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IBRAVE LITTLE HERO.I
I BRAVE LITTLE HERO. I I SAVES A GIRL FROM DROWNING. I Charles Howard, a sturdy little bare-legged, flaxen-haired boy of seven who resides at 109, Harrow-street, Limehouse, is to-day the hero of the East-end of London. His daring in saving the life of a girl of thirteen from drowning has made him tne idol of the district. He was sitting on the steps of Rateliff Stairs, Duke's-street, eating an apple on Tuesday, when he was suddenly roused by loud screams of terror. Rushing to the edge of the water, he saw a girl, Saraih Anne Knubley, struggling for life. She bad gone down twice, and was sinking the third time. The brave little lad without hesitation jumped into too water, which at this spot is about 10ft. deep, and safely brought the girl to the edge Z, of the stairs. A crowd had meanwhile collected, and the rescuer and rescued were loudly cheered and carried to their homes on the shoulders of strong men. The mother of the girl took the little fellow in her arms. and sobbing in her gratitude, kissed him for saving her child.
IBABY GIRL WAS STARVED.I
I BABY GIRL WAS STARVED. I FATHER COMMITTED FOR MURDER. I A pitiable tale of lack of employment and the starvation of a baby girl culminated on Tues- day at Edmonton in a verdict of "Wiliul murder" against a father. An inquest was held on Constance May Gammon, aged four months, the daughter of a French polisher living at Goodwin-road. She was one of four children. The father had been long out of work. The home was per- fectly bare of furniture and bedding. A doctor advised parish relief; but this was not sought. Mrs. Gammon said that her husband ob- jected to go to the relieving officer, because if he accepted parish relief he would lose his vote. She could not go herself, because she had no clothing besides, she thought it would be taking too much risk. The Coroner: What do you mean? Were you afraid of personal violence? Witness I was. The father, who is a Socialist, admitted that he disliked applying for parish relief for the reasons stated by his wife. The Coroner: You would rather see your child die first. Witness said he did not know that the child was so bad. Last year he was out of work 26 weeks. During the child's life-time lie had earned about £ 14, most of which lie had to use for paying deibts. He was out with a. barrel- organ all the day the child died. The jury returned a verdict that the child died of starvation, brought about by the wilful neglect of the father. The coroner said that was a verdict of "Wilful murder," and the father was taken into custody. .„,
MONKEY AT THE HOSPITAL.
MONKEY AT THE HOSPITAL. A STRANGE OUT-PATIENT. I An interesting and novel out-patient at the Charing-cross Hospital at the present time is Dolly, a monkey who now lives wrapped up in cotton wool in her cage in the zoological stables at the Coliseum. Dolly got ill, and about a week ago was unable to perform. It was decided at last to take her to the hospital. There Dr. Strickland saw her. She is very human in her ways," he said to the representa- tive of the Colisleum. "I asked her where was the pain. It was not necessary for her to be able to speak to. tell me. She indicated where at once, .and seemed to know I was going to help her. I found a. lump over the right elbow, rightly presumed to be an abscess. Dr. Eollston gave, her an anaesthetic, and then I lanced it." Dolly had been getting better ever since, and had been attended every day. On Tuesday she had a relapse, and was brought in with a high temperature, rapid pulse, and evidently in gr,eat pain. An ,examination gave indications oi pneumonia, and for that Dolly is now being I boated. Seen at. the Coliseum, Dolly was found mournfully examining, the. cotton-wool with which she is enveloped, and especially the -,ins with which the wrappings are kept in place.
-7T;IE QUEEN-I
7T;IE QUEEN I QUEEN TAKES A MOTOR RIDE. I The Queen, accompanied by Princess Victoria and several members of the Royal suite, motored from Balmoral to Mar Lodge on Tuesday after- noon, and visited the Duke and Duchess of Fife, with whom they had lunch. After spending the afternoon there the Royal visitors returned to Balmoral, passing through Braemar at seven o'clock. The party occupied two motors, the Queen being s,eatec1 in the first. The weather was delightful.
! BULL IN A CHURCHYARD. I
BULL IN A CHURCHYARD. I A bull belonging: to a. local butcher broke loose on Tuesday afternoon near Trinity-street Station at Bolton, and rushed into the church- yard of Holy Trinity. The man in charge gave chase, but collapsed through exhaustion, and the animal dashed down -Trinity-street, and temporarily stopped, the traffic. It was eventually captured in Bury New-road. t!
THIRTY-SIX YEARS IN PRISON.…
THIRTY-SIX YEARS IN PRISON. I Maurice Hogan, 61, whose prison record extends well over 36 years, was, at Clerkenwell Sessions, convicted of stealing a roll of cloth, and ordered a further three years. His convictions included two terms of seven years each, one of six years, and one of 3,1 years, with two of 12 months each and one of nine months, and also five months, with numerous summary convictions added.
BLACKGAME SHOOTING. I
BLACKGAME SHOOTING. I Blackgame shooting opened on Monday. The morning was hazy in the south of Scotland but the day turned out fairly. The birds have bred well for their numbers, but on many moors they have been decreasing for years, no doubt largely owing to sportsmen being always specially anxious to bag these fine sportine; birds. Coveys are described as good.
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After his watch-chain had been stolen and the thief chased and captured, an old man named Thomas Abbey, on coming up to the culprit in custody, fell dead from heart failure causied by the excitement. During a suit for payment for whisky sup- pned, Judge Lumley Smith, in the City of London Court, inspected a bottle of whisky on the bench.
