The Herald of Wales. — 1888-10-27 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

MANY COOKII.—(n Cooking parties are th 4 Latest-novelty. A dinner or supper is given, and each lady woke one dish."—Doily Teltyraph.)—The Wet; ghstons are really very foolish people. All thiur daughters were engaged to eligible young men but ' last week they gave an informal supper, invited the devoted lovers, and all the dishes were cooked by the young ladies. There are now four breach-of-promise caseepending. . _ .  A Bitat-Facro hrreervrosr.ll During the Prince of Wales's stay in Austris he ever had a shot at a bear—not one was to be found."—Pall Nall Gazettes . . . We he on good authori,ty. however. that tbe arewo Prince Rudolph, determined not to hawsuch another 6aato, has entered into arrangements with Mr. Augustus Harris for a really good supply of ' .szpieerity animals for H.R.H.'s nett visit. n. by Alias, and the wigs by Clarkson.) Super I Master: "Now, then, Ursa Major, go on; tbaib your cue. Don't keep the stage waitin'. His Igkriess's .tirn Mal ioaded with shot. All you've got to do is to fall down d'esekly it goes off, and go off prompt."  'The Dublin Fem.,ls says it is atatod that A prominent Irish official connected with Kerry and 'tare is about to take proceedings against the Nationalist daily journals for defkination. The riernages al.o laid at 00,000, and the venue is in lemdon. Four boys have been convicted at the West Ifan troller-court of breaking into a house and chop and •testing nroperty therefrom. They confessed that they had broken into the shop at midnight, and Ntnyed there till 3 in the morning, eating sweets sad .nikeatill the.got sick of them. They were each Aentonced to receive 10 strokes with a birch rod, and LWO of them to ba also imprisoned for 14 days. An unusual incident hal occurred at Newark, in connection with the absence of Mr. Wm. Wallis, volicitor and borough coroner, who has been missing for seine weeks. A. fatal accident happened, and as Awe was nocoroner to hold an inquest, the Mayor Applied to Mr. Justice Day, under the Coroner'. Act, 1887, to appoint the county coroner to hold it. The Town Council has ordered that knOthar corns.. should be elected.  A French lady; during the siege ot Paris, drive,' by famine to eat her pet dog, an she was finishing aseladrned : "Poor thing, how he would have enjoyed Oohing these bones!" - • •  ----- • Medical professor (to student): '' In a cage which you find dcult to diagnose correctly, what is tip, proper coarse to take 1" student; "Look wise and say nothing."  Ibis pretty healthy man who can read a patent medicine almanac without suddenly discovering that he is afflicted with about 14 a the 200 diseases 'described therein.  A giddy student, having got his skull fractured, waltold by the doctor that the brain was visible; on which he remarked : "Do writ,* *rid tell father, for he always said I had none."  :roan of Arc successfully Ted an army to victory. Rn(did she ever go to a picnic, and not scream murder Wheals little grasshopper. jumped down her neck! Maury la ailent on this pens*. Cabby, politely: "Bag pardon, sir; please 'don't tmcike in the cab, air. Ladies do complain o' ts hams uncommon—"(persuseively)--" bola kt n4QI:11. kr /2119 A tan itilVislt, EX.". - •