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born in 1821, and educated at Eton. In 1839 he entered the Cold stream Guards, and retired in 1849 with the rank of major, but joined the Turkish contingent during the Crime an War. He began his literary career in 1850, and most of his novels were devoted to fox-hunting, steeple-chasing, etc. His most popular books are the "Gladiators," “Queen’s Maries,’* “ Sarchedon," and “Satanella.” He was killed in the hunting-field in 1878. near Perth on June 28th, 1893, runs—the the Murthly bowler took 8 wickets in 10 balls for no last ball of one over.all 5 balls of the next, and the 3rd and 4th balls of the following over seven were clean bowled and the eighth was caught.; For Knowle Park v. Dart mouth Park 2nd XI., W. Park took 7 wickets in 7 balls on June 14, 1890. cated at Oxford, elected Master of Balliol College, and in 1361 became Rector ofFylingham, in Lincoln shire. He afterwards became Doctor or Theology and teacher of Divinity in the University. In 1374 he was one ot the commi ioners sent to confer with the nuncio of Gregory XI., at Bruges, respecting the statutes of provisors and praemunire. He preached and spoke against the Pope, and was summoned to appear before a convocation at St. Paul’s, and later the Pope rose against him, but the queen-mother defended him. In 1381 his heresies were condemned by Oxford theologians, his works were burnt, and some of his followers imprisoned. He died at Lutterworth in 1384. (He translated the Bible from the Vulgate. The influence of his doctrines may be traced in the history of the Reformation. He ranks as the father of English prose. ceived a violent admiration for Klopstock. He began his literary career with poetry of a religious, mystical, and sentimental type, but eventually became the most popular author of his day. His most popular work was his heroic poem “ Oberon," and his most useful was his translation into German of Shakespeare’s plays—the first of the kind. He was a friena of Goethe and Schiller. the most wonderful in the world. The bed is 300 miles long, 4000 feet deep, and has been worked lor 600 years. Whole villages exist under-ground cut out of the salt is connected with the Latin word pttus, * hair.’ Wigs were evidently used from the earliest times, both to conceal baldne and for dignity or ornament, for they arc found on Egyptian mummies, and indicated early part of the 18th. It had its death-blow also in fe ional wigs have lingered on. The judge's wig is the full-dre wig of Queen Anne's reign, while the barrister's is the undre wig of the same period. Such wigs are made of carefully prepared white horse-hair wigs for baldne arc made, of course, of human; hair; and theatrical wigs are generally made of jute.