MARKET NEWS.
MARKET NEWS. MARK-LANE. Moderate attendance. Wheat: English less freely offered on account of the decline in prices. Whites quoted at 28s 6d to 31s 6d, reds 28s to 30s 6d. Foreign held at late rates, but demand very slow. Choice white Kurrachee quoted at 306 6d, New Zealand at 306 6d to 32s, South Russians at 31s 6dJ to 35s, No. 3 Noriftern Manitoba at 338 6d. Flour: Very diull at late rates; Hun- garians quoted at 30s 6d, and Iron Dukes at 21s. Maize: Steady, q^l-et; mixed American ex ship to arrive quoted at. 23s 7-1-d, and River Plate landed at 24s 3d. Barley: Steady, inactive; Odessa, Nico, Kherson, new crop, ex ship to arrive quoted at 18s 6d; old crop landed at 20s 3d. Oats: Dull, and about 3d lower; common sorts quoted at 14s to 14s 6d. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Trade all round remained quiet, but holders required previous values. Devons quoted 4s. 6d; Here- fords, 4s 6d; extreme, 4s 8d; runts, 4s to 4s 6d; Midland counties shorthorns, 3s 8d to 4s; Dublin (polled), 4s 5d; Waterfords, 3s lOd to 4s fat butchering cows, 36 4d to 3s 6d heavy bulls, 2s lOd to 3s 3d. Sheep pens were filled to a smaller extent. A very quiet demand existed for both wethers and ewes, but sales- men, in the case of the former, asked firm prices, the latter, however, being 2d easier. Quotatioi-,s:-75 1 to 8-stone Down wethers, 5s 8d; 9-stone ditto, 5s 4d to 5s 6d; 10-stone ditto, half-breds, 5s 2d to 5s 4d; 7 to 8-stone Scotch, 5s 6d to 5s 8d; 9-stone Irish, 5s 2d to 5s 4d; 10-stone Down ewes, 4B; extreme, 4s 2d; 11-stone half-breds, 3s lOd to 4s. Lambs met with slow support at last prices given. DEPTFORD CATTLE.—Supplies offered for sale totalled 1,091 head, and consisted wholly of United States shipments, for which trade ruled firmer at 3s 9d to 4s. LONDON CENTRAL MEAT.—Fair supplies and a better demand at firm prices. Beef: Scotch short sides, 4s to 4s 4d; long sides, 3s lOd to 4s English, 3s 6d to 3s 8d; American, Deptford killed, 3s 3d to 3s 6d;Liverpool sides, 3s Id to 3s 5d; American refrigerated, hind- quarters, 3s 8d to 4s; forequarters, 281 4d to 2s 6d. Mutton: Scotch wethers, 4s 4d to 5s ewes, 36 6d to 3s lOd; English wethers, 4s 4d to 4s lOd extreme, 5s ewes, 3s 6d to 3s lOd New Zealand, 2s 6d to 3s. Lamb: English, 4s 8d to 5s 2d; New Zealand, 3s 6d to 3s lOd. Veal: English and Dutch, 3s to 4s 6d Irish, 2s 8d to 2s lOd. Pork English, 3s 6d to 4s; Dutch, 3s 6d to 3s lOd per 81b. SMITHFIELD POULTRY AND GAME.— Supplies were fair; moderate demand. Quo- tations Fowls, Surrey, 3s 5d to 3s 9d; Sussex, 3s to 3s 6d; Welsh, 23 to 2s 3d; Irish, Is 9d to 2s geese, 4s to 5s Aylesbury ducks, 2s 3d to 2s 6d; country, 2s to 2s 3d; quail, 16 to Is 3d: wild rabbits, 6d to 8d each venison. (haunches), 10s to 15s each; forequarters, 2d per lb.; young grouse, 3s 6d to 4s 3d; old, 2s 6d to 2s 9d per brace English hares, 2s to 2s 6d leverets, Is 6d to 2s; wild duck, 19 to Is 3d; teal, 6d; snipe, 4d4to 8d each. BILLINGSGATE FISH.—The market was supplied to a good extent. English salmon, Is 4d; Scottish, Is 5d to Is 6d; grilse, Is 6d to Is 8d soles. Is Id to Is 5d slips. Is 2d to Is 4d red mullet, Is to Is 4d; dories, 3d per Ib turbot, 7s to 12s brill, 6s 6d to 7s 6d halibut, 6s to 7s lemon soles, 5s to 5s 6d; plaice. 413 9d to 5s 6d per stone whiting, & to 10s gurnet, 93 to 14s bake, 12s to 18s; skate, 9s to 12s; live cod, 16s to 19s; dead, 10s to 16s per box; English mackerel, 10s to 12s per 60. PROVISIONS.—Butter market ruled quiet at gcneraltly late prices. Dutch creameries quoted 112s to 114s; Danish finest, 119s to 122s r Nor- mandy ordinary best baskets, 102s to 104s; seconds, 96s to 98s extra mild, 106s to 108s per cwt; Irish creameries, Ills to 114s factories, 98s to 102-s Canadian finest, 106t3 to llOs; un- saited, 110s to 112s. Cheese: Canadian steady finest 54s undergrades, 52s to 53s. Bacon quiet, but without particular change in prices. Hams steady. Lard quiet, but firm. Eggs: The general tone of the market ruled steady, and a generally fair inquiry prevailed.
