... and not so liable to wear, as this new-fanglcd bitumen stuff does, into hollows where the water lies in wet weather—not to speak of the non-detergent quality of our present roadways, which makes some of our chief thoroughfares so unsavoury to sensitive ...

... respective opinions we arc seeking one thing only—the highest interests of this country. The Irishmen make no such claim. They speak, to our sorrow, of using the present serious menace to England's position for furthering the interests of Ireland. We can ...

... This certainly a book to be read.' A book of more than common merit.—S►ac TATOR. Distinctly the book is a success. To speak of ' Parson Kelly' as dimwit it effort of mere craftsmanship is to do it an injustice. It is very real artistry. One's Worm* ...

... meeting is held, and the deluded shareholders are told that the mine—whichever one it is about which the eloquent promoter is speaking—is about to become the largest gold producer in the world. And, amazing as it may appear, the absurd nonsense propounded ...

... street that he should find himself called an idiot for taking it for granted, in his hasty way, that Lord Salisbury was speaking strictly a profros and not merely indulging in irrelevant remarks. The man in the street may be a fool, but he prefers ...

... eventually unavoidable, be confined to the narrowest area and accompanied by the least possible injury to their interests. We are speaking now of the mass of the people whose views are fairly represented by the grave remonstrances made quite early in the day by ...

... continue his visible protection of our just cause. The Transvaal people are our brothers and kinsmen, not only figuratively speaking. hut also in reality. And we have availed ourselves of the experience of the last months and put right whatever was not in ...

... its intelligence or its stupidity. Those issues also enter in, and our readers will not accuse us of ignoring them. We are speaking now of Mr. CHAMBERLAIN as a businessman and judging him by that standard. It is the ground on which he is supposed to be ...

... and Mr. Chamberlain were to follow each other, which, although it is not quite a correct way of saying that the latter would speak after the former, represents the situation. Mr. Asquith was to be the Opposition big gun later in the debate to reply to the ...

... signally at Elandslaagte. The correspondent of the linos, in his account Df the battle, told us that it would be difficult to speak, without appearing to exaggerate, of the gallant conduct of Major Abdy, his officers, and his gunners, upon that occasion. ...

... speakers on his bench have appeared at times more anxious to distinguish their views from those of other Liberals than to speak to the amendment. It is a particular danger of those who call themselves Liberal Imperialists to walk in fear lest they should ...

... payment of small cheques, and so on, there must be no large trair;actions. But all that applies merely to cash ; the reports speak of bullion having been seized. Oh, that must mean cash ; there was no bullion--we know of none at any rate. If there waa ...