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PERSONAL.

"Pat. Don't be disappointed. Nothing amis. Iris."--_Calcutta
Statesman_.

Only a letter gone astray.

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"Apartments (furnished and unfurnished) to be let, outside
air radius."--_Daily Telegraph_.

A little suffocating, perhaps.

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"If a million quarter acres in the country were left uncultivated,
the result would be that a quarter of a million acres would be
left uncultivated."--_Scotch Paper_.

Examined and found correct.

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Extract from a speech by Lord SELBORNE:--

"In that ouse Capital was very fully represented--he thought
over-represented."--_Daily Telegraph_.