ORSBACH--has already obtained. It's a German name, but it sounds more
like 'Orsetrian (!)

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CUI BONO?--"It is a mistake," quoth _The World_ last week, "to suppose
that Mr. GLADSTONE complacently regards Sir WILLIAM HARCOURT as his
'_Alter Ego_.'" Mr. G. being the "_Ego_" it is not very likely that
Sir WILLIAM V. HARCOURT is likely to "alter" any of his Leader's
plans. Still an "_Alter Ego_" is very useful whenever Mr. GLADSTONE
may want to "wink The Other I."

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[Illustration: 1492 V. 1892.]

[_Christopher Columbus_. "WHAT! GO OVER IN FIVE DAYS! WHY, IF I'D HAD
A SHIP LIKE THAT, I'D HAVE DISCOVERED EVERYTHING BEFORE NOW!"]

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ELECTION AGONIES.

(_BY A RE-ELECTED M.P._)

Yes, there I stood beside my wife,
And called it--whilst the mob cheered wildly--
"The proudest moment of my life,"
Which it was _not_, to put it mildly.