a certain mitigated accuracy in quotation for those who suffer from
advancing years.

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"----, chambermaid at the ---- Hotel, ----, was charged
yesterday with stealing two diamond rings and a diamond and
sapphire broom worth £80."--_Daily Paper_.

Yet Mr. CHAMBERLAIN refuses to impose a Luxury Tax.

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From a list of the German Peace-delegates:--"Baron von
Lersner, chief of the preliminary mission and ex-secretary
of the German Embassy in Washington. He was also formerly
attached to the German Embassy in Wales."--_Belfast News
Letter_.

This sounds like another injustice to Ireland.

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[Illustration: _Scientific Uncle_. "DO YOU KNOW, CHILDREN, THAT AT ONE
TIME, LONG AGO, WE USED TO HAVE FIVE TOES ON EACH HAND, AND LIVE IN
TREES?"

_Niece_. "WE WON'T TELL ANYBODY, UNCLE."]

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