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[Illustration: _Stage Manager._"THE ELEPHANT'S PUTTING UP A VERY
SPIRITED PERFORMANCE TO-NIGHT."
_Carpenter_. "YESSIR. YOU SEE, THE NEW HIND-LEGS IS A DISCHARGED
SOLDIER, AND THE FRONT LEGS is AN OUT-AND-OUT PACIFIST."]
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Broody.
"WHIST DRIVE.--A sitting of eggs was given by Mrs. ---- for the
lady or gentleman sitting the greatest number of times
consecutively."--_Worcester Daily Times._
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"In Captain ----'s boat all the men survived, although full of
water."--_New Zealand Paper._