... The Mayor of Rome has presented to the Government a. project for holding a.n Inter. national Exbib^m in tbssfc CI* ...

... Telegrams frpmthe Midland districts, ttc East coast, a.nd other places near London, report a severe thunderstorm with heavy rain on Tuesday afternoon and evening at Fakenham, Large hailstones also fel!, and some parts of the iowc were flood-id to a depth of three feet. At Retter ^ng the principal thoroughfares aiso were flooded In all the districts harvest operatinns, which wert in full swing- ...

... THE INTENSE HEAT. Fields of Corn Ablaze. A fine field of barley on the farm of Mr George Symonds, at Monkton, between Dorchester and Weymouth, was on Friday set on fire. The corn was in a highly inflammable state as a result of th3 continuous dry weather experienced in Dorset. The whole area, some 10 acres in extent, soon became involved, and despite theunrelaxed efforts of labourers and ...

... Two brothers, sons of Mr Brown, inspector at National schools, were drowned ou Mond ay jtloville, Lough Foyle, while bathing from a bout. One lost his life in trying to save the other. On Bank Holiday afternoon James Davies (il), in the employ of Messrs J. and C. San key. grocers. Bridgend, was bathing in the sea it Ogmore, opposite the Slon, when it is supposed he was seized with cramp and ...

... Glamorgan Assizes. The Glamorgan Summer Assizes were resumed at Swansea on Saturday. at Swansea on Saturday. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr Justice Bruce.) ACQUITTED. David Rees Harries (15), collier, was charged with an unnatural offence at Ystradyfodwg. Mr Gwyn Morris prosecuted, and Mr Vaughan Williams defended. The prisoner wa.s found not guilty. John O'Brien (23), labourer, was charged with ...

... SKETCHES OFTHE SEA By FRANK T. BULLEN, F.R.G.S., Author of The Cruise of the Cachalot, dire. VI. Nat's Monkey. When Nathaniel D. Troop, of Jersey City, U.S.A., presently A.B. on boaid the British ship Belle, solemnly announced his intention of in- vesting in a monkey the next time old Daddy the Bumboatman came alongside, there was a breath- less hush, .something like a consternation, amongst ...

... The above is the Lion of St. Mark, Venice. Oppo- site the Doge's Chamber in the Palace was a head of this Lion, with mouth open, into which persons secretly threw whatever was to meet the eye of the Doge. We place it at the head f this column to indicate that public letters are received by us, and also letters requiring answers on legal and general topics. Tenant's Garden. (W. J).—As it is a ...

... Mother (hearing Ethel say her prayers): And Iet us all live to a good old age.—Eshel I'll pray for aunty to live to an old age.—Mother: Why ?—Ethel: 'Cause she's ashamed of her age Dow. Stage Manager: You do not inject enough c°utempt( spite, and venom into that word.— Acrtress I can do no better.—Manager Non- i Sense. Speak it just as you would say plush a hell von meet It rival in an ...

... Small Boy (to his mother): Ma, what did the the moths eat before Adam and Eve wore clothes? Bates Is your wife a good cook ?—Yates Not exactly that, perhaps, but she is a good woman. She never tries to cook. It is unpleasant to reflect how easily a girl may spoil the effect of a fifty-dollar hat bv simply talking through it. Ditches are so abundant in Luzon that it is feared the insurgents ...

... AMUSING ACTION AT CARDIFF. Whether as a class Cardiff dressmakers are more skilful than in other large towns is not cer- tain, but it is a fact that few actions for misfits are brought before the Judge in County Court in this district. One such action, however, waa heard on Thurs- day before Judge Owen, and, as in many of these cases, much amusement was created. The plaintiff in the action was ...

... On Sunday a mass meeting of the railway em- ployees of the Taff, Barry, Rhymney, and Cardiff Railway Companies was held at the Grand Theatre, Cardiff, to consider tbe alleged violation of the agreement of 1890 by the unusual inter- ruptions of labour occasioned on the 7th of July of this year, in consequence of which the men were not paid for a full week of 60 hours. Mr James Taylor presided. ...

... HIS LAST VISIT, Mr Mylde loti always seem to bav ...