... CABLE ITEMS. The Pacific cable scheme is making progress, and the New Zealand House of Representatives is the latest to adopt resolutions promising to con- tribute towards the cost of construction andi maintenance. Meanwitile the Eas-teirn TelegraiphiComnpany is Showing_ whether from the. effectscifthie rapid constunction of the Cape overland wire or not really in Itters little, that it canl ...

... 1LO\]DON AN\'D -\ i\AR1IS. A con sicletiti t sec(t ii n of t le ErotichI people a're, bitterlyvi of inta wt England But, on analysis, it Wil be found i ta~t thle chief seat of .this feeling is P'aris, and1 that. ,where it exist s inl othier parts of the countr11y it 1-uis been larg-ely (1110 to the unilico and( igno- lance of at certainl 'lass, of Paris ;¼rnlIt-ilsts. Tlhe vulgarity of the ...

... OLD AGE PEINTTONIS ABIROAD, ?? TO THEI' EDIT P OF' Il: N M,55NWI'Ai'ilit St1 It.- 'lii lrti'xt o vi~le week]fl pen- Ri111 II ?? t hI 14'i pool 5i tilt (!i t* s 3 a ?? Lis1te do.Of tin I ?? e Iil I ?? 10Ic (acilaIitn of r--eve I.- itI.4- ii Iii opo.i ?? -pot. C0 tIle, sibjevtt from ?? AI -I ligiv wit Ii t)fInaI l':yl3 brigi 'c o It o lin I. It is 1,i'owisllhti p g. itpo; iii 'thisit flo itto ...

... - I lb seems only two or three months sines that the Elcho shield, having been won In 1898 by the English team, was handed over to Sir H. Davies, M.P. (late Lord Mayor), and now it is aunounced that on Saturday, Oct. 21, the trouhv will be again taken to the Guildhall if the City of London, and, for the ensuing 12 months, formally presented to Sir J. V. Moore the present Lord Mayor, the ...

... I MEETINGS & I l Yntional S u ,-rI .E - Gr-.at Ceutral PItl-r 'rt 1130a.mu.. to iri , , worthand Leices' 5d l trt d Notticahbam t. 4' l ?? i i tiritccsic, ?? Scr.i o c ~ -a PBy Soth-Easter a Street l.-12, ro2l , . 1.15, w ,e)lws, ;* 1ocxliII, acid Donr - S.r. Bands p ?? ,, Batter;ea, i'l Jl y, toria IamIcs, -,.d i c. t.G.. Bandj IaY ?? Kseannis Otoni ai 1i . tall woods, C os FieLds, e'o-tm I ...

... I H{OME PETS. I SNAKES AND FBOGS. Of the many creatures that axe nowadays acde pets of, perhaps the oldest are snakes and frogs, The repugnance so usually ex- perieneed at the sight of a snake does not prevent a large sale of tho reptiles by the purveyors of live creatures. The common English ,rSke, ealled also the Grass fnake, the Water Snake, and the Ringed Snake, makes an interesting and ...

... WILLS AN-D BEQUESTS. A FAMIJLY HERALD PROPRIETOR. i ...

... I -I SERIOUS CHECK AT THE POLLU SIGNIFICANT MAJORITrL HEAVY REPUBLICAN DEFEAt (MoM OURB CORRMM020DNYT.) NEW YORK, WedneadsK The by-election. which was held in the eighth Congressional district of Missouri, yes. terday, hba attracted national attention, be. cause it was the first contest in which the issue of Expansion and Imperialism has been dis- tinctly made before voters since the war in ...

... WILLS A-ND BEWQESTS. MR. J. L TTI'TSON. This personial ectate has ?een 1 ahied at £98.57 ;i-. 5d. r t, and the gross ;-loe ori the hole| : 'ter rssate ho. bet-ri --ed at 41t97S 12. Cid oi Mr. Jnhn lla-thjorn Kir-ono. of Elnert flail, t Leeds. anti of Lire firmn of fitron ar)id1 y ?? g erg, wo- died on the 21st Mlan iast. agpd Th? ?? ?? his Vife the I ':rid eninymr-tt of h!. hr7:s5old effets, ...

... WILLS AND BEQUrs. DR. IFORTN'rxr Bv bitt vbii-, dated Htet lir 1:th, 137, witb * rodcil of tic, 1-t 1ctjtornirPt- 1028, fPr. (Drae, l)cuiry Ed-ward lEortnuns, of 11:i1 lic.rr- S, c-ncre 31s. anfd ?? a, srimstire of tire Bi:trYg-c - with ...

... The Trial ! of - Mercier. HAS the key to the Drpyfns mystery been produced nt Ingt ' We are very much inclined to ., I think that it has, in n sentence of Generl 1 Mercier's evidence on Saturday, which, in the multitude of more sensatinnal mnatters, mity not attract the attention it deserves. The wbole day's proceedings were, indsed, intensely in- teresting and exciting; but there was more ...

... . tSTATESMAN, ORATOR, AND SCHfOLAR.' | On Saturday afternoon a life-size bust of late at Mr. Gladstone was unrailed at Penmanrmawr, a rising watering place on the North Wales coast as by M4r. Kneeshaw, the Chairman of the local Con- a servative Association. The late statesman during 'ay the last forty years of his life was a great admirer fh Of the beautiful scenery and salubrious air of the N ...