... forward in the matter of selecting men for the North v. South engagement. I have always wondered why Scotchmen, Welshmen, and Irishmen should be asked to play in English international trials. What makes the matter more ridiculous than ever is the fact that ...

... chance of beating Sunderland at home. Again, Millwall Athletic, the leaders of the Southern League, are asked to defeat the United at Sheffield. This is too tall an order. On their own ground Millwall would have stood something like an even chance, hut ...

... Mr. Francis Clarke, who, writing as Pegasus, brought great fame to that newspaper, then the sole sporting journal of the United Kingdom. Mr. Osborne is a descendant of Sir Edward Osborne, Lord Mayor of Loudon, whose nephew purchased from Charles II. ...

... and death of Jeannette, who lately died at Peru, Indiana. She was a hundred and twenty years old, having been taken to the United States in 1824. She was for a long time the only female elephant in America, and was, in her way, quite a celebrity. Jeannette ...

... ago in the Dominion, he comes of Irish, not French, stock, and he had as a young man all the love of adven ture common to Irishmen. He has been in turn a fire-brigade captain, an engine-driver, an active member of the Mounted Police, and a soldier. His ...

... series of lectures at Cambridge and Harvard on tlie history of romanticism in France. He will complete his journey to the United States by a sojourn in Canada, where he will also lecture on French literature, notably at Quebec and at Montreal. The Sar ...

... thousands who streamed through the Palace grounds to struggle for their trains, was that the meeting of Corinthians and Sheffield United, though a pointless draw, had been a very fine exposition of the game. In the opening stages the professionals looked like ...

... foot, he was chosen as the military leader of the United Irishmen. Events had now considerably developed in Ireland. Secret drilling went on everywhere, and thousands joined the ranks of the United Irishmen. In 1797 the society had become a distinctly military ...

... matter for himself and the world at large; his scorn has had its weight and sting in conjunction with the scorn of other Irishmen and some Scotchmen, and there are too many Englishmen who smile shamefacedly in public over that which it is their secret ...

... test games. Stoke and Blackburn Rovers are struggling to retain their places in the First Division, Burnley and New castle United are endeavouring to obtain promotion by ousting the two first-named. It is an anxious time for the friends and managing bodies ...

... wealthiest women in the United States, has not, as reported, abandoned his calling of entrepreneur, for he has just arranged to take Dan Godfrey's band on tour through America. Certainly, a more fitting time for introducing into the United States an English ...

... moral worth, intellectual power, and oratory. Prevented by his youth from taking a prominent part in the councils of the United Irishmen, Emmet engaged in active propaganda within the University walls, and his speeches at the College Historical Society at ...