... Mae holl elfenau natur, Trwy'r greadigaeth faith, Yn rhoi rhyw fôr o gysur I ddynion ar ell taith codi eiu hysbrydoedd, A'n gwneyd yn fywiog iawn, A'n harwain l'r mynyddoedd, I'r lie ein cymhortk gawn. Mynyddoedd cribog welir Uwchlaw y dolydd gwyrdd, A'r afon hitliau'n brvsur A red drwy swynol ffyrdd; Prydferthwcb llethrau'r bcyjniau, A'r blodau hyfryd, cain, Yr adar caniadau Sydd fel rhyw ...

... EARTHQUAKE IN INDIA. Hundreds of Lives Lost. Calcutta, Tuesday.—Last night a succession of earthquake shocks ceurred in Darjeelmg, in- volving great loss of life aud immense damage to property. The number of victims has not yet been ascertained. The first report says that about nine European children and between 20 and 60 natives have perished. The earthquake accompanied by a. remark- able ...

... ATTEMPT TO SHOOT A SWEETHEART. Suicide of the Assailant, About half past 6 on Monday nveuing a young cloth presser, William Tiiake, of Llavertiill, Suf- folk, attempted tbe life of his sweetheart Kate t'aek, aged about 20. with whom he bad quar- railed on Saturday. Pask and her sister walSiog homewards at night were met by Tbake, and oit Kate refusing to speak to him he fired two shots i at ...

... The first meeting of the newly-formed Postal and Telegraph Congress is to be held at the Guild Hall, Derby, on Friday and Saturday, Sep- I (ember 29th and 30th. ...

... SHIPPING DISASTER. Twelve Hands Drowned. New York, Wednesday.—The steamer George Colwell has foundered on a voyage from Fremsui- liina to New York. Crew of 12 were drowned, the captain being the only man saved.—Renter. ...

... AND ORDER OF THE ROUND TABLE. By LADY GREENSLEEVES. The Fairy Birds. Have you ever seen a humming-bird ? Not alive it is scarcely likely that you have been so fortunate as that. But possibly you have admired one in some Museum, and if you visit the Natural History Muesum at South Kensington you will find there a long row of cases filled with different species of these lovely little creatures, ...

... INFORMATION BY RETURN POST A SUFFERER'S QUESTION ANSWERED. AT the quaint Kentish village of Bethersden. between Ashford and Tenterden, Mr A. Beale was questioned by a Kentish Express reporter respecting his extraordinary care. In March, 1898, said Mr Beale. I- I was pol- ing hopbines, wheu sciatica. at- SCIATICA. tacked me in the hip. It then flew into my ankle, rendering me helpless. I tried ...

... Two brothers, sons of Mr Brown, inspector at National schools, were drowned ou Mond ay jtloville, Lough Foyle, while bathing from a bout. One lost his life in trying to save the other. On Bank Holiday afternoon James Davies (il), in the employ of Messrs J. and C. San key. grocers. Bridgend, was bathing in the sea it Ogmore, opposite the Slon, when it is supposed he was seized with cramp and ...

... Glamorgan Assizes. The Glamorgan Summer Assizes were resumed at Swansea on Saturday. at Swansea on Saturday. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr Justice Bruce.) ACQUITTED. David Rees Harries (15), collier, was charged with an unnatural offence at Ystradyfodwg. Mr Gwyn Morris prosecuted, and Mr Vaughan Williams defended. The prisoner wa.s found not guilty. John O'Brien (23), labourer, was charged with ...

... SKETCHES OFTHE SEA By FRANK T. BULLEN, F.R.G.S., Author of The Cruise of the Cachalot, dire. VI. Nat's Monkey. When Nathaniel D. Troop, of Jersey City, U.S.A., presently A.B. on boaid the British ship Belle, solemnly announced his intention of in- vesting in a monkey the next time old Daddy the Bumboatman came alongside, there was a breath- less hush, .something like a consternation, amongst ...

... (COPYRIGHT. THE ACCUSED — PRINCESS. By ALLEN UPWARD, Author of Secrets of the Courts of Europe, The Prince of BalkHtan,cThe Yellow Hand, &c SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTER. Great Britain has ordered tfie King of Zee lend to deliver up the famous State Rnby wrongfully «old to him bv-Jung Bahadur, emissary of the Maharajah of Bburaai, who hoped to obtain the means of declaring- war on the ...

... MARRIAGE OF MR LOUIS HARCOURT. The marriage of Mr Louis Vernon Harc-ourt, eldest son of Sir William V. Harcourt, with Miss Mary Ethel Burns, only daughter of the late Mr Walter Hayes Burns, of New York. and North Myms Park, Hatfield, Herts, and 69, Brook- street. Grosvenor-square, London, took place at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, 011 Satur- day in the presence of a very large and ...