... T I - BIR ARtTHUYR GPAW\T AND THE ARMY amIIOAJl S8E1IVIOE. Sir,--My speech in Aberdeen some weeks ago lie provoked some anonymous criticism. It is needless to reply to chose who dare not sign their naames. I find, however, the .peech gave pain to friends of my own, whose opinions on the sub- ject of themedical men employed with the army differ from mine. I have lived for many years very near ...

... THE Wl' EATH'IER. I 'lThermometer and Barometer. MEkDINGS AT 2 A. M. TO-DAY. An~nx> BAWo- 60 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~3')' -1 .~ iz ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ;~ i 9trx ~~~~~MOON. i :1 A, . 0-. 1iM 2l l ets.. 54 - . 3'Zcd A.M. i lligh Water la Aber. 1 9'73 AM. ,i .. j 9 . . The barometer has risan, and i - the weather is Inore settledJ , I Li FOtRECASTS FOR1 TO-D)AT. The following forecasts ...

... U THE GORDONS' ROUTE MARCH. ENTHUSIASTIC RECITTLON AT INVERU11fi.1of WTELOOMEIi BY LORD) KINTC>IUIA. 'Tle Ist Battalion Gordon Hlighiaruders left l _ I iliIlULk \ ot ordto tutoritt . alter llavtug el-'o tilIipedtlu111c onl battllo) a1ttd S uttaN? . n f IiitlJd t' 115Ot~IP 11110tilt' wlake .1Itlt I is irlte ti, clinjtu B do 11110e't roi0101iti dIattt'% stoy.i On 01 Ill ,.t alwd ;II1iittat(? ...

... IABERDEEN CCLESIOLOGICALJ ISOoITtrsI I If EXiCURSION TO' STIRLING. I The annual excursion of the Aberdeen Ecelesic- It logical Society was held yesterday to Stirling. N Most of the members went by the train which v left Aberdeen at 6.45 a.m. Owing to the heavy: f holiday traffic, however, the members were late I inarriving at their destination, and it was after eleven o'clock before they were ...

... | I I~ ~~ . . . I TRAVELS IN ABYSSINIA. Dover, Tuesday night. tf All the sections met again at ten-o'clock this b morning, asd a fu.1 day's work was done. h TRAVELS IN ABYSSINIA. St The Geographical Section was well attended to &a' hear Captain Wellby give some account of his cl recent travels in Southern Abyasinia. He was S warmly welcomed on rising, and orefaaid his re- marks with a ...

... THIE KILLEATON HERD OF DODDIES. The Irish Farming World in its last nuim- ber has an appreciative notice of the Killeaton herd of polled Aberdeen-Angus cattle, belonging to Mrs Grubb of Killeaton House, Diumnurry, County Antrim. The writer describes Mrs Grubb as an enthusiastic and practical student of the blackskins. who has succeeded in bring- ing together a selection of animials of ...

... A CHEERFUL AlO OF Mrs Emily Foster, vwife of aman fe thirteen years in the cmploy of th thbe I omni'bus proprietors in Brixton b h e. i6ut 7a extraordinary experience acodn Io h ~ Londo 2rs. ebo he a London Press.~ Visited Personally at he h 4t 289 Shakespeare Road, Herne Hill Long ~eills llofr Foster, who is forty-five year3 ofdr ' mother of five children, said . lI am ° age, 4rQ ...

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... I _ : - 6 NEW BRnDCE STREET, LOXDON, ABBRDEEN JOURNAL OFFICB, TUESDAY MORNING, 5.30. (BY SPECIAL WIRE.) rl TWO THOUSAND TROOPS tn FOR KIMBERLEY. it 0 INHABITANTS AFRAID OF THE d BOERS. h h SM1UG{}I,ING4 ARIMS TO FPR1E sT.AirE. 11 ((DAILY' MAIL TELEGRAM.) Cape own, Monday. T Two thousand troops, consisting of artil- 'I it lery, engineers, and of the Lancashire and o 'Munster Fusiliers, are ...

... RECENT ETHNOGRAPHICAL WOE, IN SCOTLAND. THE INVESTIGATIONS O!: TlEM BUCHAN PiIELDCLU3B. At the meeting of the Bri-tish Association yes- terday, Mr J. Grav, .B.&., of the Patent Offioe, a native of Peterhead district, read the following paper on the ethnographical work of the Buchan A4'ield Club:-Observations on the physical char- acteristics of the people of East Aberdeenshire. were commenced ...

... GORDON HIGHLANDERS! ROUTE MARCH. QUIET DAY AT BANCROJ~, The dEntachme nt of the LIt Gordont fjligh landers at present eligagetl ini a rente Iannl through tho territorial distrs -t ivere ncmp at Kitnnekio Park-, Baehilot-y. yesterday,an Will leave this muntr ing for Also3yne at iit o'cleck. Gohod lellovwsl.p. ordert, atied p - the ruling features yesterday :ir~de-ed, the after their 5cesoewtat ...

... ENZIE FREE CHURCH BAZAAR AT BUCKlE. PROFESSOR ROBDRTSON ON TIHIE FREE CHURCH AND UNION. Yesterday a two days' bazaar was opened in the Fishermen's Hall, Backie, on behalf of Enzie l Free Church congregation, to raise funds for the building of a hall at Portgordon for evening services, etc,, and to form the nucleus of a fund for heating the church. Rev. Alex. Miller, Free Church, Buckie, ...