... Mr DEAn EAiENS,-Like cider folk;:, v7on will. I know, be deeply interestled in the return of Cur soldi:ersi from South Africa, where they ha-c been heaveN~] fight ing' the nation's battles for twelve mnonths anld ynore.. Th~e first to arrive are the fmoaas-c, C.IV. (C ?? pernal Volunteers), w-hom. L1ondon ?? x; iah aavar-' than ordinary erntsusiasm. It was like jubilee Day again, so gay wore ...

... IN LI&GHTER VEIN. ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. Was the autbomobie parade a success? Well. yes. Still, it would have been more of a, de- -ight if gaseoln smelt more Bke attar of roses. A SUCCESSFUL EFFORT. MIay: Well, Stella has at last made e, name for hez sewll Mani: Poetry, art, mudic, or how? May: Matrimony. APPARENTLY. Teacher: What animal contents itself with the least amount of food? Pupil: ...

... Notes from Fleet Street, I - II (BY ?? onY CORRESrOINfNT.I It is gratifying to notice how the fame of a Nova- castrian firm is inade known. I refer to what is really a very. fine %Pecimnen of art printing work now being pottd Up throuighout the country by the Government. Tiisanew Rya Artillery Recruiting poster axe- outed for the War Office by Messrs Andrew Reid and Co. It is a great advance ...

... iRJIDAY'S EDITION.@ COURANT' OFFICE, FRIDAY MORNING. THE :BOER WAR TWE OPERATIONS AT SPION KOP. GENERAL BULLER'S RETREAT. HIS OWN ACCOUNT. Sir _Redrers 'Buller, in a long dispatch sent from Spearman's Camp shortly after six o'clock on Satuxday evening, Teviews the operations prior and subsequent ,to the seizure of Spion eop. .e says that from the 20th to the 25th instant Sir Charles Warren ...

... THE PEOv'LP: OF ST-. KILDA. In tbe current number of the 'OGeOgrap'hcai Journ1a, M1r Nornman Heathcote gives an interesting accountn of his experiencs on she leland of St. K7,ilda, obtained durin1g a recent topcgraphical survey. He says- As might be espected from an island so remote, they are a priitmitve people.wvzh simple habits,charming man- ners. and no rices; but I am afraid the mareh of ...

... GENERF-AL NEWS. ?? The death is announced of 7Mr Sam Johnson, for man? years chief low comedian in Sir Henry Irnving's Lyceuw company. At Longford Petty Sessions, en Monday, RoSE Reynolds. a publican, was fined £P2 for hoisting a greca flag on January T. The schoolhouse at Iem.iby, near Yarmouth, was on Saturday destroyed by fire. Fortunately no childree wore in the school at the time. Charles ...

... Atc 6 ouraat NORTH OF ENGLAND FARMER, AND GENERAL HUE AND CRY. ESTABLSIcMD 1711-9TH YEAR OF QEEN ANNE. ITHE WAR OFFICE AND TYNEIDE SCOTS. It is regrettable that there should be strife between the War Office and the promoters of the proposed Tyneside Secttish Volunteer Corps, and still more regrettable that there should be inter- necine differences wit;h brother Scots on the question. The ...

... TIQNL AND Ad WM -QUESTI NS A'NTD ASE ?? Week to weelt a portion of ur CospIt cite~ f ?? a to which we inric, (Itwr 21i znacn 4 tladrsmay put any quest;o Of ifltcres: ~obe: or uthers. Comcrlvnicaeicnj~ moe 3reh not later than Tuesday in Ceach wook'- Is tne bal'et of EnglishoigisL~-~ WXl 11some reader define the 1righats of rt WaITLEJ EAY. WX n is the symbolical lenfling; attahed to ci . ng of ...

... GENERAL NEWS -0 - Gainln,;borc-ugh Urban District Council has dco'derd t4 buy Up tihe local gas cornpany'g ?? Ior ,C- c',C3. A P~rc c~h mana, anamed }ienlr Wa-';ir is mitted succlde by shoo'ng i-nmctltf en hs e-:ite's g: 0. In his poete- ?? an ex aiza-:^ i; T -i:C! wro. e, no faic-ds \VM Ct of Av ., a ' n ?? . th- wvork±ouoe sta-C e1fa i;n th2 -C2. Whi*]c cvycing en Sunday ?? Paaat-:o, c. ...

... I NEWOBTLE HOSPITAL ,LTNDAY I I . - FUND. 7 ?? A SDOCESFTJIL YEAR.. Ai medlog of the comnmibtee of manzgemert andl dis- tribuaionin connection witla the Hospital SundayFurd, was held on Wednesday. at the Bible Depot. Pil- grim Street, Nzwoastle, to receive Dr Hocdgkin's in- terim oalh statem t, relating to the collections in 1999, and ito vota tho amount for free gift distribution. The Miyor ...

... t A |Th publie iitl'i4 § P.n ;#tioh eee-'-u ; cf th battiefitid tht^ 'ih c p - or -e in danger cf beiu o\-trle-t^d. Is Hayward's isorcrformaitc with tt l 01 c1, 1 few weeks had takeln ptce,, n - stances, the country would hat-c '-oen r::ar n~ fame. The Sue-rev crack ?? AeiC:; sc-c,- tihan five centurie;, an-a on one-, ?? Li9 - _ ?? .~his second -hundred. So ?? e-ocs on eight huncre Ir;un, ...

... The Hungarian Minister of Agriculture has this year t again undertaken the task of preparing an estimate of the world's grain crop, based upon numerous ex- haostive reports collected through his Consuls abroad tnd other correspondents in all agricultural countries. These reports have this year been sifted and collated with special care, and this accounts for the final asti- mate being issued ...