the National hell
Factory, Parkgate Street, a representative of that firm
said this afternoon: 'We have no statement to make at
all.'"--_Irish Paper_.

We gather that the printer is a Prohibitionist.

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"At Doncaster on Saturday, Messrs. ---- sold for L7,100 the
fully licensed house at Armthorpe known as the Plough Inn
to the Markham Main Colliery Company, the proprietors of the
colliery being sunk in the parish."--_Yorkshire Post_.

Not _spurlos versenkt_, we trust. Perhaps it is hoped that the Plough
will unearth them.

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TEACHING TOMMY.

Here is a simple method of aiding the admirable efforts of educational
Staff-Officers in the army.

Let all Regimental Orders be interspersed with items of information
likely to be of use in civilian life. Thus:--

53. ... will be rendered to this office, in triplicate, by noon
to-morrow.

53A. _Etiquette, Points of_. It is not considered correct to address
an Archbishop as "Archie" unless one is on terms of considerable
intimacy with him. In writing to a Duchess never commit the vulgar
error of putting a stamp on the envelope; the sixth footman in a ducal
household is always provided with a fund in respect of unpaid postage
on incoming correspondence.

54. ... is placed out of bounds to all troops on account of an
outbreak of mumps.

54A. _Data, Geographical_.--Of all fish those of the Bay of Biscay are
perhaps the best nourished. An isthmus is a piece of land which saves
another piece of land from being an island. The principal exports of
Germany are prisoners of war.

55. ... to be read on three consecutive parades.

55A. _Theory_, _Untenable_, _Literary_.--The The theory that BACON was
a pork-butcher and derived inspiration for _Hamlet_ by gazing at the
viands in his shop has now been disproved.

56. ... and a sum of twopence per haircut will be chargeable against
public funds.

56A. _Courts, Foreign_.--The Sultan of Socotra is entitled to a salute
of fourteen popguns and one catapult. Before approaching the throne
of the Duke of the Djibouti one is required to take lessons from the
Court Contortionist.

57. ... and Company Commanders are reminded of their responsibility in
this matter.

57A. _World, the Animal_.--It is interesting to know that the inventor
of the Tank first planned that engine of warfare while watching
the peregrinations of the a