... THIS BUSY WOR'D.U Poets, like the poor, are always with us. FEditorial 1itiices cannot ivither, nor waste- paper baskets blast their infinite staleness. * * a 'fl'e droppingz of heartless sileers of icy dis- lliin down the back of their necks is useless to dhstisurage thern ; the plan of confiscating their *etisure rejily' stamps. endll applying' them to the use of ?? Soiety for Assuagjing ...

... jTHE WEEK' ATWTE S.. OF WA I. SE3AT ?? fW WR 259000 BRITISH TROOPS IN THE FUEL STATE. The great feature of the war news of the week is the advance in Wrce.Jinider Lord Roberts, into tle Free State. On Mondny 'General Fiechaliturned up at' ekil'sbiift to the south-east Modder River Camp. Tlie :cavalry divisiomn successfully seized tiie Priftj and were apparently *very sh ortly followed by the ...

... THE BOEI WAgain. (Colli'nued from ?? 2.) FIGI1TING NTEAR JOILAN IS . BURG Jolha'inestburg, Wr'ednesday, 12 50 p.nI:.-A comisrando nf Boers undor Theron coutinues to maintain the offensive to the south ?? bur;r, tbeir presen t position being in fle direction of Klip River. An cisgesement was in progress yestcrday (Tiesday), the filing being aindible ill the ktow. NXo hleiail & ave yet come ill. ...

... j gE WEEK AT, THE SEATT OF. WARI PACIFICATTON'OF THE FREE STATE. -IAFEKING.- KRUGER'S ATTiTUDE. ,Fisfait ory to find how quickly peace ships at the heels of war. Though Lord Roberts i( lltt'l ]'lufouteifl onl5y a few days ago, business is transrcted with greater vCrgy, thc iS OpCII to (Captebh, ntl he. telegraplih is agair. availle. ln other directiol s 1 ,.rjt~rS S(1 ?? the paciffiation of ...

... I : I Dublin, Friday. Her Majesty, accompenied by Princess Henry of Battenberg, and attended by a lady-in-waiting, drove (_t in the afternoon, starting from- the Viceregal Lodge, and returning within the hour.' The carriage used was an open landau, driven by a pair of bays. Colonel Carrington was in at- tendance on horseback, and the escort consisted of a sergeant and four mounted constables ...

... If - CoW CAV. Experts. in baby-farming recommende the Use of milk from the same cow, and hence the little daughters of the Czar take their cow8 with them when they travel. During the. visit of the C7ar to Gerrany a palatial 'cow car ?? ao*9. was attached to the Imperial train. AT 'TrXTOTAl. CENnT NA.IANy. ira Ann Gibson, who has jrst (lied at Leverns, near Kendal, where she waal orn on June 3, ...

... I THE GENSRAL OIiLECTION. I (Continued from Page 2). THE GOVERNMENT AND THE NEW ADMIINISNTATION'. The Central News is able to state that Lord Salis- bury will remain in office if the Conservative party is returned to power. The same agency is informed that there is no intention of changing the personnel of the present Government unless any of its members fail to be re-elected by their ...

... PUBLIC - HOUSE SINGING - ROOMS'' IN MANCHESTERs. i - TWO NIGHTS' EXPERIENCES. By OUR SPECIAL COMMISSIONER. A 9ENTIMPNTAL TENOR. A consjidlrralle ao oult, of commotion has been caused rccendyhl by SensatiiOnal Statements about th.l singigg-nouom s i tile public-houses of fMan- chester. Vety long faces have been drawn after the readingr of t, * sat tenlint and many kindly- lbaried people. taking ...

... Oun COMMANDER. The name of General Gaselee, commanding in China, iR not familiar to the present generation, but earlier in the century it was for a long period very lbonourably knownl in' the Law Courts, Sir Stephen Gaselee was for years a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, and treasurer of Serjeants' Inn, Afr. Justice I A CHINESE ITINERANT COOK SHOP. Gaselee is alleged to have been the M1r ...

... GOSSI1? ABOUT INTERESTING P'EOP3E I Father lartoli, who has laboured- for many years as a, missionary in India, speaking in Rome the other day, said one of his fellow missionaries gave some, boxes of matches to the people of a village who had: for generations obtained fire by rubbing two flints together. A few months later he found that the people were worshipping these boxes of matches as ...

... I C~JQSTOUT YOU ARE GETTING I There in too often a' scarcely veiled reproach In that ex- clsismtio: now stout you tire gettingl At' any rate, the corpeileht one is generally sensitive on thnt point, and per- hap3 feels a reproach where none is intended.' Certaln it is that to lose the -site` symmetry of youtl; to broaden out. to swell visibly, as Barn Welier baa it, and finally to be- ...

... anOsave- I 0 , as I lu cc 0 in 0 ip His idooto advised Scott's Emulsion and he derived great benefit.1 CE S. ALLEN. (From a Totogtapb.) 46, Ondine Road, East Dulwich, S.E., B may 28th, !90O1 C Gentlemeih,-Having received so much benefit from the taking of Scott' I .mulsion of Cod-Liver Oil, I feel I must write and let you know it. It is some time no* since I first started taking it, Being ...