value of unintelligibility. Did not DAN O'CONNELL, in his famous
vituperative contest with a Dublin washer-woman, triumph in the
long-run by calling her an unprincipled parallelopiped?

Meanwhile I appeal to the Editor of _The Westminster Gazette_, who,
in his Saturday edition, has done so much to maintain the practice
of classical composition, to offer a prize in one of his periodical
competitions for the best Latin version, of "to buck up," "to stick
it out," "a bit thick," "talking through one's hat," "I don't think,"
"blighter," "rotter," and "not 'arf."

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ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE.

"Mr. Zangwill (the Chief Rabbi) also spoke."--_Daily News_.

Following the appointment (recently announced by Mr. Punch) of Mr.
H.G. WELLS as Chaplain to the Forces.

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From a cattle-auction advertisement:--

"NOTE.--Pigs and Calves are requested to be forward by 11
o'clock."--_Kirkendbrightshire Advertiser_.

_Vive la politesse!_

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