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[Illustration: AT OUR RED CROSS SALE.

"MR. JEM WALLOP, A RETIRED HEAVY-WEIGHT CHAMPION, HAS VERY KINDLY
CONSENTED TO GIVE A LESSON IN BOXING TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER."]

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COMMERCIAL CANDOUR.

"Electric hoist for passenger or goods; to lift 10cwt.;
little use."--_Manchester Paper_.

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"CHINESE CRISIS.

DISTRUST OF THE ICE-PRESIDENT."--_Times and Mirror (Bristol)_.

Yet one would have thought him the very man to preserve his coolness.

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"HAIR REPORTS PROGRESS.

G.H.Q., Tuesday, 11.46 a.m."--_Star_.

It is hoped now that the British _communiqués_ will be a little less
bald.