Unconscious that the times are strange,
Enthroned in cushioned ease and quiet,
My _first_ foresees not any change
In his luxurious canine diet.
While I, his master and his lord,
A hearty breakfast-eater reckoned,
No longer at my frugal board
Enjoy the pleasures of my _second_.
Controllers!--I detest the tribe;
Freedom I hold in deep devotion;
Why should they want to circumscribe
My powers of rapid locomotion?
My _whole_ I can no longer buy,
'Tis useless to attempt to beg it;
And whether it be wet or dry
Three times in four I have to leg it.
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"In the Commons this afternoon Mrs. Macpherson said recent fighting
in Southern Palestine had resulted in the capture of a Turkish
advanced position."--_Nottingham Evening Post_.
The lady seems, without waiting for the Franchise Bill, to have captured
an advanced position herself.
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"Good Bed room and sitting room, bath, h. and c., in lovely
secluded garden, Hants."
Very proper. Baths should always be taken in seclusion.
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"Deland is a church-going community,
with Baptist, Presbyterian, two Methodists,
Christian, Episcopalian and Roman Catholic
Churches."--_American Paper_.
We are so glad the Christians were not forgotten.
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[Illustration: IT'S THE SAME MAN.]
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[Illustration: SIDELIGHTS ON THE GREAT FOOD PROBLEM.
GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL ASCERTAINING WHETHER FOOD GIVEN TO FOWLS IS FIT FOR
HUMAN CONSUMPTION.]
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