... RUG3-NNINTG NTO RIT. Assistant in M1enagerie: Sir, it raios! Keoper: Good heavens! Don't -ase a : but take in that zebra. His colcur runs! NOf!-,lING -NE-w1. Mrs Newlywed (to cook, wvhaom she has juz cor.2- a at regis'ry office): You Fe3, my husjand :s so Vtt'i ?? about hls food. Cook i-ympatheticaily) : 'Ther' all ?? r. 71-' old man was just the seuie. I nover c.zcx- ZO;4.tC to please ...

... (CONFLXTE STORY.j [COPYRIQRT I TIlE MERMAID'S CAVE. By C. GRAHAM WHYTE, Author of Lady Rafferty's Vow, Haphazard -Hc-use, The Priest's Curse, A Woman's t Honour, Snapshots in Paris, &c., &c. , Ou , ne, I dtn't forget my promise, and I will tell s you ali a'bou it presoentayf Make yourself comfortable. , thoulgh. Throm on 2 few nore turf and build them up nicely, and when swe get cur ...

... rHE ROYAL SHOW. t OPENING ON SATURDAY. - t t THE IMPLEMENTS. s Admirable weather, fine, warms, Ani aunshiiny, faveured the first day ; a the 61st annual show oln the Knaves- -ire, iork. of tho Rloval Agricultural d Society3 of England. Th,- society has E -tvice previously -sitedl the Minster ta '-ity, in 1848 and !8h3. On h,- second occasion there was a. profit to the shuwkv of 25,VJO. ...

... I A MAGNIFICENT DAY. A record crowd and a record entry attended the Wilton and Lazenby Foal c Show and sheep dog trials, which was held in the beautiful grounds of Wil- tcn Park, kindly lent by the Right Hon. James Lowther, lULP., yes- a terday, when the weather was most propitious and the attendant circum- staneces highly satisfactory. The total entries were 1,296, as against 1,118 last year ...

... I THEATRE ROYAL, MIDDLES- I BROUGH. THE ADVENTURE OF LADY URSULA. Next week should see the Theatre Royal, Middlesbrough, crowded every night, the enterprising and energetic management having secured one of the most noted plays of the London season for representation on the boards. It is 'The Adventure of Lady Ursula, by Anthony Hope, author of Prisoner of Zenda, Rupert of Fenjau, ...

... ; Ln - ? Ever since its formation, with a tr d membership of 70, in 1896 the Redear li a and Coatham Literary Institute has of e been growing. The growth has been m d steady and gradual as the good to be tli d derived from the institution became a e better known, and at the present time CS t there is a membership of over 400. tb , During the early part of last year the E .membership, then ...

... J LITTLE DORRIT. Little Dorrit bas just been added be to Macmillan's edition of the works of een Charles Dickens. The volumes forming c t pe art of this edition are reprints of the 8 edrit tion, and contain reproduttions ing ofi tbe original illustratione. Charles o 'as, Dickens the founger writes an introe-d hey duction both biographical and biblie- a ea 9 graphical. 0 ing RHODA ...

... G.AINFORD SHOW. Fine weather favoured the holding of the 30th exhibition of live stock and produce at ?? on Saturday. Horses, which constitute the special feature of the show, were a capital lot, the entry establishing a record in the history of the exhibition. Most of the well-known local breeders were repre- senteed, and amongst the exhibite were a num111ber of animals which have won prizes ...

... -0-- Next week the Tyne Theatre stage will be occupied b~y the Newcastle Amateur Operatic Society, who give -their annual performances in aid of ieee-i charities. The Yeomen: -of the Guard is -the play selected on this oceasuon, a. singularly happy choice, for it is one ~of the best~ of the celebrated Gilbert anid Sullivan -seories. The society 1hais been the -means of ras~sing a very ...

... BHiTWI1E IN THE.AOTS. A OHA.T wit~H NPlTS BESSIEDS BIGNOLD'-. . T A repressentalt-vv nf the Evea!ng Peot ?? thee perform.-anve- of the New M ast Lynnue! by *Mr. WV. ?? Knily';S omspatiyat the Exetee Th-tatre on Wedwasday. suiggested tohbimeclf that .9nitatereqi I er interview might nosaibly be had with the lea'ing. lady, Miss Bessie Rignold-hbearor of an, h -noure-4 name in the ...

... SA-UGY SONG'S e Special X1 Poliicemews O UILD. LXXXIII. FOR BETTER-FOR WORSE ! WELL, Jack, this time twelve hours hence I s'pose I'll be a married man; A husband's duties I'll commence, Fulfilling them as best I can. Well ! she' is worth the sacrifice Of freedom, with its hundred joys; I don't object to pay the price, But shan't I miss the dear old boys ! ?? You fellows must divide the ...

... , LITERARY NOTES A-ND GOSSIP OF THE 'WEEK. II Alexander Smith, wvom the laate Dr Hedder- .d wick cldsed along i jth David G rraynd ?? Le Alexander as ?? among his acqusaintances who w. were inheritors of unfulfilled renow n, is the e,. subject of a sinipathetic paper, entited A at Forgotten Poet,' by Mr O ntlibert Hadden n the ir February Arwosy. It was Dr Hedderw iek w vho d first gave ...