... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... her sons justified her love. A very interesting book is waiting for somebody to write. It would describe the fortunes of Irishmen on the Continent in the same spirit as Hill Burton dealt with his own countrymen in that entertaining book, The Scot Abroad ...

... from India. If names mean anything, the whole British Infantry force in the land of the Pharaohs consists of Scotchmen and Irishmen, with a large preponderance of the Highlanders. Besides the Gordons, there are the 1st Seaforths, the 1st G'amerons, and ...

... mentioned. The correspondent's irritation leads him astray when he concludes, The fact is that two-thirds of the Highlanders are Irishmen. He is, too, mistaken us to the services of the English regiments receiving no mention. Still, there is no doubt that the ...