THE KING'S SCOTCH REYIEW.…
THE KING'S SCOTCH REYIEW. HITCH IN THE ARRANGEMENTS. It seems, at present, as if the great review of I Scottish Volunteers, which King Edward is to hold at Edinburgh, will be a failure. The question of expenses is the main diffi- culty. Unless the War Office increases its grant, some 10,000 Glasgow Volunteers will be unable to appear, as their commanding officers cannot afford the kl50 or £ 200 which they would have to find. The Aberdeen commanding officers have taken up the same position. Moreover, the Great North of Scotland Rail- way has announced that it cannot undertake to provide travelling facilities to Volunteers on the Sunday immediately preceding the day of the review. APPEAL TO THE SCOTCH OFFICERS. The Glasgow Volunteer commanding officers on Tuesday night were asked by the War Office to reconsider their refusal not to take the whole of their men to the Royal Review at Edinburgh on September 18. It is doubtful whether they will retreat from their previous unanimous decision mot to attend the review in their full strength unless a bigger grant than 45 per cent. of the net railway fare is allowed by the authorities. The Lord Provost of Edinburgh is now trying to arrange a via media, by seeking subscriptions from different Scottish civic corporations, to aid in defraying the extra cost, but, with the Novem- ber municipal elections near at hand, it is believed that the Glasgow City Fathers will not feel justified in offering financial assistance.
THE PRINCESS OF WALES.I
THE PRINCESS OF WALES. DEPARTURE FOR SCOTLAND. The Princess of Wales, attended by La,cly Mary Forbes Trefusis and Mr. Frank Dugdale, Mb Marlborough on Sunday for Scotland. Her Royal Highness drove to Euston, where she was received by Mr. Brook, on behalf of the railway company, and was conducted to a reserved saloon attached to the eight o'clock express. The West Coast route will be taken, and Ballater will be reached this evening. During the Princess's stay in London her Royal Highness received Prince Mohammed Ali Khan Ala-es-S'altaneh (Persian Minister), who presented her with the Persian Order of the Sun, by direction of the Shah. THE PRINCE OF WALES. The Prince of Wales arrived at Advie Station, Spey Side, on Monday, on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sassoon at Tulchan Lodge. The Princess of Waleis arrived at Ballatelr at noon on Monday. A guard of honour gave a Royal saluste., and the Princess left immediately by motor for Abergeldrie Castle. Lady Mary Lygon and the Hon. Frank Dugdale were in attendance.
AN ATTEMPTED MURDER.
AN ATTEMPTED MURDER. WORKHOUSE INMATE'S STRANGE CONDUCT. On Monday afternoon -an aged couple, named Simpson, inmates of Norwich Workhouse, left that institution for the purpose of taking tea with some relatives. They walked straight to some allotments at the rear of Cowgiate-street, and shortly afterwards cries of "Murd,ir were heard. Simpson, who is seventy-seven years old, was seen in the act of cutting his wile's throat. Then before, anyone could interfere he turned the knife on himself, but he was quickly over- powered by people who rushed to the spot, and both he and his wife weire conveyed to the hospital. Mrs. Simpson, who is tdle. same age as her husband, is in a serious condition.
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.Four hours after resigning, ana. eignt uours before he was entitled to a. pension, Mr. James Hetheriington, ■schoolmiaster, of Beekbottom, naa>r Wigton, died suddenly. In carrying out 0 his tschola.stic duties he had walked 66,000 miles. Two young Germans staying at Geneva have been crushed to death by falling blocks of ice on Mont Blanc.
I JNATURE NOTES.
I JNATURE NOTES. THE USEFUL LAPWING. No bird is more beneficial to cultivators than the lapwing. It devours snails, wireworms, beetles and larvro of various insects that infest grass, turnips, wheat, and crops of other kinds. As it feeds in the evening, it has opportunities of getting at many insects which commit their depredations after sundown. On account of their insectivorous habits lapwings are sometimes kept in gardens, where their valuable services are highly appre- ciated. KESTRELS AND CROPS. The wholesale destruction of such birds as the kestrel is frequently the main cause of abnormal and sudden attacks upon crops by animals and insects. In favourable conditions of climate and other circumstances, and in the absence of checks provided by nature against their undue increase, certainly animals multiply exceedingly and do infinite harrn, as was exemplified by the serious injury occasioned to grassland in parts of Scot- land by voles in 1902. Insects also appear more frequently and in larger numbers in these later days owing in some degree to the destruction of certain birds, their natural destroyers. THE SPOTTED FLYCATCHER. The spotted flycatcher frequents orchards, gardens, plantations and woods, and the banks of stresms. It feeds exclusively upon insects, though it has been accused of eating fruit by those who have seen it near cherries and raspberries when in search of insects attracted by ripening fruit. Yarrell states that no remains of fruit were found in the stomachs of flycatchers which had been suspected of taking fruit, and killed. Selby also observes that he has not been able to verify the alleged fondness of this bird for cherries, and he is inclined to believe that the garden warbler, sometimes called the greater pettichaps (Sylvia hortensis) has in most cases been mistaken for the flycatcher. The garden warbler does eat fruit, but there is not the least evidence of the spotted fly- catcher touching cherries or any other fruit, as ife is sometimes supposed to do in Kent. THE SWALLOW AS AN INSECT-DESTROYER. The swallow, the martin, and their