... .SPJF9. Spies flourish in South- Africa as they do every- where else, writes the author of the article Spiae at the Seat of War, appearing in the January part of ' Cassell's Saturday Journal. . Every country eim- ploys them, and they are found in every ariny, bladk as well as white. Many a battle, indeed, has bewn won simply by- 'informatioei brought in.' Spies, broadly spbaking, are of ...

... SENSSATIONA1L O( CTUR].T'N(*1; I; Iy I - CHE'SHfl CIIUllIIt. The Rev. Father Black, of South Lodon fe anouneed to praceb the harvest thanlrllf 3ree we, in Nantwicb cburch on Snnday but evas prn setmr°l the intervention of the Bishop of cilhster. MQfedl by hymn before the sernion ait the norn 'ntor Rector, Rev. C. E. Jackson, aten emd tericetehe addressing a large eongregation said that be 1t b ...

... The expected has happened after THiE ?? all in South Arica. Great W.As. Britain is at war with the Trans- vaal. For tbe first time for many years Fingland is entering upon a deadly struggle ?? a white people, a people professing Chris tianity. The position is one which ;must fill us all with the deepest pain and regret. War is always hatefpl, deteati.ale. It is doubly hiate-, ful when ihe ...

... IMPORTANT MILITAR T ARRANGED- MENTS, h THE BOER REPLY. -- ?? The Press Association Woolwich correspondent . states that, subject to such modifications as cir- cumnatances may require, the composition of the military, force proposed to be -depthdtihe Trs~xsvaal will be nearly as follos Tey- e battalions of Infaiitry, six regimet ?? four batt eries of -Royal'frs Atleylee batteries of Field ...

... X , - ~:- - I :. A lFEW ])%INITIONS 01? VANITY.. arsonal'stooktakiugat too bigh a figure. Dust airing itself. Recolunting might havo.beens. Pigmies striving to be giants. . No. 1 on pride's bicycle trying to beat the record. wA edding breakfast without. the bridescake of affection: . Life's diany. The sigh of regret. Self-esteem turned sour by the yinegar of pwidn. -A fanoy~ bazaar' of al ...

... :. A,-THAGICt.ANDRXOITING;PERIM? 11 . . ?? - ?- AA great:deal has.tbeen written from time to: tiie about-thei, series-of tragio events ?? vwhicheCUl- ,d mminatedin the eruel ?? of Tsar Alexander b II.. The. iarquie of' Dufferin and: Avn;: who* was 'o Bxritish. Ambassador to Russia- at the time, returns to v the suhjbotlin the- ?? Eis artiele I ccevmr-asm.reaground--that is- familiar to many of ...

... I . A CLAIRVOYANT FORTUNE-TELLER FINED. The West Riding Justices at Deovsbury on Moniday were occupied for a considerable time in hearing a forrune-telling case, which has aroused a good deal of, interest throughout the district. The defendant was o' well'dreased woman, named Evelyn Scott; who resides wiith her husband, 'a well-known-imusician. at SyVi]6 Town.. The prosecution was conducted ...

... By command of the Queen, Pinder'' Pnr., Circus, which is touring on Deeside, gave a perfora. ance, on Tuesday afternoon, near Balmoral. uiarlv gej F of the tenauttky, servants, and officials of limoraent Abergeldie, and Birkhall estate being present. _keut four o'clock the Princesses and Court partY hers into the Royal cnclosure. and shortly afternard. her Majesty, in pony chaise, was led into ...

... I Tf IE CHILDI ?? H4EOUR. I I ! 1, I v , *, i , _-A .: . . ?? : . - , . .-i ' -. CONDU(7JED By * A little boy.was takon one day to a park, and to the side of a lake in. which w-ere some beautiful swan; T 'he' ehild watched, the birda in great delight.' He.hia brought some biieuits with which to feed them, and as he sas them 'stretch. out their grsceful necks each time. he threw a piece of' ...

... I I ?? . . : .A ND7' -. . ' S3 ?? Do ) 1. p I I . RALPrH I. CAITh> hi et ; E ?? lAitor, of. Loro Songs of. Figland,11 Wmoreoug Nemi oftl-C i y te t- | We 41io a hest of names for our little Island O.f ?Man.-The Purplo Isle, Mon-lleo Vamuin, Manan. htib, thls Little ManB Island,) lt Little Maux Nation, 'to quot`e only a few at random-but to the Maxnkman sad indeed to all those countles5 ...

... FuPM7 MANiY SOURCES. A :~o -IIION ?? Pesses a, Yry priucd6f 'brigands. Up t n date hlling rssxo- for the past eight years is 1 people. Tli haihi bas sufforoed:greatly at th4 liandti of alen unromrn, 4nho coe taE'ulacy, hut bie is still at large. All th° miitary Vf~ore of Sardinia erc now combined against him, and in a'mnileeto'j5 i on the door of a cheares he ha* declared war on bsis enemies, ...

... THISBUSy WOLD- 44- t or is that'' S)o U,7 eyes Ceeivn my ,arnsigha b it refolrY upon tmletl haord ad aws t .jAlrkjS' ras fie ay. Tle ?? to ILts fbr tn ess °et r Th Sibeyfas teaps. S;eitoteFrnhCut tiot retrace his 5t while, itll t let and be light 0' hsnerrv qijpondicran And vso~len Iial . the .l , For, | te souevrds l~stlolitieoftlthe Motet YS ~~ shines the luck gve51'ncr 0 hsls thi jrlll, ...