"Only last evening I was passing through one of our main
thoroughfares, and saw seven or eight Territorials taking
refreshment in the backbone. I ask in fairness, Is this the
backbone. I ask in fairness, is this patriotic?"
In fairness we reply. It is neither.
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"The old Latinist has it, 'Deos vult pedere prius dementas.'"
_Manx Chronicle._
How one's Latin slips from one with advancing age! But he must have been
very old.
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"The Scheldt can easily be damned."--_Daily Chronicle._
So can the KAISER, but it isn't enough to say so.
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Illustration: _Ex-Teuton (to landlady)._ "ACH! MADAME, EET IS ALL
RIGHT! I VOS ENGLEESH NOW! I HAVE TO-DAY MEIN PAPERS OF NATIONALIZATION
TO YOUR HOME OFFICE SENT OFF. DERE VOS SEVERAL OATHS BY HALF-A-DOZEN
PEOPLES TO BE SVORN. IT VOS A TREMENDOUS AFFAIRS!"
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