ally, the sand martin, are of great benefit from an economic point of view as insect destroyers. They live solely upon insects, which they catch mainly when on the wing, though they may often be seen taking them from the surface of the water and sometimes from the ground. Swallows take insects of many kinds, although probably their commonest food consists of species of two-winged flies. When the large species of Tipulidse, such as Tipula oleracea (the daddy longlegs), Tipula maculosa, and other crane fiies," come from the pupal form towards the end of summer, and fly heavily over the fields, pastures and lawns, they are eagerly seized by the swallows, which fly low to secure them. Swallows have been observed destroying quantities of the "hop flies," or aphides, as they leave the hop- gardens for their winter quarters on the neighbour- ing plum and damson trees, from which they come again jn the early spring and go to the hop plants. The migration of these insects afford a fine harvest for swallows, but unfortunately the latter are now so reduced in numbers that their influence in keeping down bop flies is much less effective than formerly. It is said by some observers that the regular recurrence of hop aphis attacks, known as blights year after year, and their alarming increasing intensity, are due to the absence of swallows. THE WATCHFUL TITMOUSE. All the titmice are more or less active hunters of insects, for which they are constantly on the watch and no inhabitants of the insect world come amiss to them as food. They are especially useful in the destruction of many crop pests, which they devour in all stages. During the winter they clear off enormous quantities of eggs which have been de- posited by insects of various kinds in or near buds, and in the clefts of the bark or rind of trees. At this season the titmice may be seen frequently running up and down the trunks, stems and branches, or hanging bead downwards from the smaller branches and twigs, prying anxiously into each crevice and fold of the rind, in search of eggs hibernating larvae, or perfect insects. Their sight is so keen that they can detect such small eggs as those of the winter moth, and they have been seen actively devouring the minute red eggs of the mite bryobia" upon the stems and branches of gooseberry bushes and damson trees. It is sometimes alleged that the tits, like the sparrows, wantonly pick out the buds of trees and shrubs; but this accusation is wrong, and based upon insufficient investigation of the circumstances, as titmice only attack buds that are diseased. THE SHORT-EARED OWL. The haunts of the short-eared owl are he&th and moorland, marshes, furzy downs, meadows, turnip fields and open places, principally in the north of England and Scotland, though it is found occa- sionally in many English counties. It flies in the day time as well as at night. Its food consists of mice, voles, rats, small birds, fish, reptiles, large insects, and occasionally bats. Prentis, in his "Birds of Rainham" (Kent), says that the short- eared owl is not uncommon, and comes in the autumn. It visits the marshes, where it is safe, nearly every year. When partridge shooting, sportsmen have met with these owls in Kentish turnip fields. On one occasion a pair nested and succeeded in hatching their young on an island marsh which had been lying idle throughout the winter and spring. But this owl, being migratory, does not, as a rule, breed in Great Britain. It leaves this country at the beginning of spring for many other countries, so that, to use Seebohm's words, outside our islands its range is almost cosmopolitan. It is found in such different lati- tudes as the Sandwich Islands and Greenland. Sometimes, however, as ornithologists relate, its nest is found in this country, especially in districts where there has been an extraordinary supply of its favourite food-mice, voles or rats. In Glou- cestershire, for example, when there was a great plague of mice in the Forest of Dean, short-eared owls were attracted there in large numbers, and materially assisted in destroying the intruders. A QUEER NESTING-PLACE. A pretty story has been going the round as to how a pigeon has nested and laid her eggs in Sir William Grantham's room at the Law Courts, and memory is so short nowadays that we are not surprised that no one seems to remember that the room now occupied by Mr. Justice Grantham was for many years the chosen judicial retreat of Sir Henry Hawkins, and that Sir Henry, by regularly feeding the pigeons, made his room the cynosure of the turtle-doves. Is it possible that the pigeon has a longer memory than most of us ? TARPON FISHING. Tarpon fishing has long been recognised as a sport for millionaires, but it took an Englishman to break the financial record in Florida waters. His first catch was a 160 pounder, and it cost him exactly SO.OOOdol. He came over in his private yacht, with a crew of 92 men, expressly for tarpon fishing, but the largest expense it-ems are charged to what he laughingly calls bait," otherwise the entertainment of fellow sportsmen whose yachts crossed the course of his. NOT DARKEST BEFORE THE DAWN. The idea that the darkest hour is just before the dawn is poetical but incorrect. The darkest hour is midway between sunset and dawn, and the legend is of a piece with the statement often made that the hour preceding dawn is the coldest. In many countries there is a fixed belief that just before the break of day there comes an ebb when nature grows cold and pulecless and life fluttering in the breast of the dying man finally expires. According to science, such dissolution should occur between three and four o'clock, investigation ex- tending over a period of several years having proved that the temperature is lowest then.
