... ,5fraP5 MORE RAIN HAS FALLEN IN LONDON during the last six weeks than the whole quantity during the previous six months. GOLD has been found in the Taunus mountains, between Wiesbaden and Soden. The veins are said to be very rich and mines are already being planned. THE FOUNDER OF THE FAMOUS RED CROSS SOCIETY for aid to the wounded has quite dropped out of sight, whilst his work has spread and ...

... Io. W f~ ~ ?? I., UIA MINISTERS are, probably, fairly satisfied with RELIEF FOR the reception given by the House of Corn- VOLUNTARY m ons to the scheme for affording relief SCHOOLS to Voluntary schools. It was certain, of course, that the Opposition leaders would take up an attitude of resolute antagonism. Nothing less could be expected after the success they achieved last year by fighting the ...

... I Zer cozrntnance Sic zip. ' Yea, to-morrozz- 60Ines tile A7/?Jt'oh; of IZeatvl.' A.ii smnj ?? bulst, s/h stosjs ed niowii a i/f ldy kissed hi/s hair, then fidedfrow the roonz THE TURKISH MESSIAH; i !*rlght, I S7, by 1. ZANGWILL in the United States of America] SCROLL THE THIRD XX. \ itor of hi, triumph, two Poles, who had made the pious - - told him of a new Prophet who had appeared in far ...

... Our vortraits THE Irish Bench has lost one of its most distinguished judges by the sudden death of Lord Justice Barry. The late Lord Justice was the eldest son of Mr. James Barry, of Limerick, and was born in 1824. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, he was called to the Bar in I848, and soon -_ - L - _ THE LATE LORD JUSTICE BARRY Phcto by Chancellor and Son, Dublin made his mark as a sound ...

... 3 wn tria~g of Collbtilicire Ev FRANCIS CRI5EEL ONE knows, in a general way, that they make marriages for con. venience in France. But the details-well, Monsieur Joseph told us about the details, the other day, after dinner, while smoking cigarettes, and drinking fil-en-aois out of a coffee cup. He had got to his third dose of this inflammatory brandy-the pJasse- rinmelel, in fact- so that he ...

... 11 4?i rti?itltc Talulair (75t By ?? II. SPIELMANN Now that the offer of Mr. Sellar's pictures has been finally declined by the Corporation of London, we may rest satisfied that future gifts will in the future be examined with equal prudence and circumspection. But it is to be hoped that intending donors of really fine works will not in consequence be discouraged from en- riching the civic ...

... c tto its of ,a litoaI nn By POULTNEY BIGELOW FAR Up in the Highlands of South Africa, hemmed in by the Cape Colony, Natal, and the Orange Free State, is the last coherent body of negrocs on the whole of this vast Dark Continent. They are the nearest approach to a native nation owing to a variety of exceptional causes, and they have been for years eager to be let loose upon their traditional ...

... 'Aurat 'ilatto THE SEASON THE mild January has been highly favourable to the early lambs, and on the farm in general the health of stock is first rate. That malign mystery, the influenza, is confined to human beings, and while the mild winter has sent the human death rate up by leaps and bounds. the high temperature and soft south-westerly wind have been health-giving to ewes and lambs in ...

... got (Crisis in ?? V?ilivpfilcs THE situation in the Philippines has been going from bad to worse. An insur. GENERAL OTIS In Command of the American Forces in the Ph.lippines gent army, number. ing over 20,00, concentrated round Manila, and some severe fighting en. sued. The American troops, un der General Otis, seen to have behaved very well. The fighting took place over a vast area, the Ameri ...

... va Vellill 0355aftes WHEN the citv of Benin was taken some two years ago Ologlosleri, the chief who % as responsible for the massacres which led to the expedition, made good his escape with other chiefs. OLOGBOSHERI IN CAPTIVITY These men collected in the country between the capital and the Sokoto frontier, and soon became a cause of trouble and a source of serious danger to their neighbours. ...

... topics, of tlie elsak As day after day the transports arrive at Cape A Policy Town, and General Buller's Field Force begins of to assume something of its final shape and Justice strength, the public mind, skipping many a disagreeable interlude, begins to busy itself with the question of ultimate settlement. A stray sentence in Lord Salisbury's speech at the Guildhall last week- We seek no ...

... It r 41pit a II b cr S!and by.-CAr'`A1N CUTTLE BY J. ASIIIV-STERRY THERE is an agitation now on foot to throw open the garden of Finsbury Circus to the public. From what I know of the subject there will be considerable difficulty to be encountered, for I am inclined to think a portion of the aforesaid garden, with the rights of usage, is included in every lease of the houses surrounding it. ...