... Creek is great on etiqnette. A man is met a little girl with whose family he ^sry intimate; and said, Hello, Edith 1 How The little miss drew herself up and fc^one *'Se ver^ we> knt I ain't no tele- kja J'-key B&y paderewski practised so hard at the Iy6a ? firing the last six months that he para- Th-i tvi'°of his fingers. That's nothing. f*ra a ffirl living in the flat below us who ^t'ts ...

... On Saturday Mr Strick held an inquiry into the circumstances under which a milk boy named George Pearson, 14, committed suicide at Fair. field-terzace, Swansea. Tho boy's father said deceased had a good situation in the Hill Farm Dairy, and it was improbable he had any idea of doing away with himself. He was in excellent health, and had not given the slightest indication of hie mind being ...

... Lucy: Which aide shall I sit on ?—Harry: It doesn't make any difference, I can drive on either hand. Nan's worried to death. What's the trouble? She can't tell whether she's in love with Lieutenant Jimber or with his uniform. Dora. Goodhart: Poor fellow She flirted with him dreadfully.—Sallie de Witte Yes; but just think how well he thought of himself all that time. Editor: Why don't you ...

... Lord Kensington Declines the Master- ship. A meeting of the subscribers to the Pembroke- shire Foxhounds was held at the Castle Hotel, Haverfordwest, on Saturday, for the purpose of hearing Lord Kensington's decision with regard to the mastership, which was offered him a little while since when the present master, Mr A. J. Stokes, of St. Botolphs, intimated his intention to resign. Sir Owen ...

... A Maine poet wrote some verses recently, ask- ing a. man whether he preferred a piling or a she meant a fiifd^km ...

... PRINCESS VICTORIA OF WALES, Reported Betrothal, M.A.P. in its forthcoming number states ihat the engagement of Princese Victoria of Wales to her cousin Prince George of Greece, ihe recently-appointed Governor of Crete, will ;hortly be formally announced. ...

... Andrew Fletcher ol Saltoun, in a letter to the Marquis of Montrose, wrote :— I know a very wise man that believed that if a man were permitted te make all the ballads he need not care who should make laws of the nation. ...

... ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS. We understand that the Mayor has received the following additional subscriptions towards ihis fund :—Messrs Coileit and Isaac, £10; Mr a.nd Mrs J. K. Collett, £5; Dr. J. Lynn Thomas, £1010s; Councillor Sydney Robinson, £150 Mr T. W. Da.vid, £25. Messrs Morel Bros., Limited, which has been doubled, was erroneously put down in the na.me of the Mayor iu the list which ...

... O'th arayllfa. Base henafol, Golwg fendigadig sydd Trem air flaenglwm cyrnaeithftsol, Israel Duw dan faner ffvùd. Base fendigaid! cawn Flwyddiadur Eglwys lor o'th hanfod di; Mawrion wyrtbiau* lor ddilenir Ar dy ddarlun hardd i ni. Oesol gofnod gwaredigaet'n Llwythau cred o estron wlad, Trwy gyfryngiad llaw Rhagluniaetb Droa yr Abrahamaidd had. Ffyddlawn dysfc o'r gwaed-daenelliacl, Nod o ...

... ROYAL VISIT TO NORTH WALES. The Earl and Countess of Camngfcon are now mnch interested in the arrangements for the re- ception they are about to extend at their historic Welsh home, Gwydir Castle, to the Duke and Dnchá88 of York. The mam details of the pro. gramme have been settled. On Monday their Royal Highnesses went to Ireland on a visit to the Lord Lieutenant. The visit to North Wales ...

... BARRY COUNTY COURT. Thirty minutes or so was sufficient for his Honour Judge Owen at Barry County Court on Tuesday to dispose of the few cases on the list. Two judgment summonses against W. À. Lowrie, of Cadoxton, were adjourned owing to the fact that neither of the plaintiffs could prove that he was a property proprietor, as one of them described him. Another cage was adjourned in ...

... HER DREADFUL SECRET. Or WHAT A POOR GIRL DID FOR GOLD. Being the Remarkable History of a, Beautiful Adventuress, by the author of Nina, tho Nihilist, The Crime of Mad King's Ball, Murdered at Mid-day, Who Killed Jehu Cameron, &c. CHAPTER LI. 11 I Am Not the Murderer of Her Father, and Yet I Have Everything to Fear. Of course our hero became instantly aware that Mr Hardaker must have ...