I IN THE PUBLIC EYE. I
I IN THE PUBLIC EYE. I THE MACKINTOSH OF MACKINTOSH, Chief of the Clan Chattan, and his wife have just been presented by their tenantry with a silver tea and coffee service in commemoration of their silver wedding. There was a great gathering of the clan on the occasion at the Highland home of the laird, Moy Hall, Inverness, and sports were held in honour of the Mackintosh's young heir, who has just entered on his 21st year. The Mackintosh was formerly Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the 3rd Battalion Cameron High- landers, of which he is now honorary colonel. His son, the laird-to-be, Mr. Alexander Angus Mackintosh has a dash of Welsh blood in His veins, for his mother was the heiress of Mr. Priest Richards, of Plas Newydd, Glamorgan- shire. The Mackintosh owns no less than 124,000 acresi of land in Inverness-shire. o GORDON CASTLE, where the Duke of Rich- mond has arrived to spend the shooting season, is said to be the largest private dwelling-house in Scotland, as Wentworth Woodhouse is in England, and Gosford Castle in Ireland. Gordon Castle is an immense building, with a huge square tower, and a frontage of 600ft. The gardens are elaborately laid out, and the park contains large herds of fallow and roe deer. The Spey flows through the domain, and affords some of the best salpon-fishing in Scotland. The Duke's deer-forests and grouse moors are eighteen miles away, up in the hills at Glen- fiddich, where there is a fine shooting-lodge, at which the late Duke and Duchess once enter- tained Queen Victoria. o: THE departure of Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. White-Thomson from their charming house at Eton College will not be the least regretted of the impending changes at the famous school. Mr. White-Thomson, who is the second son of Colonel Sir Robert White-Thomson, K.C.B., of Broomford Manor, Devon, has been for some years one of the most popular and successi- ful of Eton masters, and the welfare of the boys in his house has been greatly furthered by his clever and pretty wife, who is one of the late Lord Baring's numerous daughters. o: DR. PAYNE, Rector of Delamare, Cheshire, has celebrated the jubilee of his admission as Chanlain in the Fleet, he having been appointed to that position on August 7, l§b5. He served for 32 years in the Royal Navv, abandoning a curacy at St. Mary's, Newington., to go afloat. for 32 years in the Royal Navy, abandoning a curacy at St. Mary's, Newington., to go afloat. When cholera was raging among the Army chaplains at Scutari, and difficulty was experi- enced in finding men, the rev. gentleman volun- teered, and, his offer being accepted, he was thus introduced to the service. Dr. Payne re- tired in 1887, and two years later was presented to his present living, which is in the patronage of the Crown. -:0: THE "Jewish Chronicle" records the death of Senator Tullo Massarani at Milan. Born in 1826 at Mantua of a wealthy family, he took a great part in the movement for Italian inde- pendence. After the "Five days" at Milan he went to France, where he wrote in defence of the Venetian Republic. His friendship with Carlo Cattaneo dated from that time. He took part later in the publication of Carlo Tenca's journal, the "Crepuscolo" and Correnti's "Il Nipote di Vestaverde." He was Deputy in four Legislatures. By his will be left large charit- able bequests. The King of Italy telegraphed to the family his condolence on the loss of "a veteran patriot, upright and energetic citizen, and a distinguished man of letters." o ALTHOUGH he is only sixty-four, it is well over half a century since Sir David Hunter be- gan to learn railway engineering in Scotland, under the auspices of the North British. This great company he served in all departments till 1879, when he was chosen for the post of general manager of the Natal Railways. H:e earned special mention for his useful working of the lines in the Boer War of 1881. and in the last long affair, 1899—1^0he again scored heavily. This brought him special mention in dispatches by Sir Redvers Buller, Lord Roberts, Lord Kitchener, and Sir George White, and from his Sovereign the K.C.M.G-. Feeling now that he has fulfilled his mission, Sir David is retiring from his control of the Government Railways, and a warm appeal is coming home for special recognition of his valuable services. :o MR. JOHN REDMOND, M.P., has returned to Ireland, and will be at Aughavanna, in the Wicklow Mountains, for some weeks. This is one of the most picturesque shooting lodges in the United Kingdom. Its previous owner wa,s the late Mr. Parnell, and it once formed a part of the military barracks erected there a century ago. In the vicinity of Aughavanna, Mr. Walter Long's great-grandfather, Mr. Hume, M.P., of Humewood was killed in an encounter with the rebels of 1898. o: THERE are to be great rejoicings' at Moore Abbey, county Kildare, the last week in the month, in honour of the coming of age of Lord Moore, only son of Lord and Lady Drogheda. He was twenty-oiuo on April 21, but owing to his absence the event could not be celebrated at the time. -:0: THERE is to be a ball and a garden party at the Abbey, and other festivities. Lord Moore is going into the Diplomatic Service, and is still busy with studies and examinaton. Lord and Lady Drogh,eda. have only one. other child, Lady Beatrice Moore, who inherits her father's fine voice and musical tastes. o MR. H. M. PRYCE-JONES, who has married a niece of Viscount Downe. is a son of Sir Pryce Pryce-Jones, who was born plain Jones in 1834, but has since made a big fortune in Welsh flannel. By 1878 his business as a manufac- turer was so important. that new warehouses were opened by Sir Watkin Williams Wvnn, Lord Londonderry and Lord Sudeley gracing the festi- vities with their presence. When the late Queen wanted "something fiannelly" Sir Pryc supplied it under special warrant, and in the Jubilee year he was knighted. He was in Parliament, on the Unionist side, from 1885 till 1895, when he retired in favour of his son, Mr. Edward Pryce- Jones, the present member for the Montgomery District. -:0:- SPEAKING of holidays, Sir Francis Laking, so well known through his constant attend- ance upon the King, once remarked': "Too much is spoken in praise of the virtues of exer- cise and change of 'scene. The man who works for fifty weeks during the year should regard his fortnight's holiday as a" special period for the conservation of energy. Let him lie in bed all the time! That will be good for him, and will prolong his life. He won't do so, of course, because he would regard such a holiday as too dull. Then he should holiday as near to that principle of perfect rest as he can." -:0: MRS. ANNIE BESANT was the chief speaker before the International Theosophical Con- gress which met in London recently. One ac- count says: "She stood alone on the great plat- form, clad in a flowing robe of cream-coloured silk, with a kind of scholastic hood of lace, a long necklace of beads or berries, a brooch in the shape, of the mystic crossed triangles, and a large seal ring on the third finger of her left hand. Her face has become tanned like a Hindoo's, and her grey hair, short for a woman but long for a man, gives her very much the look of a holy man of the East." 0: AN American, J. G. Jenkins, who is relin- quishing the premiership of South Australia in order to become the agent general for that state in London, will, enjoy the distinction of being the first man who was born a citizen of the United States to represent a British colony in London. He is a native of Susquehanna County, Penn., and is said to have arrived in Australia as a canvasser for an American publishing house. He liked the country, settled there, became a naturalised British subject, was elected to the South Australian Par- liament, filled various minieterJal offices, and became premier. -:0:- M. WITTE, the most distinguished of the Russian peace plenipotentiaries, doea not speak English.
