"The first contingent of the American troops brought food for six
months, and hence the fears of the peasants in France lest they
should be eaten up are groundless."--_Adelaide Advertiser_.
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"If the public continue to spend the same sum of money on bread
at 9d. as they did when it was 1s., it is easy to see that the
consumption will rise by a quarter or 25 per cent."--_Glasgow
Evening News_.
We are always timid about questioning a Scotsman's arithmetic, but we
make the increase a third, or 33-1/3 per cent.
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[Illustration: _He (connoisseur of wines)_. "WE STAYED SEVERAL DAYS AT
AN INN IN A LITTLE GLOUCESTERSHIRE VILLAGE, AS WE FOUND THEY HAD SUCH
AN EXCELLENT CELLAR."
_She_. "REALLY! I HAD NO IDEA THE RAIDERS HAD GOT SO FAR WEST AS
THAT."]
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