... BOWSERfS LATE ST., - I A VEGETARIAN FAD. Dinner was waiting Mr. Bowser the other 'Yevening when hie caine home, but lie hung- off about it in a queer' way, and when )Mrs. BlowserI pressed him for au explanation he hesitatingly replied I have detbrmined on a little chaung in the daily programine, and I shall niot eat any regular meals after this.'- What do vou mean by that ? she asked. Mrs. ...

... In A MISFORTUNE MORE THAN A FAULT el At this time of year all children suffer more or less g a from the heat; even the best of them beceme restless d 7Y, and difficult to manQge, but in high-spirited, ex-n ed citable children the condition sometimes develops to d ol. an alarming degree. Parents will do well to watch 51 at for the first signs of nervous excitementand profit by w )le the lesson ...

... to t AND THE BAKER COOKED IT. k he Mladam, you don't know how to make cake I' OY ?? Ur. Smith, throwing a lump of half- en cooked dough across the room at the cat. You D e, never knew how to cook cake. I'd rather eat wet tb sawdust. You ought to have seen the cake my in e. mother made-that was cake! ti e- Your mother again-always your mother ' t ad retorted Mre. Smith. Pity she didn't ...

... KRUGER IN FLIGHT, p 15_OLLAND HIS DESTINAT9ON. b a tBULLER'S VICTORIOU$S MARCH. v E Ii ELLNESS OF GENERAL BOTHAX e PRCLAM1ATION BY ROBERTS h TO END THE GUERELLA WARFARE. Mr. Yruger has abandoned hislatest capital and fled seawards. He is at Lorenzo a lirques, contemplating a voluntary exile to Holland, hp Since the annexation of the Transvaal by Great Britain there is-in English eyes, at van ...

... WEEK BY WEi £ a. is PEEPS AT LOCAL LIFE.:t XXV. iOgD FRIUDA'r AT FGVJ La AP4 N 7:S. [BY IIAMBLER.h Rawsland' Castle, the pretty little W-:rnabrlillf ii amprihire 7illage, tucked away iU as ollow by T Forest of Berc, North-east of 1IaMsmnt, au1d I rly a dozen miles fromn Portsmouth, is to local 1, .clists whnt Ripley if to Londou wllmeu-- ; Treat centre for gatherings and ea.cu.:siors andi ...

... APPOINTMENT5. CAPTAIN7S. i} Casper J. Baker to the Blake, on commission- ing, 30th October. h Coln R. Keppel to the Warspite, on commiis- I sioning. lot November. 1 r. COMMANDERS. oh James De C. Hamilton to the Defiance, 1st C *h November, r. Trevelyan D. W. Napier to the Victory, for n d the tender Petrel, 6th October. F, Thomas D. L. Sheppard to the Renown for t navigatingiduties on ...

... I ?? I I ?? lLO-'RaDS. ;IV It ie believed that the first Americans WviG ?? ve succeeded in bbiluing their way illto the ?? o'e a Lords are Dr. Frederick L. Iforker aud Mr. it6dif g ?? ionith, of BiltgheiL0n1on, New Yori. *0VLO ed recently returned irout a lur'oreao tour. Accorz - 6 iug to the New York 6?eie, they vsiu the r. -t :e chambers in Parhameiet Eutidirg ivihear v cd caine to Eurone ...

... CONVALESCET iE-43M OP ENED AT H~AYLUNG, ' The new Convalescent Ilome for Children, Lp built, at the expensa of the Comitese of Moeati at Hayliag Island, and limided over to the ]Execu- S, tive of the Childreni's Alinistering, League, 'Ivs it OpeneLt iu the ?? of a hirge assombly by the Bishop of Southamptons on Saturedtt after- noon. The Countess of Meah was ?? at the ceremony, whilst the ...

... THE REV. H. R. HAWEiIS | t TELLS OF STRANGE EXPECRENCE5. e The Rev. H. It. Unweis keeps his promise of ti D giving some mnore Pulpit Expericnces in the t July p/e lf J egazine. 'When, be says I have, perhaps, preached an unusuallv Dlabby aid In e commonplace sexinon, someoue has benefited by Y that utterance above many others which Imay :t have thought I did myself more justice. bat a ...

... e -- - I )O AT HOME AtND ABROAD. 4 Tair cruiser Brilliant, now at Portsmouth, lias beeu ordered to be fitted with the wireless le telegraphy apparatus. n- ROYAT. SAtLORS' REST. PORTsBOUTrI.-Rtetarn f at for the week eudiag November 17th :-Bede, d 1,787; baths, 531; meaLs, 2,649. The crulser Doris, which is shortlv to be relieved . on the Cape station by the Talbot, will be reitted c at ...

... 1I I A WOMAN'S EXPERIENCES. Whether in the coming great Census of the go British isles Somerset 1ouse will employ iemale gooc Censue-takers is as yet unknown. They have, I howerer, beeu utilised in the Unlited States I bapl recent]y with considerable success, and oue oflea them gives some ?? experiences that met i cost her on her rounds. out Generally she found among the poorer classe ?? much ...

... ILITTLE MEN I l AkND WeME= l Lady: Why don't you interfere and stop the Boy: Why, becausa I don't like another c fellow's fun sooil r! -* , It Bobby: Don't you knowv that folkas Can't get t nairierlaft-r they aredea.l . X.r. 1c 21r. Liftlepalc: \Wily, of caurse i do. Bobby : Then why ire yot dlyaio to get r married for, ?? Jatle sars you narc |Brwuleigh (vicsifinf #Friends in the cswart,) L ...