... On Monday night, at the Lyceum Theatro Newport, Mr W. E. Langley's company appeared in Mr Freperick- Jarman's thrilling Russian romance At the Foot of the Altar. The un- folding of the story was followed with keen interest by the audience. The rendering of the piece on the part of the company, of which Mr W. E. Langley .represented the Czar, and Miss Beryl Montague the Princess Natalie, was ...

... On Saturday evening a passenger on the Dablin Electric Tramway, named George Manners of Pickering-place, Bayswater, LOMon, in descend- ing from the car ca.ught hold of the rope attached to the trolley wire in mistake for the bell rope The trolley on being released sprang upwards a.nd snapped some of the electric oveihead wires which fell among the passengers on the outside seats Three of the ...

... BRIDGEND. Alleged Robbery.—At an occasional Police Court held on Monday Thomas Smith, labourer, of no fixed abode, was remanded in custody until Saturday on a charge of stealing JE3 from the person of Thomas Grogan, labourer, Maes teg, It was stated that the men were asleep in a field together, and that Smith awoke first and robbed Grogan. He was observed, however, and captured. ...

... A WELL-FILLED LARDER. We hear in natural history circles a good deal about the balance of nature, and the following well-authenticated story comes from North- amptonahire A sparrowhawk was killed when feeding her young (July 1). Four days later, when the nest was examined, it was found that the httle male bird had made due provision for the family, having brought home 48 birds, viz., six ...

... NO LEGAL PROOF. At Merthyr Police Court on Monday Thomas Hopkins, of the Full Moon Hotel, Twynymain,was summoned for selling beer on fSunday, July 23rd. Policemen watched the house from 1,200 yards away and saw large numbers of men enter and leave. Mr Beddoe argued that hundreds knocked on Sr.ndays, but were not admitted. By a recent decision there could be no conviction. The Stipendiary said ...

... FUTILE ATTACK ON A RECORD. At Catford on Monday afternoon Len Hirst; attempted to beat the 20-mile running record of one hour 51 minutes 54 seconds; established by George Cropland in 1894, but was compelled to give up after he had completed 13 miles and a half. ...

... NORMAN BIGGS NAMED AS CAPTAIN The annual meeting of the Buch Football Club was held on Fiiday,v?hen the retiring captain, Mr Derrick, was presented with a silver salver, suit- ably inscribed. In Mkuowledging the gift, Mr Derrick said he would like to make a suggestion as to his successor as captain. The gentleman who, he hoped, would be selected was Mr Nor- man Biggs, the veteran Welsh ...

... Saif Areopagus Lleyn mown ile tra chan- olog. Gall y trigolion ddyfod yno O bob cyf- eiriad: y onao fel y fan hono y sonir ami dano fol [le yn inieddu myurodfeydd at y Gogledd, y Dwyrain, Gorllewin, a'r Deheu. Ymgasgla i Arcopagus ddyniolln t merched I ae ni chyfyngiryr aeloda~ethf *ndi bwah ag sydd yn mneddu ar synwyr, barn, doethineb, a rhywfaint o wybodaeth. Perthynai i'r sefydliad y Prif ...

... d lg n 10 r- a a IJ h. La s- ft le in .5.. )e 1k al 1O ir IL it is 10 in it 19, ve .it 2e of n- Id fe ly Ig it in- it 1P 5, )y It re .n al ie Id is ,hT re re of sr id rs .le 9- A Cow in a Paper Shop. f We &,ave heard of a ?? in. a china s shop before, but it has remained for s Darlington to provide the cow iha at paper shop. Th5is happened yesterday. 0 'Mhe said bovine, had been to the ...

... A KERRY ME4ADOWING AUCTION. AN AUCTION OF 50 ACRES O0 N HEAVY MEADOWING Will take place at Ballygarry, At Twelve ?? on Thursday, by Martin Murphy. The foregoing announcement, printed on yellow paper, has been affixed to various walls, within an eight mile radius, and the lush-grass lies awaiting its purchasers in the quivering noonday heat. Up they come, on foot, il ass carts, such a inctley, ...

... A FRENCH VIEW OF THE WATER-TUBE BOILER. MONSIEUR LE DiRECTEUR,-Oll a suivi en France, avec beaucoup d'intert, les tres remarquables articles que vous avez publies jusqu'a ce jour sur les chaudieres aL tubes d'eau, et sans partager, dans le monde mari. time, les opinions Demises, on trouve, comme vos dmiinents collaborateurs, que ?? a agi avec beaucoup de lcgcretd en adoptant les chaudieres ...

... EYRFQM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT I Bayreuth, July 29. Anybody visiting Bayreuth and having a day or two to spare should not miss visiting Rothenburg, the most quaint little town or city in Germany. No factory has yet in- vaded this former patrician stronghold, elee- tric light alone denoting a sign of the times. Surrounded by a wall and moat and 33 picturesque watch towers, the tiny city lies, ...