... THIE HADDO HOISE ESSAY4 I - I : - I ADVA±NTAGES AD Df.ADVANUGM OF OQUTNRY Y.= FOR YOUN WOKE.N The following is tho Arkt prize essay on. a -the aibove subject, written by. Miss t Margaret M. Coutts, The 3quare Ellon N Whea a'girl grows up to woimasnhood naturally . her thoughts turn to a field -vhere opportunities are far wider than those which a country life caa offer. Yet r-ot one who leaves ...

... ABERDEEN BANKRUPTCY EXAMINA- :~ ~~~ TI' sON. l . 'In Albardeen. Sheriff Couit on Frilday-abafore Acting Sheriff-Substitute J. C. Dove Wilson- George Joss, jeweller, of the firm of Messrs Clark and Jo6s, jewellers, 57 Rosemount Viaduct, was publicly examined in bankruptcy. The examina- tion was conducted by Mr Gsvin. Sinclair, solici- tor, Aberdeen, who appeared for the trustee, Mr Walter M. ...

... GREAT FOREST FIRE i. I MH7\ES 0F_ ROTEEtRCE IJ8 GIEt - -BLAZ19G O,9 A great forest £ire (wired i correspondent- on Friday) is rangInatoE Garte 6 murchus -Forest. Clouds-of dense k i tbhi Up~on the Gts fitnjinnr and ofzaetoNIl~ta bR b reY-68elterda~y aand, fEaad Od--urtho °kebaug *sp~read wi th' arming . rapidit.Ieil Wd Inchreach, en' the okintsurhe e e nt e ot:ee'ufn molesh hf e002oafaRS been ...

... ' ABERBENSEAMER AHORE. .'Thb i. s''13a w v'beloiging to the 4Awdfan Steamn Navigation Co. went asLore on Friday morning near Huna, Pentland Pirth, during a thick fog. The Harlaw was on a trial run, after extensive alterations. The H 1,rlaw (Captain Andrews) left Aberdeen on Monday for a, triel run round the north of Seotland and tihe Orkney and Shetland islands. Amongst those on board the ...

... THlE WEArllEIt. Thermometer and Barometer. READINOS AT 2 A.M. TO-DAY. SUN. Uoobr. RI3e3 . 57 &.m.. ,.,1047 P.M. Sete .. ? IS ..&.s.,.. 4-3 A.M. [Ugh WaLer rit Aber. j 714 A.M. e D .j 7,54 P.21. The barometer bas remainied Istady, bat the weather Is Changeable. TO-DAY. (August 29, 13S9.) TO-'DA V. I FORLEASTS FOI: TO.BiY. The following forecasts of weather for to-day were ...

... (WINDFALL TO GLASGOW APPR1TI(B A ROMANTIC STORY. C:ohn Scott (18), an apprentice in a Gl'4gow draper's warehouse, has, through the death of I grand uncle, fallen heir to Baillieston House; and to mark the event, he on Tuesday itight gae hi' 'fellow-workers a trip to Rothesay. The party left the Central Station at 5.20, tea being served on board the steamer. The story of the windfall reads like ...

... ABERDEEN PHYSICAL TRAINING COLLEE. The first of - the two special summer classes for teachers held in Aberdeen in connection with this college ended on Saturday, when the under- noted teachers were examined for the teachers' certificate of this college, which is recognised as '-Efficient by the Scotch Education D6'partrnent. The exarminastion in the practical work was con- ducted by the ...

... GORDiON HIGHTANDDIM' NEW ~~ I. ~~ COLwOURS. I THE PRESENTATION AT BRAOCKLEY. Colonel ',athias, C.B., and 'Colonel Oosvnman, commanding Ist Battalion Gordon Highlanders, were at Brackley on Saturday, and we understand that, subject to the anproval of His Royal High- ness ,the Prince of Wales, it -has been arranged that the presentation of colours shall take place on 18th September, in a park in ...

... IERMlORIAL SERVICE. 'I'lrse lindsome pulpit erecoted in St Peter's EpB- copal Chtrcrh, Fcraserhurgh, by theo e fonugregatien, to thoe mencary of tho late Rev. Charles Pres-dsey, Wits tseltd oit uSttidty for tho firat time, whon ReIv. 1. .l'yfe, B. , pratitlie l clolirent sermon. Thii) pulpit is of (dark- ok, andI is titagonal in shape, each ftae of the oltagon being elaborately ( reved in very ...

... I ROBERT GOIRDOfN'S COLLEGE. The quarterly court of the governors of Robert Cordojn's Collige. Aherdeen, was held at the college yesterday afternoon-Lord Provost Flem- ing presiding,. THE LOCAL TAXATION ACCOUNT GRANT. A letter was intimated from tho Scoteh Educa- tion Department, staling t1sat if it was the in- tention of the governors to make any claim ulIder tiee minute reatirng to the ...

... INEW CHURCHES IN ABERDLEN. PROGRESS OF THE WORK. b At preserut there are no fewer than four churolius in course of erection in Aberdeen. The fact affords another proof of the rapid expaension of the city as well as of the activity of church life in -the community. These edifices, too, enrich the architecture and improve the amenities of the districts in which they are situated. This improve- ...

... II 5 NEw BnRGE STREET, LONDON, ABERDEEN JOURNAL OTFICE, WEDNESDAY MORNING, 5.30. (BY SPECIAL WIRE.) THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR CLOUD. LEAVING THE RAND, (DAILY MAIL TELEGRAM.) Cape Town, Tuesday. A pitiable sight was presented at Cape Town Railway Station to-day, when 150 chil- dren alighted from the Jdhannesburg train. These children are tbhe offspring of parents who are too poor to come here ...