It is said to be distinguishable from Mr. WINSTON
CHURCHILL only by the latter's eloquence.
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We understand that certain members of the betting classes have demanded
that the starting price for coal should be published each day in the early
evening papers.
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[Illustration: SCENE.--_Miles from anywhere._
_Tammas._ "COULD YE OBLIGE ME WI' A MATCH, SIR?"
_Stranger._ "I'M AFRAID I'VE ONLY GOT ONE."
_Tammas._ "AY--SHE'LL DO."]
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A TRIUMPH OF REALISM.
From a publisher's advertisement:--
"'FALLING WATERS.' 'Not a dry page in it.'"
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THE NEW POLYGAMY.
"The bride... carried a handsome bouquet of harem lilies."--_Local
Paper_.
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THE BENEFITS OF PEACE
(_as they appear to be viewed by certain unofficial guardians of public
morality_).
When Peace superseded the strife and the stress
Which the public regard as a gift for the Press,
It was feared in the quiet that followed the storm,
With nothing to do but retrench and reform,
That the Town would be painted a colourless tint
And the printers have nothing exciting to print.
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