COURTSHIP. Love's excursion boat just before it strikes the rough sea of
matrimony.

CROOK. A man who says nobody is straight.

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COOK. Something which makes up her mind to stay in the kitchen and then
loses her mind. A product of modern society who has for her motto
"Dimuendo contralto dumdum," which means, "She who cooks and runs away
will live to cook another day."

CROW. A bird politicians would eat after election if they were not so
busy drinking.

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CZAR. An illustration of the old proverb, "Uneasy lies the King when
falls the Ace."

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The following letter written by the Czar to Tolstoi probably illustrates
better than any other document the pleasant and health-giving conditions
under which the Czar lives and reigns:--


In The Cellar, To-day.