_A Midsummer Night's Dream_, Act III., Sc. 1.]
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[Illustration: ELIMINATION.
_Stranger._ "CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE MR. TOOLEY LIVES?"
_Native._ "THERE'S FIFTEEN FAMILIES O' TOOLEYS."
_Stranger._ "MR. SAMUEL TOOLEY?"
_Native._ "THERE'S TWENTY SAM TOOLEYS."
_Stranger._ "HE IS, I BELIEVE, A CARPENTER."
_Native._ "TEN ON EM'S CARPENTERS."
_Stranger._ "HIS AGE IS SEVENTY-EIGHT."
_Native._ "AH, THAT MUST BE ME. WHAT CAN I DO FUR EE?"]
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"DEESIDE FOREST FIRE.
Ground game flew from their nesting places with shrill
cries."--_Daily Paper._
Odd behaviour for hares and rabbits?
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Professional Candour.
"YOUNG GENTLEMEN TAUGHT
BALLROOM DANCING
(Privately).
INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION. NO CLASS."
_Advert. in South African Paper._
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"FOR SALE.--A chance for Art Collectors:--Beautiful Enamel on
Gold by Email de Geneve."--_Singapore Free Press._
We understand that the advertiser has also for sale some priceless
statuary by the eminent sculptor, Platre de Paris.
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"By Lady M---- S----.
My favourite quotation is: 'Things are what they are, and the
consequences will be what they will be; why, then, should we
wish to be deceived?'--_Samuel Butler._"--_Daily Sketch._
It always looks well, when mentioning the name of the author of one's
favourite quotation, to get it right. There seems to be an Analogy
here between Lady M---- S---- and that PHARAOH "who knew not JOSEPH."
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