... lu lis a 9- SUNDAY SCHOOLi r. CON VENTION. r, PJ1EETENGS AT PIRTTWgACUTH,. ro . The annual Sunday School Convention th I has beeu held in Portsmouth this or f week. Young people's gatherimgs were on th It Monday evening held at the Buckland Con- an gregatioual Church nd At Eitm Grove, Chacel, eit n Soutbsea. At the first-named place, Miss italph tit 1e (President of the Ladies' Extension ...

... M1ARK TWAIN ABSENT. fir, s BUT THE LAUGHTER THERE. rel Mark Twain is a good talker, and invariably de: , prepares himself, though he skilfully hides his I LI preparations by his method of delivery, which agi denotes that be is getting his ideas and phrases veE as he proceeds. He is an accomplished artist in fee this way. His peculiar mode of expressiog An always seems contagious with an ...

... MULETARY NOTES A ND NEWS. M~ille tlo Li11 t0 ' i, I , f To- v wihe witoe thc, fornacijon of the 54,111 Co. Army Servic Cpr r ore CO.lAt,~ SevCl(cI'ps *it C.olewort~r Dtrra1Cks, tllr( i olswAoutli. A J~rsit of 53 m1eK;1 from Thie Deptat |~ th v.Ill nwrive! to i('iu (0:e lew naclre,. SiLrcm the1 t Southi A\iricanl 'Wiir eclslelelno iexve~r xthan, 16| L;Q ev on )aieuhve btp- addtlcd to the ...

... I| irty romI 3rry th e tt, nit. , as to reat :hat om Eves ght lien Sty, der he his lie Lets tee, ret ?? 'oU tc cel d . -- .. l ?? VVbat'E that young man's buEnes3 ? asafed I vo hIr. l'arsolls. Ele is a tutor, I believe, replied For hls vrife. ' RVhat does he teach ? One of '°1 tbem old sc enees, I stpose, nusvrered ltrs. Thel Pnrson6. I aiu't quite sllre sviat it iF but la6t And ...

... B .COMEDIANS' ,JOKES.I - o - >I a CAN YOU ROAR AS YOU READ THEM ? It takes but little to make the patrons of the 1 music-hall laugh. Most of the funny sayings look flat in print, but the ridiculous manuer in . which they are uttered and the horse-play which accompanies most of them serve to carry them off with more or less success. r Two meu, billed as talking comediana, amuse the audience ...

... AT A ,I AT AIN 11AT HOURE n ill AS CNDUCTD HN JAPANi. 1 t Two yeare ago, writes a traveller. I had any Imy Co irut experieuce at a Japnaese liady's At -loueia Ol 5 -Lshe wee the vi~le of ca high. oflicial-where nil St ad the glists viero cmlpehed. ilocording to'l ap-.niee .B e et inetute, to leave their hosts and shoes outlside tjj ts eore enterinlg th)e s]Oee. I was surlrised to Lb IS eee ...

... NIAFEKIN Gw ED9ER FORCE DISPERSED. ROBERTS AND BULLER ~~l o MXARIC HEu M f3 UNOF-OSED. , TiiETRAPZVRA INVDED t -1 - 1 1 - ILLM .S -tr Mafekinrg has been relieved at last ' The wvelcome news came to band late last night. 1 llhe messai gc announcinpg it siys that 'lr relieviag Columnlhad entered H'afelking ?? -:TNI-s ~~ d eril thc rcmu'~u'ts of trhe iuvos'.irin for(c, * It is now 219 days since ...

... BACK FROM THE DEADS MINESTERS SAFE AT PEKINO OFFICIAL NEWS TO JULY 27TH FOOD FOR A WEEK LONGER. RELIEVING FORCE SETS OUTD FiGHTING IN lMANCHURIAP MASSACRE OF MISSIONAREESl The foreign ambassadors at Fekin have come back from the dead. After their sup- pefed martyrdom had been mourned by the wholc civilised world. there came the news on Mondav that they were still alive and well-all except ...

... er' -- ie WARS AND RUMOURS OF WAR. ed Lord Rosebery made another sensational speech by in the Lords on Friday night, following upon a th speech of a reassuring tenor by the Premier on ed our foreign relations. The ?? hinted ed darhkly at possible contingencies, and begged for he assurances from the War Minister or Lord en Wolseley that we were prepared. Lord Lansdowne indicated that we were. ...

... !)NU$S NUGGETS. France, Grruranv. and Austria have agreed to abollrb the boutlte's Otl sugar. ! Nearly tea thoulsand threatening letters have `ell sent to the Czar since his ihiess. It Is announced by a !.ancashire paper that Sir L. ?? . idley is to bo rnised to the peerage. I ?? report that Geuerali Baller had ?? a p'eeruge lis deniei on the authority of Sir Rv Y himelt. iedvers The Royal ...

... FGYP, LAIDOV RaARDEPRS.? .ae ?? oIef^s3 3n-FSS 1wiill ?? ?? eie 2iw capes bowit itsftles of real lace. Id1 'The old veiling is now again the most fashion- able of miaterials ?? Uliz r g'o'ns. !Foulard e-joys a r Li ulaaion wb1 severalj seasois batre lniseb io tanislh. Tihe favou:ie ! makes ihave a safin ieeu, enticing litcle .wreat;, v, bouquets, ind lovers-knit s biruc designcd thexis.a iD ...

... IT--iE TOWN COUNCIL. l ioaf ADVEP.TUSNG~ SOUTHS~EA. 'Irs, TR~AMWAY TENDERS. fre ad FLECTION, ON AN4 fesCA .t le, Thermonthly meeting of the Portsmiouth Town P., ?? was held at the Town Hall onl Tae.s!oo heday. The Mlavor (Mdr. H. it. link) prcsided. chi rof COMGLEtNCE. l by At the oatseet tilC MsAoaL CulledI UPOn Sir John . )yal. Baker, M.P., to propose a vote oi! Condolence 551 ical with the ...