the Central Banffshire Agri. Y cultural Society, which has its head quarters at Y Keith, has held a leading place among the provincial g- agricultural societies in the north on account of it: o enterprise, the number of entries of stock. and the .t popularity of its exhibitions. Like Turniff, it is in ethe centre of an ...

... The Bon-Accord Music Hall, which is to be ovened for the season on Monday, 20th inst., with a stall of first-class artistes, is situated in St Nicholas Lane, and was until recently occupied by the St Nich ola.s Lane Ut.P. congrezation as a place of worship. The buildinit was bought from them by Mr Robert Brown, . and has been let on a long lease to the Bon-Accord aMusic Hall Company, Limited, ...

... GOSSIP FROM VANITY FAIR. nei t The sumrnmer, such as it has been, is nearly over, Doi and the time of the killing of birds is at hand. In fact, to ahootists the most engrossing topic of the day is the prospect as regards grouse. This in Scotland is, on the whole, better than the recent re- I ports of snowetorms at onetime suggestd. The mortal- ger ity among the young birds was not so great ...

... A P1'CULIAR POINT. ke In the Peterhead Bankruptcy Court on Tuesdsay- e before Sheriff Brown-a rather curious point under - the bankruptcy laws was brought up by Mf r lilne, id agent for George Davidson, fihcurer, Fraserburgh. If He said that under a petition for se puestration in in bankruptcy, a meeting of creditors was ordered to be g held for the purpose of electing a trustee and com- bo ...

... THIS SA'1'A~ t)14' iPlE LAND. T AHE INQUEST INT DR RIDLEY.E The in luest on Dr Ridley was resumned at Fermoy onl Tuesday. Captini Feather~stonhanugh stated that a. l:atek~eeper entervd iDr lrr on the \isitors' books on~s- 'snown, Hs was not cryin.g wvhen he heard AMr O'tBriell had got clothes into the irnol, hut he felt grieved thaty he was betrayed by his oiiCiaR'. He woasn o Vy$ intlucoced ...