We understand that there is some talk of Lord FISHER giving up work and
retiring into politics.

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[Illustration: THE CRIME WAVE.

_ALI BABA_ REPEATING ITSELF. FORTY THIEVES DISCOVERED AT A LONDON RAILWAY
STATION.]

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MATRIMONIAL ECONOMY.

"Travelling in a becoming suit of Copenhagen blue with hat to match the
newly weds left on the Duluth train."--_Canadian Paper._

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"She looked as Eurydice when her captor-King carried her away from
earth and gave her instead the queenship of Hell."--_"Daily Mail"
Feuilleton._

Presumably Persephone had secured a decree _nisi_.

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"These cowardly murders and attempted assassinations are abhorrent to
the national mind, whatever its political views may be, and it will not