... THE HEALIR CONDITIONS O? OOAL MINiNG. A\s to whether there are ?any diseases peculiat to tne miners calling,, there is evidevnce that, wvith one, or prerhaps two. Cxccpt-itfs. there are none such. Th'ese excep~tions arc ae affection of the eyes, termed Ny~sreagnes ?? and, in a lesser de- gree, that dlisan se of the reapcr;atniy orgen~s w~hichs enniell~y goes hb- the naanes of eoincr& asthma I ...

... BOY?'C?MIANIE? IN NEW¶QW?iARJ? INSPECTION BY LORD LONDQNDE~tY. On Saturday last the Marquis of London dextt inspected and addressed the recently-formned Boys! Companies in Newiowna~rds. A s his Lordship elight'd from his carriage at the Londonderr Schools, the military salute wias played by tin o inte f the companies. Subsequently to the ravice.i of the two companies, the boys were dravwn up ...

... INSURGENT TROOPS AND THEIR DEMANDS. THE CASE FOR GENERAL GOMEZ. PRESS ASSOCiATION EoRlUGN SECIAL. Reuters Agency has received the following com- munication from Captain Juan Fernandez, official representative of General Meximo Comez in Lon- don.:- As representative of General Manimo Gomez and the Cuban army, it becomesi my duty to dispel the false position in which public opinion in Europe ...

... REUTLEl'S T'ELEGrAIS. THE DREYFPUS AFFAIR. PARIS, Friday. The Temps publishes interviews with M-M. Paul' Meyer, Vory, and Molivier, witnesses at the Cri- minal Chamber yesterday. They affirn that, after comparing the handwriting of the hordereau with specimens of Esterha-zy's writing, they were con- vinced the borderead was written by that officer. The 'Liberte, on the other hand, contains ...

... IROn tSIANDAsR iNroTRUIfNlT 'dY StLrkRMAN D). NEXutI , (la, ios )O iteALL 1'LACs:. itf hutR &it'Y-Lufei' flfea. -n29Mm. 301s. owil.h I thur. 2 r Fr:. 3. oh0 'i~~WcXV rilshc aE.N.E. E E. IVX'rlr. 5 I- ?? ~ o lit 1dtaehih )T .JtLzInler :t i oon, black ine's at midnight. Initial letters ,sbow direction of win~d. Mercury falls for rai-, '.th S.W.. S.E., and IV. wind,,-sf -.r rap dly, tmu-.tlci ...

... T- R CATHOLIC p\JVERSITY AGITATION. I - - - - .. _ -j ATTITUDE OF ROYAL UNIVERSITY SENATE. Ow o>piNON IS BEING IMAIDlr. :e ...

... gr~ou STANDARD LTRsusmrs By SHAnxMAN D. SX1er 09ICIAN. DONEGALL I'LCE. Eeifast Yewae-Letdi OtEr ce. - Fri271Sun. 29lMon._SOTues.31 Wed. 1 'hur.2 Variobleariable Variable Variabic E. N.E. B. .5) ilq -1 q .29-l'5-*l-l 1! i5- Dotted lines imdicatc height of barometer at noon, blac-. ines at midnight. Iuitial fcttcrs so direction of wind. ~ercury falls ior rain with ?? bSl., and W. windr-if apidly ...

... (ESTABLISHI) ANNTO 17X7,) R., .ffaqs. 7 If' *b Stat.] 5 . BELFAST: V WEDNJFSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1899. I _-i The Princess of Bulgaria died yesterday. The Earl of Elgin has been made a Knight of the Garter. The bubonic plague is reported to have broken out at Zanzibar. Four soldiers have been drowned in Cork Harbour by the capsizing of a boat. Colonel Kitchener has started off again fromr Abba ...

... DUBLIN, TTEsDAsY.-His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, K.G., held his first Levee for the seal son to-day ait Dublin Castle. The band of the 1st Dragoon Guards was stationed in the Upper Castle I Yard, and played a pleasing selection of music. His Excellency was accompanied by Field-Marshal the Right Honourable -Lord Roberts, E.P., ?? 0GC.S.i, G LC.I.E., V.C., attended by Lieutenanti Lord C. G. ...

... In the Lady's Pictorial there is a reproduc- tion of Romney's portrait of the Countess Poulett. The original painting is the property of Lord Burton, and now in his collection in Chesterfield House. A portrait is also given of the late Lord Potlett. Sir Walter Bewnt continues his story, The Orange Girl, which is well illustra'ted. A description is given of the Countess Spencer's ball at ...

... PRESIDENT MWKINLEY AND THE PEACE TREATY. CABINET CONDEMN GENERAL MILES'S CODUCT. BY CABLE. FPROM OUR OWie CORRESPONDENT. NEw YORE, FRIDAY.-The Senate to-day passed a resolution in favour of the erection, in a pro- minent position in the city of Havana, of a monu- ment to the officers and men who perished in the United States warship Maine. The New York Chamber of Commerce has me- moralised ...

... THE ARMY~r I liON OUB nnaarsP co~aLnQ)53hr. The Royal Seats Grers are ta- come tn hre1a~l, as at present arranged, about thle .neo05 i the comnmencemrent of June, and thle ?? W'u take over quarters at Dundalk and lBellssi; r :f ing the Inniskilling Dragoons. Tbe-ic. now located at headquarters at ?? 3 detachment at Glasgow. Colonel J. P. Brabazon, CRB. .;.DC 'c5t Queen, has taken over commandl ...