"He had studied Eastern religions, and claimed to have been
initiated as a llama of Tibet."--_Daily Mail_.
Or should it be the Grand Lama of Peru?
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"The----Food Economy Committee were astounded yesterday at
the secretary's report of a collier's family of six persons
who consumed twenty half-quartern loaves in one week,
averaging twenty pounds of bread per person."--_Sunday
Chronicle_.
It is not stated whether the astonishment was caused by the family's
appetite or the secretary's arithmetic.
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[Illustration: _Fond Mother_ (_reading_). "'OUR CAPTAIN IS ONE OF THE
BEST, AND WE'RE READY TO FOLLOW HIM TO H--L.' I SUPPOSE HE MEANS THE
HINDENBURG LINE."]
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