of the county.

"_The good old cause_;" i.e., Ourselves.

"_Have always felt that the ---- class are the mainstay of the
country_;" i.e., "Must conciliate the industrial section of
constituency."

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[Illustration: THINGS ONE WOULD RATHER HAVE LEFT UNSAID.

_Frivolous Lady_ (_making conversation_). "OH, THE ACADEMY! I NEVER
SAW SUCH RUBBISH AS THERE IS THIS YEAR!" (_Suddenly remembers that the
Gentleman she is talking to is an R.A._) "HAVE YOU ANYTHING THERE?"

_R.A._ "YES; THE FIVE BIG PICTURES YOU SAW IN MY STUDIO, AND SAID YOU
COULD LIVE WITH FOR EVER!"]

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EPITHALAMIUM.

(_WESTMINSTER ABBEY, JULY 12, 1890._)

"Hymen, Io Hymen, Hymen, they do shout."
SPENSER, "_Epithalamion_."

"Bring home the triumph of our Victory,"
Sings SPENSER. From wide wanderings you have come