... AN ANGEL 1UNAWAIRE3S. He was an old man, bald, save for the scent 1i grey locks which mnade a ragged friage round his ti head; his eyes were dull and sunu!en, beneath co .heavy brows. 'The face was lined and wrinkled b with years and trouble, and the thin, closely-set lips bad a downward ecurve. As he sat in his E armchair, with the larmip-light falling UDpo himi, hie seemed the emrbodimienE ...

... : NAVAL APPOINTMENT. * ATURDAY. '.IN AV.&L 'ArrU1I 'TSiSN'f S ATURDAY. Commander-H. W. Steele to the Racer Lieutenants-H. B. Heygate to the &ge to date May 28th; F. Pierce, S. P. Armi and H. H. 'Smyth all to the Nelson, to data a 18th; C.. chadwick to the Alexandra, to to May 19th. the Sub-Lieutenants-J. D. Allen. to the N-esOa. , P. Crabtree to the Centurion; C.'Rmu .a1 Pearee to the Banshee; ...

... ISERIES OF. TRE GREAAT. Cowper was ?? his days overshadowed by the glootm of iluanity. Julius Cmsar had . a weak digestiou, and vwi subject to epileptic fits. his Cervantes vrq always poor, and constantl1 r, anuoyei by hisicreditorE. rass c wee Charleznaagne-hi4'at ultcer iil his leg that gaw hall him much anno(TaicP for maaty .years. wred. sIf-; Dante pnssedp k gof, hbis life as an enile iron ...

... A JUBILEE PROPOSAL, 1, It was an afternoon in Jubilee weel, and Southaea Common was thronged with a mnotley Trowd of holiday folk. There *vere whitenedf Pierrots and naaiked singers. wooden legged and armules sailors, bawkers of Jubilee drops, sellers of Jubilee medals, donkeys, ponies and all the well-known details of the Clarence Esplanade on a sum mer's day. Across the Soleut lay the Isle ...

... | CLIPPIN FROM THE 0OIC -| I I Pickings from oPunch. - &AT BATr. dr Wifling (sympaithetically): here on account dr of the witters? e o by U Pjinag: No, unhappily. Herb on account of wi the whidsles. N' AT WESTINetNTE, HALL. ex 1795-1897. Le Shade of Warren Hastings (to Mr. C-c-l Lu Rh-d-a): I succeeded, and wvas inmpeaclhed! Yoe pa ;e fail-and are called as a witness ! ti R1 ?? w VoAys or ...

... X-Rays and the Postal Officials. It is a mistake to say that the Rontgen rays can examine all postal packages withou t damaging them. They have made a discovery in Paris over which they are laughing at the expense of the postal authorities. Among the packages which will not stand the searching light are those con- tainiug photographic dry plates. The rays spoil these goods, with the resutt ...

... I - - ,IST'. 'RT ijTOLOMEW'AS CHURCH. ;1 .I . ` 11!:i NEW (A'IANCEl. '(ll Tuesllt a i'te-rnoiot thle iellmo oft Winclwes- r. tee h;e Rilit lev. Dn D.avi tav onl) laid the y oielolriial ofoue toi e lnew chnancel at it. it !:a! .ltouoiltwv 's inhurel. Sohurhva. Tnhe trait- e,i a';rs have been complpeted, at a cost of £1,5U0, lit u t!ihlt mateidellY - Imrptve the appearance Lt l. thle! C 'lur he ...

... T.,- a_ ?? ?? £.L BJ. rS I - ~FRIDAYw. ' BAmrADoUs.-Letter from Senior Naval Oficer, dated 20th March :-Pallas at Barbadoe '20th d te March; remains for the present. Pearl at Bar. | badoes 20th March ; leavesfor Bermuda on 21st nate March, callingr at ~St. Vincent, -t _ dc any Dominica. Montserrat, Nevis. St. Kitts, Virgin lfe Gorda, and St. Thomrs. Alert at St. Lucia 20thi ltfe March; returns ...

... A HUMAN BBLOODHOUTND. how ile Trapped a Kidnlapper. W ]'eraoste Paritit0t1o or middle 'Ti-%ns is at hIUmanR hgbloudhc(usd, says thle Saci lYw-4,* J'os~, His at iCelztUg' POw~er of sceet, for a I ug, timte exhibited -for thle ?? Of hiri frienlds, WRSbt' u 0Iro I ractjcai test mid resulted ILI 1`unuin1g1', down. tho kanidapper of a you rigl ?? Ilie is an Atustralianvi by birth, and patssedlhis ...

... ADVERTISING FUN'. Provided All Unconsciously. Curiously worded advertisements, which are fanny without intent, are common in the London paners, it would seen. A coutemporary receunly offered a prize for the best collection of such announcements, And the following is the result:- Annuel sale now on. Don't go elsewhere to bc cheated-come in here. A lady wauts to sell her piano, as she is gomig ...

... Therelare Verv Old Pensions. er There are still seven old ladies in the United s, States drawine money that was granted for e- service with Washinaton's troops in the War of ue independence againast King George. A yolng y, recruit from the Bay State, for instance, enllsted i1- j Ust before hostilities ceased, secured his pension 2e for self and wife, married a girl of 16 in his 80th ec year, ...

... WHAT 'RUMOUR SAYS. WILL TMARCHtO ND BE RECALLED? The C'oterrr dia Soir (Paris) says: ' If we can attach credence to information obtained in diplomatic circles, which we reproduce under all reserve, the French Government is prepared to consent to the evacuation of Fashoda wita the Ei reservation that Prance shall receive some couupensathon, to be negotiated nt an early date. T The British ...