20 AUGUST 1892, page 11

Boredom.

A N ingenious writer in the Daily News has been discoursing on bores and their ways. The article, however, though in the main sound and undoubtedly amusing, hardly goes deep......

The Cotton Trade.

v HEN a trade is prosperous, everybody is hopeful and economic seers prophesy smooth things. But so soon as the inevitable reaction sets in, pessimism pre- vails, and the augurs......