... nteresting Facts.. * it Wood pulp paper is (says Science Siftings) being !,j used by the Japanese troops as military clothing. It n is marvellously tough, and has a thorouglaly work- .11 manlike appearance. It holds stitching uncommonly :e woll, whilo its warmth is undoubted. h1 The old-looking violins seen in many a2 music-shop I.. window are not infrequently brand-new instruments from ...

... IN BMEMORIAM. A tribute to the British and Colonial heroes who hare lost their lives in South Africa. We sing the praise of those Who for the empire died. Triumphant o'er her foes They death itself defied. Let mourning hearts rejoice, Let tearful eyes be dry; We praise with trembling voice The dead in victory. No welcome home to them, No laurels crown their brow; Yet we regrets will stem, ...

... 'kopyRialtrA TIE GODDESS: A DEMON. BY RICHARD MARSH, I nFulwl Cry:I' BTh eet,4 : A Mystery The OriwtZ and the Ctiminal, 'The Datchet Diamonds; 1i'he btime and the Damsel, etc., etc. SYNOPSIS OF I'REVIOJ'E G MAPTERS. urmsg f. ro ?? narrator d tie stor, Johin 'Ferguson, tells'ivow one evoning he and hisia'enfI, *d ill 1,awrence, hacl been pla yiganrds. t'utting the cards lor a double ...

... to r- ?? The Belle of New Yuk paid it,; 'irt vite m to Manchestor loeal playgoers were disporocc l to rcr-c- n- it with a frigidity which surpriswl thoso who hadI vtn lY it in London. For months ITlhe Bolle-`' h:i l,; 8, Metropolitan audiences enthraled, and anl sx, - llt were disposed to regard it as tao best slil, in nov. 'o It must, therefore, have causet the tourinn .?nlaps5y * ...

... THE STRING OF PEARI.L A passing Suggestion a ,,ek nr sems likely to give us anvthit brtn a of pearLs. The brief ?? t aisen over my picture of S. cla elc ° Sweeney Todd is a good illi- > how history ...

... QOOK OF THE DAY. ,eolg vsUrRYSIDE SOMAE COrNRYm PICTURES. rnd Fell in West Yorkshire. By Baiwl'i surchi~fe. (London: T. Fisher v f Shrop;hire. By H. .pN-cai Tnaus F G.S. (London: ylr ~rc' l jc Somrt ...

... ACCIDENT AT THE PARIS! EXHIBITION. COLLAPSE OF A SUSPENSION BRIDGE. SERIOUS LOSS OF 1MB. Paris, Sunday. A serious accident occurred this afternoon at the Exhibition. A suspension bridge over the Avenu ...

... T11E TRANSVAAL BEFORE gi tr THE WAYR. re lo *V5Uih African Recollections.' By Mrs. X LmCrel Ph.diips. (London: Logmans, th Ci:een and Co. Ts. 6d.) d. Th;e in run'ation contained in M ...

... 4,S';Iu. A-ND SO HIPORT ICULTURAL SHOW. . tec of manaznement of the Orms- ; Arcritoural Society met ast Corn Exchange, under Brig!ouse, to complete or die next show, to be - - ?? *he 9th June. Nir. G. ...

... THE MST ENG{ISH NOVELST. - 'SmilRihrsn: ABiraialand Critical Study. By Clara Ijinkiter Thomson. gLondon: oraoe Marshall and Son-) The founder of the Eaglib novel, Samuel Richardson, ...

... fLWVERPOOL PILOTS' EASR CONCERT. For more than a quarter of a centtury the amal b c|encerts given at Eastertide by the pilots of the port of Liverpool have proved not only delight.- 9e I ful in reepec ...

... ODD TIOUGAITS. TWO rFUNERALS. Is the Rev. BMr. Brown at home? asked a stranger, confronted by a smiling Irish maid at the parsonage door. No, sorr, he is attinding a widding, answered tho maid. Can you tell me when I shall be likely to find him? asked the caller. 'Well, sorr, was the smiling reply, I don't know just whin he'll be back, for he has another funeral to attind afther, ...