... HINTS FOB THE KITCHEN. I When choosing fish-a most Taluable form of food if skilfully cooked, and taken in its proper season-make a point of remembering the particular period of the year at which the various kinds should be bought, and be sure to see that it is fresh. 'The best way to test the freshness of flat fish is to see that it is thick and firm, fox as soon as it begins to get stale the ...

... Our Aops * games ? gakgml- I XIX.-3SIR EDWAILD CLARKE, ?? ItLP.. There arefewforensic careers more full of interest thea that of Sir Edward Clarke. He had the. opportunity of be- coming a jeweller in the City of London, but. he declined it. He makes no secret of it, becauseitisfound recorded in Men of the Bar that he is the son of Job Guy Clarke, London, ieweler.` I think it is always to ...

... 1iE QUEN ATNDCOURT. ¶hrs.R eafternoon the Queen and I Oil 0 Cn ci Battenberg drove out, TreCOSS the Dow ager Lady Churchill. sicet hfons.s and the Marquis of l ?? the ])nehess of Albany, with Lriie111,, JVee and Princess Alice, at- i 'Sir Eobert and Lady Collins, ~e.-wenl went out on Friday morn- elS * ~idd by Princess Louise. jF en dcied to have a very party this year at er ith a grand ...

... It is always good to read the life-story of a famous man told by himself, and in 0. 1-I. Spurgeon's Autob ograpby we have that of the great Baptist preacher in the straightforward, heart- reaching language he so well knew how to use. Compiled from his Diary, Letters, and RecGrds by has Wife and Private Secretary, we are told that the publication of this work caries oat a plan long ago ...

... A (If-ill . iAx;l-E. -,ii -cert U iltilm 1U or- Tle ' ?? of his lnacriaug !r D r t o ' rriquil l ie''i -lls *s-lll ! u; t il -eiltery -i Juliuzt G. tot ?? ~ to ull s a at'ind Ih !fo ?? to I 'll itS 11, cleorle *th ?? 'p 1' , e iennl ^t niat the o iice of' ii ,ltiOl50 asi carredl !b of rfrt and ?? l c ( -eXle' mo; oi. In :58, he j ?? n'r ?? {a pt who w~as Ckllian , 1i 'iis',a e. 'Itlie co- ...

... IDr. Danford Thomas held an inquest at Paddintmon on Monday relative to the ! death of tannmh Donger, ?? 53. a i widow, who died from immersion in the Grand Junction canal. She had for some seven years b)!een an inmate or the Ken- sinugton workhouse. Two months ago she was convieted aud sentenced, to siX weeks' imprisonment for stealing pro- nerty in the workhouse. On her release from prison ...

... On Monday a carter named William Page was killed in the park adjoiniUIR the Royal Artillery barracks at Chat- ban, by a log falling upon him. At Sunderland, on Monday, John Bainbridge, a carman, was remanded on the charge of causing the death of John Freeman by breaking his skull. Station-master Fell, of Liverpool-read station, Chester, on the Hawarden line, committed suicide on Monday by ...

... ILORD MAYOR AT THE HOSPITAL I FOR CHILDREN AND WOMEN Accompanied by the Lady Mayoress, the Lord Mayor (Alderman Faudel- Phil]ips) paid a state visit on Thursday afternoon to the Royal Hospital. for Children and Women in the Waterloo- bridge-road. The object of the visit was that his lordship, as president of the institution, might preside at the annual court of governors, hut prior to com- ...

... Our J?pspitafs- IY.-ST. THOMAS'S. [CONTrNUED.] The original hospital bad in its latter days five hundred beds; the present one collains live hundreda rid seventy-two i all. 1~1lterirgthe spacious central ball, attention is caught by the model o' the old hospital. It is a fine piece of work, Thowing the old wards and blocks as thev were wheii Sir Astiey Cooper held the chair of surgery. Around ...

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... The new flagship, Royal Arthur. to be comn. missioned at Portsmouth neit month tor the Australian station, was built at that po~rt during the time the Duke of Connaught was in command of that garrison, and was launched by her Majesty out of special colU plirnent to hi4 Royat hihnests. The various Naval deolts on the Yortb America and WVest India statlons are to be ex- tended ?? upon our ...

... - 4 - - ?? )TAIM]KNS & THEM1 WTAGJNT. The 'fannileins are a group of little foreign birds that can be thoroughly recommended to any intending zvicuiturist. They vae for the most part hardy, simple in their diet, easy to maintain in h- a.th, very peaceable and quiet, and inexpensive to purchase. In pluimrge they are sober-looking, but witbal pretty, and they iare sociable in disposition and re ...