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... A very interesting exhibition will be opened at Spa on September 1 5, when a competitive exhibition of beautiful women wvill be held. All types are eligible; except the black races, and the jury has already received a great number of applications from every nation in Europe, and a few even from Egypt, China, and Japan. Unlike the way in which similar competitions have been arranged; when the ...
... MUSICAL NOTE S. As statea previously, thle a uual distributionl toloaicertificates of the R.AM. will1 not tk e place till after the holidays the actuaI beiig fixed for as Saturda'v in October, the ew aebout the time at which the cele- or k place last year. Mr. Carl Rosa te rilp Or il to atted ?? the occasion, and girf ~chr'less say somethinz of interest to the bled candid'ates and their ...
... SMETHWICE FLORiAL AND HIORTICUL- - TUBAL SOCIEYI Yesterday the third annual exhibition in connection with . the Smethwick Floral cond Horticultulral Society was held i in the Smeehwick Hall grounds, by permission of Mr. G. Dawes, the president of the society. There was a large attendance of visitors, and the show in every respect was a great success. There Twere altogether about sixty ...
... BIRMiGHA .muSICCAL FESTIVAL I THE GRAND PREBLEARSALS. We have now reached the crowning of the edifice of the long and laborious work of preparation for the forthcoming Festival, which has absorbed the X anxious care of managers, composers, and executants for so many months past, and to-day the.finishing touches will be given to the elaborate and costly 1 structure-which is designed to enlarge ...
... 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 ...
... F3LOWER SHOWS. NEWMACUIAR.-This annual show was held within I the playground of Newmachar Publio School on C Saturday. The garden atd dairy produce was shown (' within the precinct of .a large mRrquee, while the b poultry pens were ranged roand the enclosing walls l cf the playground. ,ehe experience at Newnmaohar bas been pretty much the same as that of other ΒΆ1 quarters in the north, and the ...
... THE BELLS OF BRISTOL AND THE MARLRIAGE QUESTION, Love ever will tbrill lips, Said the bells of St. Philip's. What mortal would ccorn a bus 7 Said the bells of St. Barnabas. None 'twixt here and Cherbourg, Said the bells of St. Werburgh. Neither dustman nor. duke, Said the bells of St. Luke. -Marriage gives'love the lurch, Said the bells of Christ Church, It quenches love's spark, Said the ...
... ?? fvom gtw 900hoo THcE CAXEL-.-A camel's hind-legs will reach anywhere- over his head, round his chest, and on to his hump ; even when lying down, an evil-disposed animal will shoot out his legs and bring you to a sitting posture. His neck is of the same pliancy. He will chew the root of his tail, nip you in the calf, or lay the top of his head on his hump. He also bellows and roars at you, ...
... BEAMISH AND PONTOP AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY'S SHOW- The ?? show of liva stcek, &.inconntectiouWIt 'Ithel Besmuisl, Fentopi, and Conseet Agricultural Society was4 held on We doerday, in a field situa'e just outside TAu- cheater. The number of entries, though 47 leas than at (Cunsett in 1886, and a similar numbier less Ihars at Lan- chiester in 1881, was yet larger than the number at Chesto:- ?? in ...
... FASHION AND VAMZ.ETI3S. Lord and Lady Castlerosse have left Kings. town for England. Major Cosby has left Kingstown for Eng- land. Capt Hemphill, 1st RoyalBerks Regiment, hias left Kingstown for England. Capt St G Leonard has left Kingstown for England. Capt and Mrs Copeland Jones arrived at Kingstown yesterday from England. Viscount Dunlo arrived at Kingstown yes- terday from England. Fred E ...
... RIPON COTTAGE HOSPITAL FANCY FAIL Yesterday a fancy fair and garden frie was opened in the Victoria Hall, Ripon, by the Marchioness of Rsipon, in aid of the Ripon Dispensary Cottage Hospital. It seems that Ripon has had a dispensary since 1850, but, though there is ample hospital accommodation, it has only been used for in-patients on a limited scale owing to the lack of funds; but medicines ...
... ' THZE MAN WHO MIGHT HAVE A VERTED THE FREN CH RE VQL UTION. * TTURGOT is known to the general reader as a man of heavy qualities, but wise withal, who might have averted the French revolution if he had been given his own way in 1776. As any such licence would have been nothing less than a breach of natural law, it is hardly worth speculating what might or might not have been the sequel of it ...