... THE- WARES OF OLDBUCK. F ry BROTHERAS HARPER. For nearly six-years after -my connection with the establieshent the beatubiful aasoeiation of the four Har- per brothers remained unbroken. They were not, but well they iighb have besen, the model of Dickens's Cheeryble trotlhers. They wore niown among themn- P selves-and their intimates by sobriquets whose origin was referred back to a time ...

... QUESTIONS AND ANSWLS .. o.4 (From week to week a ?? ot odvee s t f vv j, questions, to which vre invite ansr-ke anrd a n readeirs Mray put any question of $iOtPs eitherj or others. Corrmuuics.don must reh the Cc,L' not later thaa Tuetday in each week. I QUESTIONS§. Who founded the Buckland Museum?_tSm,,, Ccunterfeit asks for a. brief account of rte of the Mint. Will some one describe the ...

... CHICHESTER DIVISION. The Sussex Daily News states that Lord Edmund Talbot, member for the Chichester division of Sussex, will apply for the Chiltern Hundreds on reaching England this week. Mr James Fitzalan 'Rape will be the Unionist candidate for the seat. PEEBLES AND SELKIRIK. Peebles and Selkirk Liberal Association hsve re- solved to invite Air Edward P. Tennant, younger, of The Glen, to ...

... A MGONEY-1iVN DE: AND HIS CLIENT. In the Queen's Bench Diision. on Monday, Isaac Gordon, the money-lender, of Birmintglam, Manchester and London,4sued, in the names cf Robert Dean and William Hail, under which he traded, the defendant Frank Saddon of 21, Sea Bank Road, Egroreont TLiver pool, to recover £40 upcn.cne and £050 op in another promissory note, both these sums being balances. The ...

... - - c VERY FAITHFUL. Purchaser: I would agree to your price if I were onlyn sure that the little dog would be faithful. c Dealer: Faithful?! Well, I should say so. I have 1 sold him half a dozen times already, and he has come r back every time. a HOW TO BE BEAUTIFULi 'You advertised, I believe, that you would tell women how to be beautiful. c I did. a 'Well, I'd like to know how. s ...

... FRIDAY'S EDITIONS _ ?? OOCRANST' OFFICE, e FRIDAY iMOPIING. THE BOER WAR. THE SITUATION AT -WEPENER. NDVANCE VOF BRITISH FORCES. (Press Association War Special.) Maseru, Mlonday. TAo Beers lhavo for the last two days been showln$ great ~aoivity, moving along the roads ebwaxrds Pe cbtr'delsnrg a.nd Rounaviile, which con- .te;asrg upon WlVepdner. Their scouts rc'ort t1lat the flritash forces ...

... Notes from Fleet Street (By OUR OWNE COBBESPONDEYT. The meeting of Parliamrrent on the 30th inst., a few weeks in advance of what was originally intended, is I on the whole, generally approved. The objections raised to this step arc exceedingly few, and carry no i weight. No doubt financial reasons make it neces'ary for the, Government to call Parliament earlier than usual, in order to bbtain ...

... (From week to week a portion of cur space is gien 9 for questions, to whieh we invite answers and explansti O. readers may put any qtestion of Interes'Pithe ir to or others. Communications moat reach the Courset not later ?? in each weeki1 QUESTION\S. Is Dr Leyds a Dut-hman?-L. R. B. Did Goldsmith ever visit Sunderland?-Ws.4xsxmT7,, At what period were the Royal Welsh ?? raised?-TAFT. What ...

... [ALL nIGETS3 nESMEVD. ON PRESENT DAY DRE-AVMS AND 'VISION7S. In his presidential address at the annual meeting of the National Council of Free Churches, Dr Mackennal struck an unfamiliar note-a note that set many of hi. hearers thinking and talking. It was as though they heard a new doctrine. In truth. however, it was an old doctrirne. but with a new and somewhat strange application. The ...

... I ?? I I GENFE AL NEIfS. -o-- The Court of Cassation at Belra-de has confirnled the sentence of seven years' imprisonment recently passed on M. Gentclici, ?? ster of the Interior, for lese-lnajesterand plablic insult to the Governmeity Francesca Genesina, of High Street, Wanstedd, has been fined 2Os and costs. at Sira.'ord, by the Wan- stead District Council for wvilnfully expoinug himself ...

... ;)RTH OF ENGL.AND NEWS ?? Tit, Bislron opf NeAveoafrle precohed on Chrinnnas rt al 4 ...

... Since tlie meeting of the Queen and Lord Salis- *ury at Balmoral, consequent on the result of the General Election and, the resignation of Mr Goschen as First Lord of the Admiralty, there have resulted, as might have beeln expected, several rumours, Pny one of which may be true. For instance, it is stated by the Times, and cor- roborated by other papers, that Lord Salisbury is likely to seek ...