From a film advertisement:--

"THE GIRL OF LOST ISLAND.--Featuring LILLIAN LORRAINE in a Picturesque

Role. There are twelve chapters. I have seen them all, because I was

compelled to do so."

_Newcastle Evening Chronicle._

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"Livers are being lost on the banks of the Yser."

_Egyptian Mail._

An Anglo-Indian Colonel tells us that he was so glad to part with his

that he hasn't taken any steps to recover it.

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"St. Paul knew what he was talking about when he said to Herod,

'Too much thinking has made thee mad.'"

_Letter in an Evening Paper._

That is where St. PAUL had an advantage over the correspondent.

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More Impending Apologies.

"Sir A. A. Booth is chairman of the committee appointed by the

Government to inquire into the future of shipping and shipbuilding.

It is not intended to be an ornamental committee either, for Sir A.

Denny and Professor Abell, two of our leading naval architects, are on

it."--_Evening Paper._

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The Kaiser and the Daylight Saving Bill.

"For our bad neighbour makes us early stirrers,

Which is both healthful, and good husbandry."

_Shakspeare's Henry_ V., Act IV. Sc. I. 6-7.

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"His Holiness, Pope Pius, taking action, exhorts the Irish

Bishops to be thoroughly loyal."--_Bray and South Dublin Herald._

The recent disturbances in Dublin seem to have made the late Pope turn

in his grave.

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