... needed relief was supplied. Of course the stockings were not forgotten. ?? Bemuse the Boers are of Dutch origin, and the Dutch speak a language akin to our own, we are told by public speakers and writers that the Boers are of much the same race as ourselves ...

... to Saimarkand, travelling from the las-named. C ?? to London via Xrasovodsk, Baku, Pearovsk, iaff, and Warsaw. I can only speak in terms of thie highest praise of the hospitality 3 and oardialiy I received at the hands of the s Ruasrian officials throughout ...

... gentleman, who had under- taken to befriend her, applied at this court for advice. Through her adviser-for she was un- able to speak a word in English-she stated that on the Saturday before Christmas she was en- gaged by a lady at a registry offioe in Bou- ...

... behind one ?? ant heap. '*Forty poor Highlanders were brouaht to the rear as prisoners, looking very sad. ( The narrator also speaks enthusiastically cf tile heroism and coolness of the Boers wnder the terrible shell fire. The heroes 0i the day, he says ...

... source of anxious fear, and even of heartrending r- sorrow; to all it has been a matter of the deepest m concern. Humanly speaking, the final issue of the conflict would seem to be certain, though the victory would mean an appalling destruction of human ...

... The letter, if it is a genuine document, was obviously not intended s for publication, and Mr. Hawksley g had no motive for speaking more strongly a than the facts would warrant. Why, then, a' did he refer in this menacing way to Mr. t Chamberlain's share ...

... should do more than their share, so as to meet the nee-sities of other couties less wealthy than Lancashire. Mr. Brancuer speaking in support of the reso- lution, touched Upon the patriotio feeling ex hibited by hie community. He heartily joined ill the ...

... Boew invasion had made progress on British territory was net, such as need frightenI even the most timid. (Cheers.) If, in spea-king as he had done, he had appeared to take an argumentative turn, it was because it seemed to him the best, the surest, and ...

... by the burning sun, and the digging calls for my constant attention. OUR PROSPECTS . MR. BALFOUR'S OPINION. s Mr. Balfour, speaking at a conersaone in his East Manchester constituenoy last night, said he knew of no war in which we had been engaged, except ...

... as mere execution is concerned but b these he is forceful in the ?? poetic feeling which Beethoven ever r to convey. And, speaking of Beoe;,. as against the writers of other Cong5 1 conjunction with the pianoforne b. vincing is the breadth of the c-rr's' ...

... s it caught boys how to I speak and read articulately, write a letter as it should be indicted and easily read, and also a . knowledge of arithmetic which would be useful in the world of commerce. In these respects- speaking of his onv schoolday-he said ...

... suppose that even Mr. Beerbohm Tree himself knows, what it has cost him to produce Shake- speare's King John. Generally speak- ing, the amount must have been enormous. So must the amount be of putting iThe Midsummer Night's Dream upon the stage. We ...