... Ad#U $ U G ETS$ A-Rmira1 2la'zs it' still seriously ill from an tt7;cii of tvphcid fever. ?? T. r[u toln, it is uniderstood, is to baild a lev; c fahe r for thlel Amnerira Cur. The C cir ;his ratiried all the articles agreed upon at '1he 1ilagae l'eaci Couference. Acn o.icial retarn Fr ve thlat tbe seals captured 34st ss:isorl 1IunonUlted to 375,000, the largest for 26 year;. gfdr!. ?? ton1e ...

... !di AND THE USES AADE tOF 1iT. I | The Boer is not a stickler in the matter of dress. As loug as he is more or lese covered up; ' and prrotected frouu the cold-for heat has no, effect unon him-he is all right. ills clothiag is, I lars a rule, a collection of odds and. ends picked . f ! up at the trading store, and no two Boers are, ! dressed ?? alike, -with the excevttion of tleir i headgear, ...

... MR. DOOLEY'S I VIEWS ne ON CHINAME&N, KaNGS, AND A r's ANARCHISTS, lead 'as In a recent article in Hairper'si TVeekly on 1The ?? of China, F. Peter Dunne's witty GI phdosher Mr. Dooley, pays this glowing U Ytribute to the Chinese as a nation of liars :- -this IdI Th' Westhren Civilization, Hinnissy-that's sabl. ble, Us-ib a pretty good liar, but h~e's a kind iv rough-anl'-tumble at it. He ...

... Mother: So yeu enjoyed your walk, Kate? Did t you go all that distauce alone? s Daughter: ;Oh, yes, mnainia, quite alone. o Beastly Brother: Then how is it, Kit, you .r. took an umtbrella and briought home a walking- r stiuk 'e He Made His Mark. t 3y No, declared the defendant, I couldn't t have signed that note, becauae I can't write. . 2Not evenyour nanem' asked the prosecuting d ?? ...

... NEWSNUGGETS. Sir AWilliam 1Warcourt was 73 on Sunday. Interic fever has become epidemic in several dit'ricts in Londou. 'The Paris E.hibition has netted to the French I rew-nue four millmns sterling. 1 The rise ill thle price of Navy and Railway coal t will add £140,U00 to the French Buldget. T,'lenhone wires have heen placed along the q high AiPs. and will counect Paris and Iomue. i ?? Andrew ...

... HER I MAJESTY'S I WPIPE. X A SACRIFICIAL CEREMONY. n t. It was in Kew Gardens that I first caught a ti m whiff of the Queen's pipe (writes a contributor to u 1. the .'all Mall Ga:cic). The day was neither a s1 ?? bat, whole, ner Back Holiday: which means Iv L that the magnificent ploasaunce of Kew was b e, deserted, save for the rare nursemaids atteodent w d on apathetic infants in ...

... i D ' A kiE$ a 'The othber dayy a very sreo iadivldidll wi trav3elling in a railway carti t, ad flU, sued onl to ai eue:t~o~ .r licle the tIavC, e b hound, I&, Wvitl :aii e ch l.;) i-- . e fn eeY, ptialJ e d \;:l I MIe ?? ] i t iier l ite ce:ie_ brl- . ;. to: i trlf - I.I - ltlj!5 ' i .Ci! btat.'l f2, aud he e i 1 C' et:, t1 il. 'I tufiher ot thr.al,, IL toe --e aliuizag i lesses acre ?? ;I ...

... FOR LADY 0IADS.i i i The newl.st colour the fouiards display is a i, bright strawberry pink, which, with a well- it defined pattern il white allover itis the vcry hus er the water asks for, at once arrestive and gay. e, Those who prophesied the extinction of the spangle this Season were greatly out in their' J reckoning, for never were richly spinlled I garments 60 rso uch in favour, aud never ...

... I?R MA I- i - ?? H : M'B R C'A ; LLJFIN FORs LITTLE FOLK Cornu ctsci ty GrandLoa Grim~m. Six Little Cats and Dogs. r 'Jackey Maloue had three little dogs, I Aud Molly had three little caft; s And ail through the daT, e At their work or their play, Cause three little growls, Then three little spats, And thlree ittle tighta F or threo little mats. but , i.x little howls, ,l yoa called our ...

... .- V AN,?4 AV;,, L C H FROANICLER 1, is cQ ti-e HZayry, trzdcr the Good v2rc crcc cl Ga d than o-cur W ea1th Prosl!f;rltyI, Aid Poace: Dc,,enr4.; Tm CHANNXL gelADRON 4 COUUAD. We 1eal n from a trustworthy [, sourcel that oil tfhe Ui.IA. v10l1 ot the Perriod of Aice-Acd iral ir Ran\ Rl'a wson m colil allnd of thlC ?? Stl:2llill ot' the Cliicnael Squadirol, illi December next, he will he ...

... I fill R. c 9 ?? I-If . I a MisS N. M. Mnrris s * ot Oii':. til is lain, just Pilitl`--d iL .Ct C., IE it ?? c :: , /Ii I- Iotceutous leg';tli, and ss iL COf i -, U! j rather than a coniiposite wtaoi:e. o ic a- !; e JO the patience, nowever to V,'idi rlVrcon- a h :l a tedious boohk will fdlud! hey-c anld Ilir - a e:ta.. 01 ?. interesc. We ?? E0: e s! er A ~ S,~ LIS aIL )s1s3 Pace, wvhos ...

... HEnS POWERFUL. l -- DINNER AND PRESENTATIONS, e The dramatic cempanv of M.M.S. Powerful, which did much to make the ship's commission n tleasant one, had a farewell dinner at the C Oeutral Hotel, Landport, on Satarday even- j iDg. Between thirty and forty officers, petty oflicers, seamen, and marines were present, the r principal members of the company including I , Lieutenant bims, who ...