... c tto its of ,a litoaI nn By POULTNEY BIGELOW FAR Up in the Highlands of South Africa, hemmed in by the Cape Colony, Natal, and the Orange Free State, is the last coherent body of negrocs on the whole of this vast Dark Continent. They are the nearest approach to a native nation owing to a variety of exceptional causes, and they have been for years eager to be let loose upon their traditional ...

... topics, of tlie elsak As day after day the transports arrive at Cape A Policy Town, and General Buller's Field Force begins of to assume something of its final shape and Justice strength, the public mind, skipping many a disagreeable interlude, begins to busy itself with the question of ultimate settlement. A stray sentence in Lord Salisbury's speech at the Guildhall last week- We seek no ...

... DAPHNIS IT CHLOE, Lyrical Comedy, In Three Acts, Words by MM. Jules and Pierre Barbier, Music by M. Henri Mar6chal, produced at the Thiatre Lyrique (Renaissance), Nov. 8th, 1899. Daphnis ?? . H. M. ANDaRMU PbiFMMt . ?? - SOULACROIX ?? ?? K. Bor s Chlo6 ?? Mdlle. J. IZOILaRC La Nymphe Echo ?? Madame FRAIDAZ Msrtale .Madame L RICHARD (FROM OUR OWN CORRxSPONDENT.) PARIS, THURSDAY, NOV. 9.-A ...

... MR. CHARLES WYNDUAM AND THE I ARGONAUTS. ;e I Mr CharlesWyndhamwas entertained by the members Yof the Argonaut Club at dinner at the Hotel Cecil last ,Sunday. Mr H. A. JONES presided, and there were it also present Miss Mary Moore, Mr Frankfort Moore, e Mrs Beerbohm Tre-, Miss Juliet Nesville, Mr and Mrs e Lewis Waller, Mr Murray Carson, Miss Mabel Lewis, n Miss Helen Mar, Mr and Mr. Carl ...

... THE PROFE&S1ON AND THE WAR. The following subscriptions have been forwarded to the~ Daily Telegraph fund for the widows and orphans of the soldiers killed in the Transvaal :-Sir Squire and Lady Bancroft 1,000s, Mr Ben Davies 200s, Gaiety Theatre Company, Limited, management, artists, principals and chorus, orchestra, staff, &c., 1,400s; Queen's Hall orchestra and staff, per Tambourine, 210a; ...

... SPECIAL SUNDAY EDITION, CONTAINING ALL SATURDIAY'S NEWS. LIod's VEaWs Office b' UNDlY r OfRYINv. I - sn rjaG S. SAIUNDfUAS 2 flot0I AND FOBtEtGbI 3 4 NEWS 13 SATILEDAYS SPORTS 23 'it.srs- I.-;-rreil ?? British Advance -G0 ctrds o laig to Relieve Kimberley- colellcca ?? DLestroyed-News fromu ?? ' ?? CJircular. 2-. 5eeI roubery in the Wecst;Hd-Ye3- ierdac'.i London ?? LI 4trccooncial Fruda 'l ...

... - TWO FAVOURITE CAGE BIRDS. it is a meet point with many bird lovers whether the Goldfinch or the Bul1fich is the handsomest of oar British finches. They are both undoubtedlv great favourites as cage birds, thoogh, perhaps, the Goldfinch is the more often seen in confinement. The brilliant plumage, the pleasing and lively habits, the bright and cheerful song, and the facility with which it ...

... A LTI -PL 'TL HE AVtA L. k5l,~ h rtlit hitht ;wti.twd iro fil:. liii I ~ ~ I, )il V j ititl wnt j 'diet .,ii iiih! ?? ~iihth1. lit 'i , ill6 pl,'htll lily peh tt' is N'iI~llN I)ai L ii~ ItItll 1 I I, jmihtO II ?? * ' S ...

... THE DIEMOCR.ATVS' HOLIDAY, TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME. Miasonoas, ?? ?? Moslerin, 2 to 4,_ Sco1tt: Ket-Sie~gtoo 21 itCeit, :! to ?? nil UFVMcoj, 2 to 4,.---Natoinol Hi story Aliisotitn, 2i Mt 4--lbrthsal G~reen, Mfuiesin, 2 to 4-dcoac lvMueslia, Jilru~yo~.oreer, 2 to 5-Greenrwich Hospital, I. to ,u:-ho Gardens, ?? dnsk.-lteuelngtou Palace, 2 to 4.-lteipton Court, 2 to 4. St. PanI's.-.l.30, Prett. ...

... Coining so soon after the election at Bow and 3ronmley, the Exeler result is not so had £o0 the Liberal party io for the cause of peace and good sense in national afffairs. Once more we see tiat the country does nlot accept thie load of London Onece miore w*e see that itnora;ilt vulgar, thoug htless oolonon does 10ot ?? the ?? EOglf-iid in itis hiIiids. it ?? be at bad thing ftul England if it ...

... THE WEEK'S GARDEN WVORK, rnr't'i CuL-'tsnt--Oine most ?? result of thle heavy roiiisall ?? which) wve allotted ?? week [its ?? etirl moieitiititg of him toil, thor it is anv iii tine, eon- tition fot' tll tint iril-i.¶s; i; o~ ts al, m 1!1ouh lol ?? 0115 tipci'eji!y it-In' to troit Ir-le' IWou Ijitaie, I-at [tie re ar apptoiir Lv ve's to r iar rp andswl ~ who itty ilritt Itt pmt ivail it ...

... COTTON During the last week or so raw American cotton has fallen in Liverpool to the extent of a dozen points or so, or tell shillings a bale. The bulls} unloaded last Thursday. Yesterday there wcere numerous fluctuations, but values rested firmer at the finish of the market. Mr. Henry Neill sticks to his big figures, though pressed to reduce his estimate of 11,00,000 bales. Lancashire ...