... grass aid the presence of, say, a dozen trees to the hundred square miles of land, the Free State country will not appeal to even the tamost lover of the picturesque; it is a land which in its barenss and monotony mitat well havebeen the home of astern, ...

... is carried back on to the stage badly hurt-she has succeeded ill saving her husbanld's work, but in doing so hias bad her lands so badly crushed that both have to be amputated. In the uselessness of the sacrifice which Sylvia has made lies the tragedy ...

... showss an estimated expenditure of £1541,000,000, or nearly X4t per head for the whole po ulation of the United Kingdom-man, woman, and child. If We omit the £16,250,000, cost of- the Revenue Dbpartments, we can bring our Imperial expenditure under two ...

... her son; a¢dl eight, by cauttig off his 'ead* with an axe. Tle prisonei nis cominit e'cfor trial. A WOMAN SISOT AT RIFsL'S PuACT(iE.-A Inarlied 'woman named Ann Smith, .sho'wasengaed inl feld work, was accidentally shot behind thec ride butts at Harton ...

... Quite irrespective of the war, moreover, the army estimates have risen from eighteen to twenty-nine millions and lere, too, we are threatened with a further permanent increase, owingtO the demand for a larger army. Here are the figures in tabular form, starting ...

... his coius first by ths Iisij, thsn by whiskey, and ultimately by the sword. 4. John Bull grabs every inch of land-espeially geld. bearing land-bo can lay his hands upon, leaving 0ChAnce to other nat~ens. Jrsge as au inffividual, the following vice and ...

... Net sowiminr. lie went intbo a. private room, latchedl the d~oor, ?? a pair of dunub-beli' eaot of at eupbnard, esovedi his armie twont-f times usr'wards. downwardst, forwardo,- end sidawliyc, then, holding, the dumab-belle abovei his birad, lightly bent ...