... - N1 o. IL I The difference between objecave and subjective Usiensation having been duly emphasized in our c last article, it is now necessary to ilu- t trate, in a scientific fashion, how the latter form of mental action is responsible for the I raising of ghosts. It will be remembered thatl the brain-centres possess the power of reflecting forwards or outwards from the background of ...

... SOIREES, LECTURES, &a. Le ALLAN LINE EMPLOYES. o A social sneeting of the employes of the Allan - Line was held Iast night in thic Waterloo Rooms, Glasgow. Mr James Smnith Park, frei7ht managor of the line, presided, and was supported by Bailie s :r Sihons, Mr B. G. Allan and Mr Bryce Allan, of 3S the Allan Line; Mr James Graham, agent for the Domiuion tGovernent; Mr lb Hunter Daun, Messr 1 ...

... 1,'.oyL INFIRiMARY OF EDINBURGH. I~ ~ ~~ .- -- A N2UAL MEETINGL d The assual meeting in connection with Edin- .r burgh Reyal Infirmary was held yesterday in the r City Chambers-Lord Provost Boyd presiding. h e Mr J. S. TwiNsFt, Treasurer and Clerk to the bs Corporation, read the annual report of the mans- as gers, from which we quote the following:- | ge Abstract of the daily ?? remaining in ...

... . 'LODO ST JOUN, NO, 3 Bu.-Last ?? in the St John's Hall, Buchanan Street, the Rev. A. I. Pullin delivered to the members of the lodge an extremely interesting lecture, in which he traced w the evidences of masonic brotborhoed in the wvrit- Tb ings of St John the Evangelist, who, he pointed a out, had been made president by the craft of masons at Ephesus, after his return from the Isle of ...

... SUSPECTED TREACHERY AT, I SUAKIM. i THE HUSSAR CHARME (FROM Our SPECIAL OOrEC SPONDMNT.) It had been frequently observed during the sieges especially at might, that flashes were given from the windows or roof of some house at Suakim. An officer tells me he saw these several times, and reported the circunstance. The flashes were not worked by the Morse cede, but evidently by some code. On the ...

... CU IA CaLYDE SHIPBUILDING IN JANUART~' i - - ?? . A t -P -L As is usually the case, the first month of the year has been a quiet one, so far as launches are concerned, but in the matter of contracts Jarnary has been very fruitful. The contracts booked during the month wake up a much larger r tonnage than the vessels launiched-more than c double-so that the present position shows an im- if ...

... COLLISION NEAR THE CUMBRAES. 1 About six o'clock yesterday morning a collision i 5 took place near the Cumbraes between the steamer Rossgull and the brigantine Isabella DiSton, of 1l leetwood. The brigantine was on har passage a from Glasgow to Cork with coal, while the Rosgull I was coming up the Firth from Pert-Rushi. The morning was very dark at the time. The Isabella Diston was standing ...

... i oT or THESAMON f N SCOTLAD.e tthe iterests Of the pulblic. 3to ibe Fisheries (Scotland) Bill, n , the i.jalt ieter, will in due time f - ?? f bseen Pr h sras rcC on the Statute-Book, al. e its iPP of its clauses are pretty sure toi intW Oz Parliament by the men d ° re a - triuds of the angler, and in doing t-≜., ?? patrons of the poacher. r .l aybebt best described as aa effort r rb ...

... NARRATIVE OF A BICYCLE JOURNEY. No. XVIL-ASIA MINOR. si I ?? r (Continuedfrom Saturday,DcCmber29.) Once more on the road, witl the sun favour- ti big us again, B3ut the mud 'was in the state of h unbardened cement, whisk stuck to tire and shoes and clotbes, and refused to come off by any Si ordinary process. I quitted the mountainous e regionaand entered an immense plain from 50 c to 100 miles ...

... E W PAPTAT.--The moyithlv ?? GOVAN PARIS.-The monthly meeling in cann nection with Govan Parish School BDard vwas held T in the Clerk's office, Bath litreet, Glasgow, last ?? George Crichton, chairman, presiding. It was reported that the average number of scholars on the ril during December was 18,322, -Ind, in average attendance 14,170, being, as j compared with the previous month, a decrease ...

... SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACHE -. AT BRISTOL 1. - e Sir Michael Hioks-Beach the Prealdeni cr'tie Board of Trade, last night addressed a crowded meeting of his West Bristol constituents at the Victoria Rooms, Clifton. The right hon. Baronet said that during the past session, thanks mainly to I the procedure rules amended by thle Government, they passed one great connitutional and one great I ...

... : THE DEFENCE OF SUAKINJ. lid~ - - the DETAILS OF THE RECENT r aBATTLE. bli- M.i ACTION OF THE FRIENDLY TRIBES. tell, (snerTE's TZSSQAAMS.) Ay, Suakim, January 13. M.Two important Hadendowa tribes bare repliec . to the Governor's proclamation, declaring that they wreq : ite willing to come to Suakirn, bui A- the situation at Handoub prevented them frorr HE doing so. Several Arabs, with over ...