... A Chat on Monsoons. The Pioneer Moil cootaina an article on the pas. monsoon in India, based upon the official reports of rainfall between June and October. These reports show a generally satisfactory state of affairs, about half the country having had ...

... A CHAT WITH BRIGHAM YOUNG. in 1P64 the Bishop went to Utah and slaw much of Mormon capital. He was introduced to President Brigham Young. and had • conversation with him. Tbe book contains an excellent' 'description of this extraordinary man: Not at ...

... A CHAT WITH CRONJE JUNIOR. A correspondent writes :—I have just returned with an ambulance from the Boer hues in front of Boshof, where we buried the two Yeomen. I had a conversation with Commandant P. A. Cronje, second son of General ...

... A SAILOR'S CHAT WITH PRINCESS. In A Sailor's Log: Recollections of Foety Years of Naval Life,' Rear-Admiral Robley Evans, of the United States Navy, has given a well-written and interesting autobiography. Here is a specimen of Admiral ...

... the St . Leger, and the pilot of th e winner, too, without hardly a shoe ta his and with a hungry eye, hanging round the hoot of a couch. The man who chucked him carcase of a chicken and a roll of bread lilt!. kum who the poor fellow was. ...

... downwards. In September, 1887, he had a long chat with John Bright in a railway-carriage. They were travelling to Scotland: I had the good fortune of meeting John Bright, and travelling with him as far as Grantown. He had made a mistake in going so far, as he ...

... veniture out. What a boon, then, it would be if a playroom could be arranged, either a basement or a large attic, where the children could play in bad weather. I don't mean a nursery where dressing, lessons, meals, and other things are done, ...

... CONTEMPORARY CHAT-, A. thdartmoste Name. The new Pope. in deciding to be known as Plus, has assumed a name which has anything bat $ fortunate record in the history of the Papacy. The int plus, who ruled in the second century, was martyred. No Pope took ...

... uncut, fine bunclw* and beautifully coloured; behind one of theae ranges t ...

... lieneva's wonderful azure is well known, whilst Lucerne is of a greenish hue. A . little lake in the Yellowstone Park is of a vivid pink, but this is owing, no doubt, to chemicals in Ills water. A North African river is black and shay, like very slightly ...

... one. • And what had vou I said to a tnwper. 'Oh, I had half a sardines to share with a chum, one cigarette, and tin of inert powder; it was kindly intended '—with a wry face, half a smile, he added—• but inadequate; half ...

... primal regret among the native Pro Plea. A Story of Nedra,. There fresh talk of a trees of M. Andrie. the Arctic explorer. Just before his last voyage Andrea was driven to distraction at a dinner• party by a talkative neighbour. 'But how will you know ...