Trade of Western Ontaria have been discussing proposals to encourage
the immigration of young women from Great Britain."--_Morning Paper_.

And have apparently feminized the Province in advance.

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"If the Archdeacon of Coventry is correct in stating, as he did in
Convocation, that the word 'tush' found in the Psalter means 'bosh,' it
must in this sense be what the classical dons call a 'hapslegomenon'."
--_Evening Standard_.

Which, again, must be what the classical undergraduates call a "slipsus
languæ."

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[Illustration: THE IRREMOVABLES.

TURKEY (_to his old patron in Holland_). "SO, WE'RE BOTH REMAINING, WHAT?"

VOICE FROM THE OTHER END. "YES, BUT _YOU_'VE GOT TO BEHAVE."]

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[Illustration: _Angry Father (of the Old School)._ "I SHALL CUT YOU OFF
WITH A SHILLING!"

_The Prodigal._ "NOT ONE OF THE NEW NICKEL THINGS, I HOPE, FATHER?"]