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BARON HERBERT CHARLES ONSLOW, a British soldier.

He was born in 1857, and entered York and Lancaster Regiment in 1876. He served in the Soudan in 1884 and in South Africa in 1896, when he raised and commanded a corps of mounted rifles.

He was in the South African War in 1899-1902, and commanded the 4th Brigade 1st Army Corps in 1902-1903. In 1904-1905 he was quartermaster-general to the Forces, and 3d military member of the Army Council 1904-1905. He commanded the 5th Division of the Irish Command in 1906-1909, and was General Officer commanding Northern Command in 1911-1914. In the World War he commanded the 5th Army Corps till May 1915. In 1915 he was named Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor, and of the Star of Leopold. In 1916 he was promoted General. From 1915 to the close of the war he commanded the 2d Army of the British Expeditionary Force.

PLUTARCH the manner of velvet. It is composed regularly of a woof of a single woolen thread and a double warp; the one wool of two threads twisted, the other goat's or camel's hair. Some imitation plushes are made of other materials.

SIR HORACE C. PLUNKETT Rome, lecturing there on philosophy as

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