My _whole_ I can no longer buy,
'Tis useless to attempt to beg it;
And whether it be wet or dry
Three times in four I have to leg it.

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"In the Commons this afternoon Mrs. Macpherson said recent fighting
in Southern Palestine had resulted in the capture of a Turkish
advanced position."--_Nottingham Evening Post_.

The lady seems, without waiting for the Franchise Bill, to have captured
an advanced position herself.

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"Good Bed room and sitting room, bath, h. and c., in lovely
secluded garden, Hants."

Very proper. Baths should always be taken in seclusion.

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"Deland is a church-going community,
with Baptist, Presbyterian, two Methodists,
Christian, Episcopalian and Roman Catholic
Churches."--_American Paper_.

We are so glad the Christians were not forgotten.