announcement would inevitably partake of the nature of an anti-climax.

The Chairman happily interpreted the feeling of the meeting by hurling
a copy of _Liddell and Scott_ on the floor of the platform and dancing
upon it, and the great assembly soon afterwards dispersed in a mood of
solemn exultation to the strains of a Jazz band. As Mr. WELLS observed
in a fine phrase, "We have to-day extinguished the lights in the
Classical firmament."

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[Illustration: _Demobilised One (to massive lady about to make her
exit),_ "EXCUSE ME WOULD YOU MIND TREADING--ACCIDENTAL-LIKE--ON THAT
MAN'S TOES? HE USED TO BE MY SERGEANT-MAJOR."]

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THE TENDER-HEARTED BAILIE.

"Accused broke down in the dock, and while weeping bitterly the
Bailie fined both girls £1 or ten days."--_Edinburgh Evening
News_.

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"Lord Burray of Elibank and the Hon. Gideon Murray, M.P., have
recently had influenza and bronchitis."--_Scotch Paper_.

From internal evidence we gather that his lordship has not yet
completely recovered.