"The trade-mark name of tins coat--'Aquascutum'--is a Latin word,
and translated into our own good English, 'Aqua,' means water.
'Scutum' means to shed. There you are--Watershed."
_Advt. in Canadian Paper._
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"They belileve that an not inconsiderable number of
dddeeeeeddlllllllcleeeeeece cw pavem ponnun _ex-parte_ opinions are
given for what they may be worth."
_Manchester Paper._
For our part we belileve this estimate of the value of _ex-parte_
opinions, of the kind indicated, to be sound, if rather scathing.
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"In lieu of the February Sale and Spring Show, hitherto held in
April, an important sale of pure-bred bulls will be held in the
Show Grounds at Ballsbridge, on Thursday and Friday, 13th and 14th
March."--_Cork Examiner._
We trust the above specimen will be duly entered.
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"After the act from _Masks and Faces_ came the letter-reading, the
murder and the sleepwalking scenes from _Macbeth_, with Miss Mary
Anderson and Mr. Lyn Harding. Tragic poetry of this intensity, of
course, knocks everything else endways."--_Times._
Or, as SHAKSPEARE himself is said to have exclaimed, as he penned the
last line of it, "That's the stuff to give 'em."
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"There should also be mentioned the merchants' bank, Towarzystwo
Pozyczkowe Przemyslowcow Miasta Poznania."
_Journal of the Royal Statistical Society._
We have tried to mention it, but failed miserably.
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"The Major then spoke of battles in which he had taken part. He had
been wounded in the back leg and arm."--_Evening News._
Bit of a dog, this Major.
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"PROMOTION.-Rifleman P.R. Shand to be Sergeant Cock."--_Ceylon
Paper._
We hope Sergeant Cock was consulted about this.
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[Illustration: "IS THAT AN OFFICIAL LETTER YOU ARE WRITING, MISS BROWN?"
"IT'S--SEMI-OFFICIAL, SIR."
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY SEMI-OFFICIAL?"
"WELL, SIR--IT'S TO AN OFFICER."]
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