... 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. ...

... (COPYRIGHT.) WHEN LIFUS YOUNG. By SILAS K. HOCKING, inthor of In Spite of Fate. The Hearty of Man, God's Outcast, For Such is Life, One in Charity, Where Duty Lies,' &c. SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS. Douglas Wyburn, belated in a fog on Grimset iloor, overhears the plans of two burglars to Miter the house of Dr. Upton, who lives at Deep- cg with his ward, Floss Gresham. Douglas darns the ...

... A DOMESTIC QUARREL. At Wednesbury on Monday, William Goode, ironworker, wa.s charged with maliciously wound- ing his wife, Ellen Goode, under singular circum- s stances. When prosecutrix went home on a Saturday night she found her husband had locked her oat. She burst open the door, and found 1 prisoner lying on the |sofa. A quarrel took place, t and prisoner struck his wife on the head with a ...

... HER DAY OUT FROM THE UNION. Mary Coase (62) made her 102nd appearance before the Cardiff magistrates on Tuesday (Alderman Troauce and MrE. W. Shackell being on the Bench), and was charged with drunken- ness and disorderly condpct at Bate-sorest on Saturday. Mary was profuse in her apologies, and informed the Bench that Saturday was her day out from the Union. Let me go back, she pleaded, I ...

... The Tinplate Trade. SMITH ALLIANCE. Its Value for Tlnplaters- (BY OUR SPECIAL COMMISSIONER.] BIRMINGHAM, Tuesday Evening. When Goethe declared that the grea.t problems at the close of this century would be the organisa- tion of industry, and the social and economic questions thereon depending, even he eould scarcely have anticipated the absorbing interest of those problems or their all ...

... Eisteddfodau. 9REAT GATHERING AT MOUNTAIN ASH. In South Wales it may with certainty be said .hat Eisteddfodau easily proved the greatest attractions for the multitude on Easter Monday, Of the scores of Eisteddfodaa held that of Mountain Ash was undoubtedly chief in impor- tance. This gathsring, which is held in support of the Cottage Hospital, has from its establish- ment five years ago proved ...

... BRECQNS^IRE. •Jhe Quarter Sessions weie held at Brecon on Tuesday, Lord Glanuak presiding. Only one criminal case came before the Court, namely, that in which Andrew Leary (25), labourer, of the Elan Valley Water Works, was charged with feloniously stealing a watch, value £3, at Llan- wrthwe, on the 6th March. Mr Arthur Lewis appeared for the prosecution. The jury found the prisoner not guilty ...