... THE CONSPIRACY IN FRANC1,. A JUDGE'S STO1RY. (FROM OUR COUREBRPONMENT.) PARIS, Thursday Night. Af. Grosjean, ex-judgo at Versailles has gone to Spa, in consequence, as is believed, of his being implictedl in the Royalist plot. Siull- taneously M. 3 aurico Batrres hals seot out on a tour in the German part of Alsace-Lorraine. N1. (Irosjean was one of De Boaurepaires wit- nessets, but (lid not ...

... T.'RANS-. VVAA RA AP XG A MA'NSION HOUSE FUND OPEMEDh I-ohav rtoecwod flh, ftoliowin letteraml ii en- C f~in roor iii tort! Alayur ?? J. Voce Afook-u) for pbin o 'Vit Mz t itat li 1101.t,, TAoT don1. (let. 11, I ?? Sir, - I Imtt- ?? rcet'i-eit ?? rtli tlt oillt: cir it-11 Itt ?? c i iv o Sotitt For the0 Gcol ibi'S. %.it.tlt 1wt'iitliiti'S tm Sir Alfn'tl M dor, andi I have I LX' t it) Zil0 tt ...

... COU 1NTRY INOTES. BONE AND P)MUSCrHE IN PIGS. Baronn cruers want a long side and to got thes.e lolng side, pis inning good slrorg tsones are required. Where pigs are being forced along rapidly, cptocially if non finedl they should hare ?? to R box of ?? ashes, chrnoai, and salt. Let I^Ioll erat what ?? ivant of it. Soa risces Iim'ul pig blurerrer fied I oncr-ash or' ground hones. A nroted t i ...

... CO-RRESPO-NDENCE. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. A C-CMMUNIST COLONY. Sirt,--The deo~cript~ori it, yor issie of Ocetober lii ha a, fair artxtitti of Soime of the llceclopetit is that heave talen ?? ait 1Witite wi . Belt three poilits, itt leazt, alee iloacculiate. The liiiA worid ill tim' hetaling, 11collo pso,'' is a misue nec. The coloity sitactiles to layV 111010 cotiltllidtitttd thtan evrer it ...

... TLoU ly 'T'J.EiTlD-N Y TO TllE BOERS. Thle special Co-eon'ottildlnt, of thle Tory FaZl.Mr'll Gaolt i ~ o vt~iteC13, ,ays 1 * AS a roan.ll h v rs'spct for the Dletebniallftll He is slew, Itc is t ltc~t~b'~ i~ e wilt nevel' he ulp'to' dt'.itithe 5tt'Ii'i his ?? and dtslikvi, aittd it is to k, ?? tll It- US at Mstatghtb';at' thr when I he ?? I' u 'soer conceals his affection for Iris ?? itisot ...

... A CASE OF SNAKE- ]3 LTE. - 4 It is the Rev. Samuel Stipper's S9ahlath Custom to ?? it walk is the early sireillg wli on these omcelstitlis it is llcy deI glbt to IcctiitpittIty It iii a (em miles alonit the hsil-' tok oeetsida the toeitjibp, retuiring rith hilu in titer for servicec a it ricant ISintiday the wttltler wits psrtiitlar'yhi tie tlltl ve 'tjpiiil i)siti ioli, tilhe ri!vtcafil iii ...

... LATEST FORIEIG NT l TELEGR.\MS., I:NGAGEY1ENT OFPilNES \iIOLA. ?? (1 u nln to )tc iI Prince.,, -oiio Boerne. Oct 2 Thle Natiottol (Oulwcil han adol'3'i 1i; 1.1 vWl, to ot ;te ,~ rtoli-IlO- '10 piislt iat1iltti 0 tooitlr Iii Wo'.;t Ftii os-il eetrils ?? nht tu. ttht t ,gC11 Stilt ' li i''l 019 i 30nia 101,' itn 3,0' 'lrl'AAOEON 1:vl'UIONISTS.e~ Or 'it' wie:1a31 ii I '11sioss' ?? Inc te l ...

... I Yesterday 3Mr. Braxton Hicks held an inquiry at Wandsworth with reference to the death of Johann Geyer, aged58 years, a medical rubber, lately residing at 8, St. Ain's -road, Wandsworth, who was found dead in his bed on Friday evening. -Charlei Neale, a School Board teacher, living at 16, Jessica-road, Wandsworth, identified deceasedas his father in-law,and stated that he had lived alone ...

... I Mr. Balfour arrived at St. Andrews, on Monday, and in the afternoon engaged iin a foursome, in which Mrs. Asquith played against him. The Admiralty have presented the Rev. John H. Pitman, Chaplain and Naval In- struotor R.N., to the curacy of Hum- shaugh, in thecountyof Northumberland. The Archbishop of Canterbury will preside at the distribution of prizes to the students at St. George's ...

... -SOME PERSONAL REMINISCENCES. [BY M. DE NEVERS.J] IT was in 13S1. I was then studying with Ponchielli at Milan, roughing it side by side with Puccini and Mascagni. The second was in Ponchielli's class, and the famous master had great faith in him, deploring, though, his pupil's apathy for work. \Ve were a compact little class of enthusiastic workers, believing more in quantity than in quality, ...

... A{E SITUATION IN SOUTH AFRICA. NORTHERN NATAL SAFER, VISITS TO THE TRANSVAAL AND THE FREE STATE. The first shot has still to be fired. Those wvho are anxious that war ihould be avoided at whatever cost rejoice accordingly. They still profess to see aI peaceful wvay out of the difficulty. To the unprejudiced observer, ],owejtr, the otutbrealk of hostilities would appear to be a question of a ...

... i-rS PRoPErr FUNCTIONS. The furctions of the National Guard are twot1ld, says Maiejr Parker in the October Forum (New Yorkt. lie then proceeds to discuss vwiat they sre. 1. It constitutes, or should constitute, a national reserve ofiins-tructed men at the call of thce President, for any one or more of the spcecific purposes mentioned in the Constitution. Ili this respect it forins a perlrct ...