ART AND LITERATURE.
ART AND LITERATURE. Mr. Arthur H. Stoekwell, London, has pub- lished a story (Is. 6d, net), written by Alice Brindley, and entitled "The Confusion of Cyril." It is a simple, pleasantly written love story of a plain domestic interest, obviously roxnantio in its imagination of the fine feelings of high- born lovers, but always healthy in its senti- ment and intereslting in its action. A shilling book entitled "Fables and Things Fabulous," written by Mr. John Hynde Cotton, has been sent out by Mr. C. W. Daniel, Lon- don. It is made up of fifty humorous and amusing, if sometimes rather far-fetched parodies upon the familiar fables of ^Esop and the other old authors of apologies. It makes a good book for holiday reading. The Directory Publishing Company, London, have sent out the issue for the current year (7s. 6d.) of "The Universal Directory of Railway Officials," a valuable compilation made from official sources under the direction of Mr. S. Richardson Blundstone. In this issue it ap- pears with its information brought carefully down to date. Messrs. Anthony Treheme a.nd Co., London, has published in his "Little Library of French Classics" a neat and handy volume (8d. net), containing the three best known books of De Maistre, the "Voyage Autour de Ma Chambre," the "Expedition Nocturne," and "Le Lepreux de la Gite d'Aoste." The "New Universal Library," issued by Messrs. George Routledge and Sons, Ltd., keeps up to the promise of its publishers that they would provide, at the lowest possible cost, the (best English and foreign, works of literature. There is quite a varietv in the seven volumes (Is. each net), just added to the library. In the way of seri- ous literature we have Manie's. "Ancient Law" Matthew Arnold's "On Translating Homer"; and Trelawney's "Records of Shelley, Byron, and the Author." Fiction is represented by Mrs. Gaskell's "Cranford" and" Sylvia's Lovers," and Peacock's "Headlong Hall" and nightmare Abbey," the two latter in one volume. Last, but not least, there is Lowell's "My Study Windows." It is an excellent selection. Mr. William Wood, the writer of "The Fight for Canada," has recently revised the work. which is now sent out in a definitive edition by Messrs. Constable, London. Based upon the best authorities and written in a graphic and attractive style, this narrative of an epoch- making period in the history of the British. Empire may be specially commended not only as a readable history, but by reason of the fact that the writer treats it as an object- le,se,on in Imperial defence, in which set. power was the condition precedent to success by land. Travellers, mountaineers, and, indeed all in- terested in the Alps, will welcome the revised se- cond edition of "The Central Alps of the Daup- hiny," by W. A. B. Coolidge, H. Duhamel, and F. Perrin (T. Fisher Unwin, 7s. 6d. net). It gives a. very complete account of the Central Aiya and their distinguishing features, written es- z, pecially from the point of view of the climber, and is possibly the best book of its kind on the subject. It is hoped that the memorial of John Knox by Mr. Pittenarigh Macgilidvray will ba erected in St. Giles's Cathedral, Edinburgh, this autumn. The monument will be eighteen feet high. The statue is a little over six feet, and is cast in bronze, finished with a green patina. The estimated cost is £ 1400, which is borne by public subscription. A fifth ,edition has been called for of "The Truth of Christianity," by Lieut-colonel W. H. Turton, D.S.O. (Wells Gardner, Darton, and Co., 2s. 6d. net). It is a well-written work com- piled from many sources, and examines very thoroughly the arguments for and against the Christian belief. The new edition has been, carefully revised and brought up to date. Three separate numbers (6d. paper, Is. cloth) of the "Westminster Lectures," a series of thoughtful discourses on various topics of the conflict between science and 'religion, edited bv the Rev. Francis Aveling, have been sent out by Messrs. Sands and Co., Edinburgh. In one, Dr. Aveling himself treats of The Immortality of the Soul" in the second, the Rev. A. B. Sharpe discusses "The Freedom of the Will" and the third, by a. Jesuit Father, the Rev. J. Gerard, is on "Modern Free Thought." They are interesting contributions to the intellectual defence of clerical orthodoxy, and will no doubt be widely read. Messrs. Maemillan and Co., London, have sent out the i&sue for this country (5s. net) of a short American treatise in academic paedagogy, Mr. William Chandler Bagley's "The Educative Pro- cess." In clearly written and well graded chapters, it gives an interes.t.ing formal view of the work that has to be accomplished by schools, and thougutiully expounds the principles of a system of education which, while constantly directed towards plain practical results, en- courages also the construction of effective ideals of teaching. It will interest and instruct all i=! classes of students of education. A shilling story, written by Mrs. Xeish, and entitled "The Ways of Lady Isabel" has been sent out from the Tallis Press, London. It is a clever and amusing sketch of the character of a London lady of title and fashion, who, having a childlike, frivolous, and weakly womanish manner, has a business capacity that would not have discredited Jabez Balfour or Whitaker Wright, and lives expensively by exploiting snobs. It is a capital book for holi- day reading. From the Librarian of the Glasgow Corpora- tion Public Libraries, Glasgow, comes