us said,
"That they could get it clear?"

[Illustration: MR. MONTAGU S'EXCUSE.]

And we know what the Carpenter replied.

If an unnecessary amount of heat was engendered by the debate on General
DYER'S case the fault must be partly attributed to the INDIAN SECRETARY'S
opening speech. "Come, Montagu, for thou art early up" is a line from one
of the most poignant scenes in SHAKSPEARE; but early rising, at Westminster
as elsewhere, is not always conducive to good temper.

Members who thought with Sir EDWARD CARSON that General DYER had not been
fairly treated resented Mr. MONTAGU'S insinuation that in that case they
were condoning "frightfulness." Mr. CHURCHILL was more judicious, and Mr.
BONAR LAW did his level best to keep his followers in the Government Lobby.
But Sir A. HUNTER-WESTON'S reminder that by the instructions issued by the
civil authority to General DYER he was ordered "to use all force necessary.
No gathering of persons nor procession of any sort will be allowed. All
gatherings will be fired on," confirmed them in the view that the GENERAL
was being made a scape-goat. No fewer than 129 voted against the
Government, whose majority would have been very minute but for the
assistance of its usual foes, the "Wee Frees" and Labourites.

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"Keble's own future should be all the more secure in a University in
which there is not only complete religious intolerance but complete
religious equality."--_Local Paper._

Poor old Oxford! Still "the home of lost causes" apparently.

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"Few stories of London origin are more familiar than that of the cabby
who, regarding his day off as one of his indisputable rights, spent it
each week in riding about the City with a fellow cabby in order to keep
him company."--_Sunday Paper._

That's why they called him a busman and his holiday a busman's holiday.

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"Do you remember the sad fate of a certain distinguished hostess who
found herself at midnight left with only a few hogs and elderly men to
entertain her pretty girl guests, and the sudden epidemic of rents that
necessitated a rush to the cloakroom for mending."--_Evening Paper._

The ripping property of tusks is well known.

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[Illustration: THE WOMAN-HATER.]

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