... Hants County, was in the English eleven in the final test match v. Australia. The following figures, compile up to August 29, speak volumes :— ame. NO, ‘foninos ' Most Times gh w 2 B gar AT (2) 22 1,032 268 2 sl+l2 Capt. Wynyard $23) 19 596 76 2 35+1 »» Quinton ...

... benefits derived. We too often hear men say, “I only joined for the shooting.” Others, who have joined with the eyes shut, so to speak, are heard grumbling about drills, &c., and generally find everything demanding a little trouble or sacrifice distasteful and ...

... Volunteers have called personally at the offices of the League to enrol themselves. . There are over 100,000,000 English speaking people on the earth, of whom 4,062,989 are past or present members of the Volunteer Force of the British Empire. NEXT year ...

... proud of their plate) just two places from me I noticed an empty chair. Captain Vance, the Mess President, at that moment was speaking to a waiter, saying a window must be open somewhere. There was such a draught—indeed, warm evening as it was in June, 1 felt ...

... of my head all this evening.” And then, though I felt conscious of a wish not to talk about this sad event, I found myself speaking almost against my will. I felt I must say something in favour o the ‘Poor chap. Now Major Hartland had once been a friend ...

... in the Devonshire Handicap at Carlisle, on July Bth, on the second day of the meeting. Having once broken the ice, so to speak, he was not long before he was again first past the judge, for in the Border Selling Plate on the same day, his mount, Sea ...

... done. “They come from Sheffield.” ¢« Are you speaking of Bogey ? ’ the parson asked innocently —he had not seen ““ A Pair of Spectacles.” ¢lt was at Coventry, I think, that he was invented.” «No, I'm not speaking of him,” said Bob, laughing; ¢ though T can ...

... a kind of barometer, informing us when a storm within might be expected to develop dangerous symptoms. ¢ assure you I am speaking quite seriously,” he asserted. ¢«Then how, my dear sir, if I may ask,” said the professor, “do you arrive at that standard ...

... uncle ? “A Jerseyman’s more Enrglish than he is Scotch, anyhow.” “Well, jolly near a I'renchman, [ should call him. They speak both languages in the Channel Islands.” “ Yes, but chiefly English in Jersey, and chiefly French in Guernsey.” “ Which is the ...

... the effects of the severe ordeal of starvation, wet and cold, through which they have passed. This leaves them, practically speaking, soize four months only in the year in which to grow out; and consequently they seldom attain a greater height than 14 hands ...

... hocks in the plough, their noses becoming blue with cold and their teeth showing a disposition to chatter when they try to speak to a fellow-sufferer. They make believe that they are hunting. They call it sport. Some of them affect a cheerfulness of aspect ...

... stirring scenes were enacted within these walls. Like all old places with a history, a study of the nooks and crannies, so to speak, of the interior is to the imaginative mind, supremely entertaining. The Earldom of Warwick came to the eighth Baron Brooke ...