[Illustration: _Holiday-maker_ (_in difficulties._) "OH, DASH IT! THERE
GOES THAT LETTER MY WIFE GAVE ME TO POST A WEEK AGO."]

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ANOTHER IMPENDING APOLOGY.

"Principal ---- said there was a historical connection between the
Royal Asylum for the Insane and the University of Edinburgh."--_Scots
Paper._

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"The British rule in India is as savage as that of the Turk in
Armenia."--_Washington Times._

Not the "_George_ Washington Times," you'll note.

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MEN AND THINGS OF THE MOMENT.

[Mr. Punch cannot hold himself responsible for the views expressed in
the following correspondence.]

THE MALLABY-DEELEY EMPORIUM.

DEAR MR. PUNCH,--I want you to use your influence with that great
philanthropist, Mr. MALLABY-DEELEY. I know that he is too modest to claim