... 'the Cop of the fIIborning. THE OCEANIC'S FIRST ATLANTIC TRIP. The Oceanilc on her passage averaged a speed of 18.96 knots per hour, says the Central News. The ?? indicated was 20,000, against her capacity of 28,000. The coal expenditure was 400 tons daily. YELLOW FEVER IN THE UNITED STATES. 5 a Reuter's New York correspondent says that thirty-five fresh cases of yellow fever have been ...

... GROSS DECEPTION BY THE HOOGHLY. There are generally two sides to a question, not excepting that of boren Doubtless there are many prepared to aver that there wvas no bore at all to be seen in the river Hooghly on a certain Tuesday, writes a correspondent of the Englishman (Calcutta), who was detailed to see the expected bore; while others will as emphatically maintain that they were vitnesses ...

... THE NEW BOER SMALL-ARM. A COMPARISON WITH THE LEE-METFORD. IT is well known that from the time of the Jameson Raid the Transvaal Government have spent an enormous sum in the construc- tion of forts and purchase of quick-firing artillery-both fortress and field--machine-guns, and small-arms; in short, have made every effort to increase the efficiency of the armed strength of the Republic by ...

... HI OPPERS. [By A. Ai.] ALTI-IouGn the farmers' reports this wcek deeim to be somenwhat Ices happy than they were, we chanced upon a prosperous hop-garden inl the nearer regions of Kent, where the crop was confessed to be an unusuallygood one, even by the man who walked alone, softly, knee-deep in the drying hops in the cast-house--an old man , who remembered more harvests than the pickers had ...

... AN AMERICAN MUSICL4AN. PROFESSOR HORATIO W. PARKER INTERVIEWED. TiHE sincere interest which has been aroused by the production during the Worcester Festival of Mr. Parker's Flora Novissirna' induced me, writes a representative of the Pall Mlall Gazelle, to seek him out after the per- formance of his work in the cathedral. I was the more ready to do this because I had already received fiom ...

... Ihe 'cop of the {IIbornfng. THiE (QcsvE-S VISIT To BRISTOL. The date of the Queen's visit to Bristol to open the Royal Convalescent Home in honour of her long reign has now becen tinally Iixed for Wednles- day, November 15, two days after the Colston anniversary. YELLOW FI-EVi ItN THlL Sr~ris. A telegram of to-day's datc frontl Renter's correspoittent at ?? York savs three more eases of ...

... . @. ?? NEW GENERATING PLANT. Important additions are nowp being made to the generating plant of the City and South London Electric Railway at Stockwell. This line; which was the pioneer of the deep-tunnel railways, was, it will be remem- bered, originally intended for cable traction, but before the con- struction work was finished, the engineers decided to adopt the electrical system of ...

... CYCLE RIDES ROUNQD TOWN.-!ll. IN OLD-WORLD ESSEX. FrEW cyclists know how old-world the neglected county of Essex really is. 50 unknown is this part of Eastern England that its ill-earned reputation for flatness and want of interest has lasted since the first guide-book writer .nade the initial mis-statement until the present day. A great gulf separates the West-end and Central Londoner from ...

... MACAULAY'S MARVELLOUS MEMoORY. There iF, an interestingly reminiscent article on 'People I Have Known' in the current Corn/bill by a ladywrvit~iiV uiider the initials of L. F. Some of my earliest recollections, says ~shei, ar of visits to thiehouse of a fi ienidof my -fattier's in Bedf'ord-p~lace, xvhere Ma~cauilay wias a fiequenitguest. Even aS a child I~xxas impiressed ...

... [FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. CAPE TOWN, Sep 1teber 6. EVENTS move slowly. The sunshine of to-day is blotted out by the thunderclouds of to-morrow. One hour we hear the word Peace, and the population feel calm; the next hour War ! War! is echoed about, and the people once more become panicky. The display of patience at Downing-street is magnificent, but it is misunderstood on all sides ...

... FURTHER EXPERIMENTS AT DOVER. The installation of wireless telegraphy, which will be the most interest- ing scientific accomplishment at the Dover meeting of the British Association, which commences to-morrow was completed. yesterday, the arrangements having been made under the personal supervision of M1r. Marconi and Professor Fleming, the latter 'of whom will have charge of this section; as ...

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