aa "Index Catalogue of the Wood-side District Library" (8d.), a workmanlike compilation, which has every appearance of being equal to the practical exigencies of the management of a great^ collection of books, and has many fea- tures displaying unusual skill end care in" cata- logumg.. Handy, clearly printed, and well arranged, it reflects credit on everyone concerned in its production. Messrs. G. P. Putnam's Sons, London, havs published a book by an American theologian, Dr. Robert Afton Holland, entitled "The Com- monwealth of Man." It is a short treatise on Christian evidences, based upon lectures origin- ally delivered in the University of Michigan on the Slocum foundation. It gives an exposi- tion of its subject at. once pious and philosophical, and is much more readable than is generally the case with books addressed to professed students- of divinity. Messrs. Swan Sonnenschein and Co., London, have sent out a posthumous edition (2s. Gd.) of the course of lectures delivered in 1881 by the late Frances Power Cobbe on "The Duties of Women." It gives the work with a pre- fatory note signed Blanche Atkinson, a new preface by the author, in witich a reply is given to the criticisms of the Rev. Meriot Savage, and the introduction written for the American edition of the book by Miss Frances E. Willard. In the year 1899, in view of the approach- ing exhibition at Fajjas, the Norwegian Stor- r, thing voted tne funds neeeesarv for the pre- paration and compilation of ail official publi- cation upon Norway." The geography, his- tory, literature, inauotries-in short, every thing concerning the countrv and its people— were dealt with in a series of articles that to- gether made up a handsome and bulky volume. A reissue of the English version has just been sent out by Messrs. Sampson Low, Mansion and Co., London. It may be heartily commended to the attention of anyone interested in Norway.
.. CUJEUtiiNT SPORT.
CUJEUtiiNT SPORT. YORKSHIRE'S VICTORY. Yorkshire won their match against Essex in tremendous style at Huddersfiekl oa Saturday, and can now point to a record in county cricket of victories, three defeats, and four dra-wn g^mes. The cause of their 'big propor- •tiou of wins is not far to seek, and can, indeed, Jbe 4iscoT^red by a cursory glance at the first- class averages. Yorkshire's success is easy to ixadstista-nd, seeing that Rhodes, Haigh, Hirst, Eingrcffa, end Myers have in first-class matches this season taken between them 477 -wickets, the womt average coming out at a toifls better than 20 rulls a wickst. RHODES IN FORM. Rhodes did a startling piece of work on ■Saturday, his six wickets in the second inninga of Essex only coating him nine runs. For cowe æüason quite beyond our comprehension the has -very,seld-om during the last few weeks been per- t-nitted to go on at the beginning of an innings. indeed!, the amount of work demanded of him this year has been so much lem than was the case in his first few seasons that ho has not yet bowled 1,000 overs. TESTIMONIAL FOR LILLEY. We hear that, chiefly in recognition of the part he has played in England v. Australia (matches, a movement is on root to present Lilley with a testimonial. Lilley has now kept wicket in twenty-seven Test matches. Since lie was first picked for England at fyomo he has only been once left out of the team. NARROW ESCAPE FOR MIDDLESEX. The match between Notts and Middlesex, at Trent-bridge, endedt in a draw on Saturday, although Middlesex had su narrow escape from The, visiting side, in spite of some iplueky batting by Tarrant and Trott, had to follow on. In their second innings they did much better, but at the close, with nine men out, they were only 48 runs- on. Waea accom- plished a. good bowling performance in the first innings of Middlesex. ———— iN'ÙR.THU:IPTON'S POOR DISPLAY. At Northampton, on Saturday, the county filgain gave, a poor batting display, and at twenty minutes past four the Australians gained a very easy victory by an innings and 329 runs. Owing to some good bowling by Thompson, the •visitors' innings closed for an addition of .0 to the overnight total of 533 for r,'i-,c AlT. Trumper was altogether at the wickets ior only fifty. :minut,eB for his 68. He, hit with great freedom, he made 52 of hie runs in fours. The .seventh, wicket had added 102, and Mr. Armstrong went on. hatting well, raising his 77 to. 122. Going in again, 430 behind, Northamptonshire were all out in a couple of itours, Mr. Howell went on to bowl at 106, and took three wickets for seven rune, making his record for the match nine for 51. YORKSHIREMEN IN THE TEST. Scarcely sufficient praise has in some quarters been bestowed upon Tyldesley and Jackson for their play on the third day of the Test match. They were together for nearly an hour, and .during that time the Australian bowling was, perhaps, of higher quality than on any previous occasion in the tour. For the only time since the first day at Trent Bridge the Australians saw a real chance of winning a Test match, and they -certainly made a, splendid effort. Everyone .drew attention to the fact that Jackson was 'beaten by Cotter two or three times directly She went in, but some writers did not seem to remember what a. lot of good balls he stopped afterwards. The partnership put England ,almost out of danger, and furnished the most thrilling piece of cricket seen at the Oval this season. ■WIN YON WORCESTERSHIRE. Friday had been a blank day at Worcester, but <on Saturday, although the wicket did not