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"HIGH COMMISSIONER PAYS CALLS.
Jerusalem, August 27.--The High Commissioner visited yesterday
afternoon the tomb of Abraham, Sarah, Rebecca, Isaac, Jacob and
Leah in the Cave of Makpéla at Hebron."--_Egyptian Mail_.
No flowers, by request.
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[Illustration: THE GREAT REPUDIATION.
MR. SMILLIE. "HERE, HOP IT, OR YOU'LL SPOIL THE WHOLE SHOW. YOU DON'T
COME ON TILL MY NEXT TRICK."]
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[Illustration: _M.F.H_. "WHY THE DEUCE AREN'T YOU WITH HOUNDS? THEY'RE
IN THE NEXT PARISH BY THIS."
_New Whip_ (_rib-roasting very bad cub-hunter_). "'TAIN'T SAFE TO GO
NEAR 'EM WITH THIS 'ORSE; THEY MIGHT THINK 'E WAS FOR EATIN'."]
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