Nationalist is rank blasphemy." However, the steam is let off through
the spout, and by the time the Nationalist's dream of Home Rule is
realised, all efforts to the contrary on The part of gallant little
Ulster will probably be "_Ulster vires_."

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ADVICE GRATIS.--DEAFNESS. (To "EXPERIMENTALIST.")--Yours seems a
peculiar form of this painful complaint. We cannot understand why you
should feel "as if wind were always coming from your left ear." Try
blowing into the ear with the bellows three times a day. It may drive
the wind back. For the "fulness, throbbing, &c.," we should advise
ramming a good-sized darning-needle as far as it will go into the
orifice. After that--or even before--it might be best to consult a
competent medical man.

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[Illustration: EARLY MISGIVINGS.

_Newly-Married M.P._ "BY JOVE, TEN O'CLOCK! I _MUST_ GO DOWN TO THE
HOUSE, IF ONLY TO FIND SOMEONE TO PAIR WITH."

_His Wife._ "OH, DARLING, I THOUGHT YOU AND I HAD PAIRED FOR LIFE!"]

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"WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK;"

OR, MANOEUVRING FOR A HOLD.