... jottiar Xotflairt Olt t~f Congo By A MEDICAL MAN E IRON,1 THE FREE STPA IL1 I MET Major Lothaire several times when I was on the Congo, but then he was only Captain in ranc. His services to the Independent State, both on the southern tributaries of the main river, at Bangalla, and elsewhere, have since earned for him the promotion that has fallen to his lot. MIy recollection of him is that he ...

... Vp2e (eutt GUESTS AT WINDSOR SINCE the Queen's return home there has been a constant stream of visitors to the Castle. Most of the members of the R1oyal Family have been down in turn, the Prince of Wales spendlic, Sunday with Her Majesty, the Duke of Saxe-Coburg, andi hi son staying a couple of days at the Castle, the Duke and Duchess Connaught bringing their children on a visit, and Princess ...

... pffom.;0 the jugust AtIbifts - THE UNPOPULAR HOUSE THERE 1i no doubt about it. The Palladium, the bulwark of our liberties, the best club in London, or in other words the Ho011 of Commons, is getting unpopular. For a long time past men have been girding at it in private, but now the malcontents have found Evoice and expression in the National Review.- The House has grown a until - it has now ...

... 34 30turg 'fatotium SIR HENRY RAWLINSON was one of the last, as well as onc Of the most notable, of the great Anglo-Indians who establishe1 I i Empire upon its pre- sentfirm basis. Times have changed since the days of his and his colleagues' rule, and it is hardly likely that the Indian Civil Service will ever produce again such prominent men. The poor Anglo. Indian of our day is a slave to ...

... : LAST year: a couple of drawings were p ublished: in Tihe Graphiczi in illustration of the curious method of fishing for salmon from platforms, known locally as yairs,' that pertains in the estuary of the river :Doe, near Kirk~cndbright-that last refuge of old ' Border survivals-so that a further illustration of - an ancient and obsolete method of capturing salmon -in the upper waters of ...

... Zi iC gp tmibcr Sland AY.-CAVTAIN CUTTLE By J. ASIIBY-STERRY WITH regard to my pet plans for the promotion of study bycong, I have received a long letter from Mr. WV. E. Stopford, of Hobart Tasmania, in which he says- It appears this idea has been starte i at your end of the world and mine at the same time. I find children jump at it, and shall be very glad if you will accept a sample of ...

... I THE BEHRING SEA AGREEMENT THE prompt conclusion of the Anglo-American compact for a close season in Behring Sea is an agreeable contrast to the delays hitherto characterising every single step in the controversy. Sir Julian Pauncefote and Mr. Wharton, the American acting Secre- tary of State, signed the agreement for their respective Govern- ments on Monday-just a fortnight after the ...

... r~1l K 1W'7 zak NMI ,i '17 !E u. ST. ALBANS is at last to have a new Bishop. The See has heen accepted by the Rev. John W. Festing, Vicar of Christ Church, Albany Street. He was educated at Wells Theological College and at Trinity College, Cambridge, The whole of his ministerial iffe has been passed in London since i86o, when he was licensed to the Curacy of Christ Church, Vest- minster, where ...

... PIERREiTTE I?WROYABLE I HISs picture not only has a French title, but is so thoroughly French in style and treatment, that one is a little surprised to find that it is executed by a lady bearing two such thoroughly Anglo- Saxon names as Ethel W~right. The fact, of course, is that the inspiration of our modern pastellists comes from France ; it was there that this fascinating branch of Art, ...

... ,Straps AN OLD PROPERTY, FULL OF HISTORICAL MEMORIES, is shortly to be sold by ?? Place, where the fair Amy Robsart met with her tragic end. A NEW SPECIES OF BEAR was shot by Captain Bower during his late travels in Thibet. The animal was chocolate coloured, with a white collar, and is quite unknown to naturalists. LONDON POLICEMEN will probably abandon their well-known bullseye before long ...

... Caurt anb (flub BY MARMADUKE HOST (heartily): Well, my boy, th:s is something like wine, isn't it? TESTY GurF.W-h-t- -es,-iWhat wi ittis t2! - THIS might be made to apply appropriately to our present ?? degrees of heat, a settled blue-grey sky, a fiery sun, and five months' of almost continuous drought ! Ye gods, what is it' anyhow ? Tallyrand I think it was that once wittily wrote to a ...

... Vhr gp5tallbet Stand tY.`-CAPTAIN CUITLt By 1. ASHBY-STERRY Mfv miseries with regard to coaling the domestic grate see..a have evoked a very wide sympathy, and from this I ;Juge it to be'° subject of far greater importance than it would appear to be at fir sight. I have received countless letters from all parts giving mnt great deal of valuable advice on this most important subject, large ...