... OUR STORYETTE. ALLT RIGHTS3 R.SIr.VLD. THAT NEXT ROOM TENAN-T. B37 EDITH STEWART DREWRY. Aulthor Cf ' ONLYs AN ACTRESS. Tes FIMsT SOPRANO ur ST. 1NLs1'(AcsT~s, &C.- He was the veriest, old bachelor that ever wore shoe leather was 'Mr George Barniet-eccentric, precise, and. ?? so prcper l Why, bless you, he wouldn't have taken .Mrs Jones's_ room at all if she had been youngish and tho least ...

... on Wednesday the annual spring, flower show of the In- Sn; corporated Botanical and ?? of Durham, inl No.rthumber-land, and Newcastle ?? openied in the Corn Su Fxchange and Town Nail, Newcastle. The day was one ta; of the finest, being esurnmerlike in its brilliant sun- en shine and wvarmth. In the hands- of Mr James f~l .3. Gill-spie, fun., who has taken ovcr the do, secrtetaryship from hkis ...

... A lady correspondent writes:-' I have just finished reading the secontd volume of the Life of Sir Ricbard Burton, written by his widow. It will doubtless be re- membered that this lady, immediately attter her hus- band's death, as a matter of conscience, destroyed some manuscript which was ready fo: the press when the auther died. Doing thio, Lady Burton exposed herself to the ve-y harshest ...

... STORIESm A -I STORIES 133 A \\ JVJG-t. 'A T.- -i1! A reprr'eetatia-e, 'a the 8-ct .la ?? - 'a ?? with MTr Clarkson, the-'li ia-s maker, Now you sihall si-c s-at: a ray s sions, sai M r Clark-son. 2's --ruisa miyrmidon in the shape: of a Lov' ia-ha~ behestt, returning pn-i'sntr'v bc-sin-ju set-val I 1r-- anaiag, chic-L w't cii-abit' a I, oe atnaL black Wig, ''That was wo-la las LCII1, NI ...

... I BARNARD CASTLE AGRICUL- ITURAL SHOW. rb. 14 Th's society held its ninety-fourth annual show he on Friday on the old site, and in brilliant weather very acceptably tempered by a breeze. on The promoters admit that tsle Wolsinlgham and )r. Wear Valley Society can boast a more ancient in foundation, but it is said the Wolsiugham Show ory was suspended for some years, and thus the Ids ...

... ALL BEGHTS EESLEVFIP. FOR YOJNG FOLKS. -U- A KIND LITTLE BOY. 'My DRAR BAIMs.-I relieve I once told you about a iittle American boy nsamed Tello d'Aspray, who wvas thc originator and editor of a paper in New York, snd he is still h2rd at work upon it. It is, as you may remember. called Sunny Hours, and the proceeds which ariso from the sale of it are given to form a fund for providirg shoes ...

... ,-Mind, Elvie, called out Nrs Secle from the east porch, ' get the darkest gingham you can get for the] aprons. ' And some dark-coloared ribbon for the hats, cried Cousin Kate from the garden, where she was pulling huge stalks of pie-plant for a batter pudding. Elvie chirruped to old Fan, who trotted along the I prairie road briskly. Now and then a high grade was edged by long ditches ...

... ANNUAL RE-UNION-SPEiCHES BY LORD PERCY. The annual re-union and dinner of the Head-quarters Battery 2nd Northumberland (esezey) Volunteer Artillery, held in teri Drill Hall at Alnwick on Tuesday evening, was a great sunes. About 70 members of the Position Battery and their friends attended, with Lieut.-Colonel Earl Percy. ?? commanding officer, presiding, Lieut- Co. J.G Hicks, Capa.D. Brescotr ...

... FASHIONS FOR THE WEELK BY THE GENTLEWOMAN. The toque is again in our midst, but the toque of to-day is not the toque of the past. The one in my sketch may be ooniidered a fair speciman of its latest stage of evolu- tion. The crown is of brown felt trimmed with shaded sequins, red and brDon, and the ?? turned-up brim is of brown velvet, Three trcwn feather rose? fasten the quills (which are ...

... (Spccilggy cotri'tedl / AN EDITOR OUTWITTED. The icine Zeirung gives a very strange seimen oi the Austrian censorship of the Press. The a;tor of a small pruvinolal print was either in great diffieilty to find ai 6t subject for his leading article. or else w?, t'uo intent upon other business or upon pleasure, to govide one. i The last moment had come, and the editor wes in despair. i He ...

... Haill hoary bearded Christmas, hail! Bring us goodwill, good cheer, wassail! Thy ruddy face And homely grace Our senses charm, our souls regale, The plains are clad in virgin white, *The trees bend low with jewels bright, A diadem With many a rem Glittering in the pale moonlight. The pools in solid mass congealed, To thirsty cattle stand revealed: The Icy hand Binds all the land, All earth Is ...

... FORGET AND FORGL'E. A4LL RIGiITS RESERVED. BY JEAN MIDDLEMASS. , Author of a A. GItaL iN A THOUSAND, COUrtIPte NvD DYNAMITE, &C. They were fisher-folk working hard for their living. He was toiling on the sea. risking hia life in many a storm, with sometimes little result. She was striving with little less assiduity than Larm, and even hawking the fish at times into Aberdeen, which was ...