"Colonel Seely mentioned ... Major-General Seely said ... General
Seely, replying ..."--_Daily Chronicle_.
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"The canonical proceedings for the beatification of Pope Pius IX.
and Christopher Columbus have been definitely abandoned. As the
result of a very close investigation, it was decided that these
two candidates lacked certain necessary qualifications; Pius IX.
had signed death sentences and Christopher Columbus was held
responsible for massacres."--_Sunday Paper_.
This news, we understand, has caused a painful impression at
Amerongen.
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[Illustration: _Cook (allowing herself to be engaged)_. "ONE MORE
QUESTION, M'LADY. CAN _YOU_ COOK?"
_Her Ladyship_. "REALLY, I DON'T THINK THAT NEED MATTER."
_Cook_. "OH--DON'T IT? I WANT TO KNOW WHO'S GOING TO BE THE REAL
MISTRESS."]
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