_Major Merriman_. How do you do?

_Lady Traveller_ (_in great surprise_). Oh, how do you do, Major Merriman?
We've been having such an amusing experience, etc., etc.

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What made Lord Devonport Dizzy.

"The following resolution was unanimously passed, and ordered to be
sent to the Prime Minister and the Food Controller (Lord
Beaconsfield)."--_The Western Gazette_.

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"Lamp-posts and trees and other pedestrians were found with unpleasant
and sometimes violent frequency."--_Beckenham Journal_.

That's the worst of a fog; landmarks will keep on walking about.

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_À propos_ of the TSAR'S manifesto:--

"The _Retch_, says: 'The order puts the dot on all the
"t's."'"--_Provincial Paper_.

It is a far, far better thing to dot your "t's" than cross your "i's."