... Much disappointment was experienced last setisoD atthe a'senc- of such iunortant craff as the Britannia, Satauita, yfeteor, and Val- kyrie IIf., but the fact is the Prince of Wales had par ted with t he firs c-ea ued, Satenita wlva being converted into a yawl, the (herman Em.I peror had nlothieg ou haud for the Meteor, and since the American fltasce for the.3Amne- rica cuap ?? Duncaven bed not ...

... I EFOREIGN EPITLO' M. I TesT, Swvedish expedition which went. in search of Andree has returned to Stock- holm, after exploring, and making in- quiriesin Northern Siberia without find.- ing any traces of the unfortisnate aeronaut or his balloon. THE Sultan has made a Christmas pre. sent to the German Empress of a riding horse, and to the Princess Victoria Louisa, the -onngest child of their Im- ...

... ACCIDENTS AND LOSS OF LIFE. During Monday night and the greater part of Tuesday a violent gale swept over a large portion of the United Kingdom, several lives being sacrificed to the fury of the storm, as well as muchdamage done to property. The mail service between Dover and Calais and Folkestone and Bonlogne was interrnpted, and between Dover and Osteni the service was entirely suspended. ...

... S5E'VERE LOSSES OF INDIANI TROOPS. ALCUTTI,. Deo. 29.-According to news which has been redeived here from British East Africa, a party of 30 men of the 27th Ba-luchis under Lieut. J.- A. lIannyngton, while marching to Masindi, wasattackedbya number of rebels oni the 10thi of October last2 A Jernadar and 12 men were killed, and nine men were wounded. Lieut. Hannvygton was severely wounded, a ...

... I -- - - - _* POULTRY IN 1898. No special feature has characterised the poultry world during the year that has junt closed. The fasbion for buff fowls hasca tinnied unabated, and most of the breegs that have sarieties of this colour show WIIprove. ment. The old breeds still hold their Sa,. Brahrmas in particular, both light ald dark, appear to be increasing in pubiec esti. nation. Some ...

... FOME PETS. BIRD KEEPWG IN AVIARIES. The habits and dispositions of birds, both British and foreign, can be studied far more satisfactorily when they hare as much liberty as possible. Where several birds are kept an aviary is, therefore, a more interesting aad pleasing habitation for the little prisoners than cges. Bcth indoor and outdoor ?? are nowv largely used. An indoor aviary can be made ...

... [ ,.UtR VOLUNT I| * IeI lids no definitely kdii su~bject to thewnece h~arY ezrangenfeftt being made, whee te treeinfantry brijades to assemble at Easter wil be -located from arch 30 until April3 next; The North London will mohilise at Canterbtry ; the Surreyg,at Winchester; and the South London at Aldershot, pirbright, and Bis- lay, as was the case last year. It was intended to take-the latter ...

... |TOWN A1OCOX-NTBY TALK -- - L.W .: I. Orders have. been issued directing two new war sloops, named Shearwater and. Vestal, to be laid down in the building doclrat Sheerness dockyard on Jan. 2. Colonel Hatton, 1st Grenadier Guards, has taken up command of the Grenadser regiment at home, pending the appoint. ment of a suocessor to Colonel Oliphant. The Crown Prince of Siam has com- pletedhis ...

... [ALL EIGDTS RESERVED.] oft d -a sift BY FRANCIS GRIBBLE. The claco was a railway carriage and my only travelling companion was a youin man with a w eak mouth, a pretty, tawt,.;ooloured mo0stache, pale blue eyes, and n air of having recently seen better days. In the couns of thelong run from London to tirantham we fell into conver- Esticf, and the talk turned, to a certain etent suson literary ...

... be earU-1.1,11 I - I sly W3I. BABLEY. SEASONABLE GARtDENING. SrPINACH I'LANTATXONs should be hoed neatly during favourable dry wieather when the sur- face soil can be moved without adhering un- duly to the tool. It the surface is left loose and free growth svill be such durtng mild weather as will assere leriodical gatilerints. The largest leaves only should be removed down to their base. If ...

... LLOYD'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER. THE OLD AND THE NEW, 1898 has been a very eventful year, especially in regard to foreign affairs. In January France was stirred over the Dreyfus case, and an agitation for revision was commenced, followed the very next month by the trial and Con. viction of M. Zola for his letters in. dicting the heads of the French army as conspirators banded together to convict an ...

... Wealtb for tbt vtO31e. i'atkLTE ssris TE slT wXitTE.Eme arose. By DB. ANDBYW WILSON. lfjrittf x0elusiiicty fr Lloyd's NspenlsiO) I have already said that the child's diet from the twelfth to the eighteenth month is, matter which should engage the at- tention of the mother no less forcibly than does the food and feeding during the period from birth onwards to the end of he first year of itts ...