be- come retlly difficult, the match was finished off, WoreelSterr winning soon after four o'clock by weight wickets. The advantage of 55 runs they 'Ih'ad gained on Thursday stood t-liem in good ,,c,'tead, as the three outstanding wickets in their first innings went down in a fewl minutes for an .addition of only five runs. Gloucestershire, on igoing in for the second time, never looked like making a good fight, the first five wickets tailing '(before the howling of Arnold and Cuffe, for 62 Tuns. Mr. Barnett played sound cricket for an flic)ur and a quarter, but he could not get much assistance', and the innings closed for 126. Wor- cestershire only wanted 67 to win, and when they Went in Mr. Jessop, accepting defeat as inevit- able, did not put either Dennet or Huggins on to .)iowl. The task of hitting off the runs was, there- fore, rendered very easy. (SUSSEX VANQUISH HAMPSHIRE. Hampshire failed badly against Susses at Hastings on Saturday, and in the end the home .wide won by an inning-sand 87 runs. On Friday, at the close, the ohancesi were greatly in favour of Hampshire making a draw, as in their first annings they had scored 191 for the loss of four •wickets, but when the game was continued .Mr. Sprot alone batted with confidence, and the aniiings was finished off in an hour and a half 10rthe addition of 106 runs. Mr. Sprot was in altogether for two hours and a quarter, and he made a number of fine strokes all round the wicket. He went in at the fall of the first wicket, jand was out seventh, after making his runs out d of a total of 195. Eight batsmen were dismissed for 241, but Mr. Ede played soundly, with the result that Hampshire, on going in a second t'ime, had only to make. 201 to avoid the inninga ►defeat. Although chiefly owing to. a sound ■ display by Mr. Baeon, 64 runs were scored for the first two wickers, che s'lde, afterwards did so badly that the remaining wickets fell in an [hour and 10 minutes. Keif and Kiliick both Jbowled well. SOMERSET BEATEN. Somerset gave a bright and attractive display 4)f batting in their second innings at Taunton on Saturday, but their bad fielding had placed 'them in such a. hopeless position that they could not escape being beaten by an inning's and seven runs. When the game was con- tinued they still required 250 runs to avoid the innings defeat, and they had eight wickets in Ifcand. The start was a disastrous one, Mr. Palairet, who with Mr. Johnson had done eo well overnight, being caught off the first ball howled. Mr. Johnson, who was well supported !by Lewis, played most attractive cricket and made 86 out of 159 before he was caught at long-off. When he left, Robson forced the game, and scored 58 in 45 minutes. Afterwards "Braund found no one to stay with him until Mr. Harcombe, the last man, came in. Then 51 were added before the end was reached. Mr. Harcombe showed most promising form. Mr. Mason was again the most effective bowler for Kent, and the fielding was very good. SURREY SAVES THE MATCH. kiwey, with nothing to play for but a draw .f>Jrimngham on Saturday, "saved the match Against Warwickshire's total of 'u' bad, during the few minutes avail- in„J tt on Friday, scored 13 runs without lvas soon out on Saturday, but on Vrunr^3' good cricket, put ford; also playe4 in Si Ylcke\ M"T "S ant-all's Ine bowline- Pt £ • -m' bUt off for 217, Surrey"ail t If111'3 the follow-on. HL runs to aYOld far advanced when they 'went SfT Wa3 time that they had practically secoii^ ■beaten. Hayward and Hayes wl/ar C- nS" ■at their best, adding 106 ■wicket had fallen for 25, and beincr r+Vne f ther when the match was left drawn. ° 0 MONDAY'S CRICKET. The feature of Monday's cricket was the tenth three-figures innings of C. B. Fry, who was 143 not out in the Sussex innings of 327 for four against Kent. P. Perrin contributed 139 not out to the 349 for six of Essex against Warwickshire. Middlesex made 285against Yorkshire. Gloucester- shire and Notts had a little the better of Surrey and Derbyshire respectively, Leicestershire were in difficulties against Worcestershire, and the Australians batted successfully against Lanca- shire. KENT'S COLLAPSE. One of the most notable features of Tues- day's cricket was the complete collapse of Kent in their first innings against Sussex, the whole side being dismissed for the small total of 75, Relf taking seven wickets for 30 runs. An even game was witnessed at Bradford, Middlesex being four ahead of Yorkshire on the first innings. Lancashire suffered an innings de- feat at the hands of the Australians.
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WANTED A FALSE NOSE. I At a meeting of the Strand Board of Guardians it was stated that an inmate of the workhouse, named Charles Johnson, had applied to a com- mittee oE the board to be supplied with a false nose, saying that he had applied for work, but was unable to obtain it because of his disfigurement. It was decided that his request should be complied with at a cost of E3.
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Struggling Author: "You say my book won't do?" Publisher: "No, sir. It's too old- fashioned." Struggling Author: ''How 'old- fashioned'?" Publisher: "Your plot is a plot, your characters have characteristic, and when the,- talk they say something."
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For the purpose of conveying the hounds to n^5.e distant meets in Cheshire and Shron- Wvn.^ W- Bart"' Master TlL wynnsbay Hunt, has had built a powetiul motor- Y&n of special design,