... THE NVBARES OF AtUTO LYCUS. NE W LEAVES. For years it has been my habit to sit up on the last night of the yearin order to see the Old Year out and the IN' ew Year il. Irom being a habit I have come to look upon it as a duty a duty that it ill becomes me to neglect. It is one's duty to say good-by to the Old Year. It we have got on well together, and he has treated us kindly, it is our duty to ...

... THERE is no characteristic upon which the nineteenth century plumes itself more than upon its humanity. The Geneva Convention anmeliorated the laws of war by forbidding the use of explosive bullets, and carefully protected ambulances, hospitals, and doctors on land. Infractions of its statutes by civilized combatants have been few and far between. But as yet no agreement has been arrived at ...

... WHAT'S GOING ON. In spite of the fact that business remains very dull, the Stock Exchange still manages to keep up a number of small excitements, which are, at all events, something to talk about. The Indian Fampine Fund is eagerly watched, and those gentlemen who go round at different intervals to pencil in the names of fresh con)ibutors to the subscription list command a small crowd at each ...

... ?? ~: Of 1n 1 18, CHARING CRoss ROAD, W.C. They Prince of Walears will hold two levees at St. James's Palace before his departuret for theliviera. There are to be five levees altogether in. the course of the: season, and probably -one of them will be .held by the Duke of Coinnaught, and; another by ?? of York. The State apart. nen ts at St. James's Palace are being redecorated. There are also ...

... SECONDARY education experts to left of. us, experts on secondary education, to right of us, onward we are forced to thunder into the jaws of the deadly compulsion to write about them. The . whole paper is speckled and ringstraked with them this morning. If the T'eachers' Guild at King's. College .doos not satisfy your appetite, you can turn to the Incorporated Association of Headmasters at ...

... I'.A'y one could see with half an eye, said Phyllis, very short]-, that wve plist have it sage-green. 4Ie was getting quite heated, and I felt bound to try and soothe her, for the workmnen were in2 the room taking their orders. Veryw~ell !I said, paint it all sage-green.. 'And how about the friece ? Phyllis wvent on. White,'. I suggested mildly. Phyllis rapped out a short and very ...

... The Scottish Radical members, who are much concerned about the forthcoming debate on the financial iclations of Great Britain and Ireland, inet yesterday to consider what steps should be taken to air the grievances of Scotland if the subject should be ventilated at length. It was agreed ultimately that a further question should be addressed to Mr. Balfour asking him whether Scotland would le ...

... Tactful as ever, the Prince of Wales, writing on behalf of the Queen, has intimated that her Majesty still declines to express an opinion on any proposal for honouring the sixtieth year of her accession. Court-made memorials would, indeed, be out of keeping with a society broad-based-to quote the fine old tag--upon the people's will. The offering, besides, will be all the happier, as the free ...

... I Canterbury Convocation has been' exceedingly busy this week, and some of its proceedings have been of more than common interest. It is a pleasure to findd convocation agreeing that the Clergy Sustentation Fund is the best object to which Churchmen can send any gift by which, as Church- men, they wish to commemorate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. The continued fall in tithe is making the ...

... THE CURIOUS AILMEATS OF TRADES. Ir is well k3nown that there are a ?? of-dangerous trades 1vhich give rise to serious diseases; but, as a uiatter of lhet, aimlost every occupa- tion has sonic ailment peculiar to itself. A doctor can alivays tell it' his patient is a baker, for iLnstance, by tihe state of hlis feeth. Theflour,`d6sft| collects onl thle. teeth, becomes acid, and gives rise to a ...

... OCCASIONAL N OTES. Many happy returns of yesterday to Mrs. Gladstone, born--but gallantry' forbids. The portrait of an Armenian patriarch is not exactly the birthday present that would have; appealed to us; still, it may have its attractions foe specialists- like the Gladstone family. With regard to the gradual transformation of Hawarden church into an Armenian nmuseum, however, a mild pro- ...

... B RI T'IS H MO TO R MEETING. MR. LAWSON: TALKS. (FROM A COVENTRY , CORRESPONDENT.) Those of the unfortutiate shareholders 'of the British Motor Syndicate who attended the mneeting yesterday want first to Motor Mills, where they were met bV Mr. Lawson, mr. ?? Robinson, and the Humber directors.. Mr. E. J. Peniington conducted the party through the mills, where it was stated sixty men are ...