"O Parados! O Parados! 'tis weary working here!"
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"The baby should go out every day, except when it is
storming."--_New York Sunday Herald._
In that case try a wind-pill.
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"To-day's Russian communiqué says:--
In Persia, on the road to Kermanshah, we have occupied the town
of Kangavar.
Note.--Kangavar is a town of 15-3/4-3/4 inhabitants in the
Province of Ardilan."--_Aberdeen Evening Express._
This is carrying accuracy to an extreme, even for Scotland.
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[Illustration: THE CHALLENGE.
"HALT! WHO COMES THERE?" "NEUTRAL." "PROVE IT!"]
["What I would say to Neutrals is this: Do they admit our right to apply
the principles which were applied by the American Government in the War
between North and South--to apply those principles to modern conditions
and to do our best to prevent trade with the enemy through neutral
countries? If the answer is that we are not entitled to do that, then I
must say definitely that it is a departure from neutrality."--_Sir
EDWARD GREY._]
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