Lake schoolhouse on Tuesday, Dec. 23. Everybody welcome, no
admission."--_Vermilion Standard_ (Alberta. No relation to
_The Sporting Times_).

You are at perfect liberty to hang about outside.

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"No one can deny that it is essential London should have a
thoroughly equipped shin hospital."--_Advt. in "Sphere."_

No footballer, anyhow.

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FROM A GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (SIC) EXAMINATION.

The Cat and Mouse Act is an Act by which a cat may not kill a mouse
unless when necessary.

The Apocalypse is an ailment one has apolcalyptic fits.

Sea-legs are when you don't have legs but a tail.

The All Red Route is the human throat or swallow.

Ten instruments for an orchestra are banjo, pianola, concertina,
mandoline, psalteries, shawms, bagpipes, bells to clash with, violins,
and bassinette.