"BATHROOM TOILETTES.
"This season balls and dances, both private and public, are being given
in greater numbers than ever."--_Local Paper._
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"A couple of ciphers, followed by a string of noughts, represents
Germany's debt to France. And it looks as if the noughts are all France
will get in the present generation."--_Evening Paper._
But it is possible that under pressure Germany might throw in the ciphers
as well.
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"LOST AND FOUND.
"ADDRESS BY THE LORD ADVOCATE.
"Will the party who took the wrong Umbrella from the Ante-Room, Music
Hall, kindly return same in exchange for his own to ----, Music Hall?"
--_Scotch Paper._
An odd address for the LORD ADVOCATE.
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"Wells' 'History of the Universe' describes the slow disappearance of
certain species, taking hundreds of thousands of years to do it."--
_Daily Paper_.
In an age of hustle it is gratifying to find one eminent author approaching
his work with due deliberation.
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