Lady Lytton Appointed By The Queen

The late Owen Meredith was yet anjthcr example of the folly of a literary raan's engaging in any sort of speculalion. Ho died almost pennlless, which was the more curious wheu one remembers what he must have made not only with bis pen but by hls political appolntments, and what large amounta ais father's prolific brain must have ooqneathed to this only child of his. rhe Queen has appointed the Countesá 3f Lytton Lady of the Bedchamber in i':üting, to the relief of all that un.'ortunate person's friends, who were aiost anxious as to her future, thua lelt jnprovided Lor. If the'crbw (lies sonth cold weather will follow: if noren, r rsrrn spell may be expected. Turkeys perchlng on trees and refusiiiK to descend indícate that snow will shortly fall. If October brings heavy frosts and winds the following January and Pebruary will be mild.