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... offended Lord Melbourne long a ago. Lord Melbourne wa3 one day seen coming a from church in the country in a mighty tume. b Finding a friend, he exclaimed, ' It's too bad. I a have always been a supporter of ...

... A A CHAT ABOUT CHRISTMAS, This is an age of literary revolution and in- version of hitherto accepted truths. Historians and essayists well nigh overwhelm us with the number of negations they live and labour to make. Here, at the outset of chatting about ...

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... A CHAT WITH THE SPOr STROKE A CHAMPION. Mr. W. J. Peall, the champion exponent of the spat stroke game at billiards, who made the sensational record break of 2413 at the Aquarium a few weeks ago, wvas last week playing an exhibition game with DNorth, ...

... TABLE CHAT ABOTUT ai CERTAIN THIN-G. A HUSBAND'S SCEPTICISM OYERCO3'a- It bad always struck me that the w. .1- -, was simply a matter ot faith,' callr z aa- And, you would think, anorhb e:!ir; the effect of the mind over the rit, eCa: ?? the visitor ...

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... physical frame. I aslcd ?? a few questions about his experiences. Yes, lie said, I was ofrten exposed to risk. ni Sciatica was my chief trouble. I had suffered b from it off andion for rbout 15 Vests, and a little ?? wadile a Io I was very Ibd with it ...

... Ronfitnee of a-! Bazaar. r~aieg inE as n-ny days nigh £6CCO. Oh, yn, says Dul a 'head, '4i was, well-..advertzrd2' The paid-for i advertising Was exmteiy. s T, the ml draw t was the inividuaity of a. citizen d his wife- A and the individality of ...

... CHAT FROM ST. PETER'S. inrrofts thr uvrrpocl *jtic*jbt. f.entlemen.—Captain OT'laherty, the dnb's military member, quite at the idea Calwav becoming port tor naval construction, for aavs be, besides making the West Ireland prosj»-roas and loyal, just ...