... I A SOLDIERS YARNS, LIES, AND LARCENIES. Jo:uN MOO , twenty-two, a soldier, wearing the uniform of a private of the 3rd Battalion of the Scots Guards, was brought up in custody at the County of London Sessions, Clerkenwell, to answer charges of having stolen four handkerchiefs and other articles, value £2 5s, belonging to Beschizza Lazaro, of Baker's Row, Clerkenwell; two watches and chains, ...

... ESUBJECT OF ILLUSTRATION.] IT was the, established custom in certain neighbourhoods as soon as the potman had put the shutters up,. for him to place a pint of beer, or, aware of his preference for spirits, a drop of gin or rum, in a small bot- tle and bestow it in some snug outer corner where the constable well knew where to look for it. The trusted guardian of the night would possibly ...

... [SUB3OT 01V L Sbq'3¬] ON Sunday af ternonn sh ,clrng tragedy was brought to ?? i L t0 Effra Parade, Brixton. Fu ;'rI tiom - U a iA;fr. and Mrs. Poet have, together Wita their little boy, aged about four years, oecupfed. a room on the first floor at that address. Their neighbours always regarded thei tas respectable people. On Friday' Mr.; Poet left his wife and child;' Why he' did Is no one ...

... R3FGE NT, - - U kESTIO : - - 7 -it A N-- ThnovoioCr the whole of the South Afrcan war'no greater shook has been given to the public ?? that oocaeioned by the publication in -the Times of a three-column letter from Mr. Burdett-Coutts. It colsists, from first to last of a series of the. most horrifying charges of neglect and upreadiness in relation to the general' hospital arrangemients. As ...

... VIO-LET HILDAREiff''. A ROMANCE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR.; BY GUY B. H. LOGAN. CHAPThR XXVII. I SAVED! ! General Gothurier, after his intervidw- with the two prisoners, returned to Violet, who, as may be imagined, was in an. agony af mingled doubt and lope as to the result of Anna's appeal to him. As a matter of fact, this old Boer warhorse had very little sympathy with' the British, and had ...

... :-THE ESCAPE OF B:RAVE 0 WINSTON OHUJRCHILL FROIV -PRETORIA. ' SIXTY HOURS OFTERRIBLE ANXIETY. 4AND. DA~S ADVENTURE. :- ;SUATBJCf Or ILLU0RTltION] 2lk. Wns;,Im'ONCibwis ones more back hi 'the' Bifihlsh>ne'E set; Ghieveley, where he axrived on ,Tiiesds week. -he story of his escape. froM retori ismos, nieresting, the ?? account of his ahventfiies;'for- w -hich e ar indebted to .the Moriniig ?? ...

... IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR . - .II)M1G EMIGRANTS. - E1Tl'xA±r Information Oice;, 31, Broad- way, Webtmenster S.W.-The January -Cir- - Iars of t6i- vnigrants' Information Office Zand:tb,6.A'nnual, Editions of the penny Hand- boo, show the present prospects of emi- grailp.The notice:'boards are norw.:exhibited, ?? -may be obtained, free of, charge,. at nearly 600 public libraries and institttions ...

... X WITH -BOBS ON THE I MARCH TO PRETORIA. ol ?? 1- [THE CHESHIRES CROSS THE RIVER ZAND AN D HOLD THE PASSAGE FOR OUR TROOPS TO FOLLOW. £SUBJECT OF ILLVSTRATION.] SCOTCH, Irish, and Welsh regiments have all had good chances of distinguishing them- selves, and have made brilliant use of them. Thursday last was, however, an English day, if we may so cak it. On the previous evening the Cheshires ...

... Fon the lasi week or more Cronje's name has been in everyone's mouth, and below we give an excellent sketch of him from a por- trait. He is a remarkable man in many ways. Mr. A. Kinnear, in his book, just yublished, With Methuen to the Modder, gives an interesting description of the lion of Africa : He is masterful before all things. The man is absolutely fearless, and is as full of ...

... B I I rAErA70R I ?. ?ABLE - I Ova, brave C.I.V.'s did some very striking marches in face of, or in pursuits of the foe, over dreary miles of veldt, or rocky, mountainous country in South Africa, and like the brave soldiers they are, never flinched or shirked a single step, -but IMon- day's triumphal march through the countless hundreds of thousands of enthusiastic. fellow-countrymen who lined ...

... IIhaJll ilU BA'XU. AY, AWL 8 i, OOr ASSOITOaN CUP FIEAL AT ThE CRYSTAL ALCR BUBRY OUTPLk SGVT?9Fl4 AiT, ALL ;0,PCTS, ANI) W:IN BY ;4 TO2 0.! Qk Fw dnal of fuss has been sd b. E he reviveal of 9 anihr ftoothjl, lbuV it. i di ?? to:' ,nd d . wy t¢ -0±h shoild be credited wit. ?? s - not possess. ' n of the Si he lu have. woierhlily to~tie ,rouoflte ye;§r3;. bit it heli been by ?? i of' .Scoth, ...

... THE ALLIED FORCES' TRIUMPHANT PARADE THROUGH THE FORBIDDEN CITY IN PEKIN, [SUBJECT OF ILLUSTRATION.] ArTnB the Allied troops had conquered Pekin it vwas felt to be needful to show the Chinese some outward'symbol of their power, Go it was determined to march the troops right through the Forbidden City, which is the Holy of Holies in the na- tive mind. No foreign devil had ever ...