ONE day I was marrying a couple and my clerk was standing just behind them in the church. As soon as I had uttered the words, "I pronounce them man and wife together," the gentleman thought it a convenient opportunity to give his wife a resounding kiss. The old clerk did not app

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supply better Whisky than of any other dealer, but is ce that the Whisky he is selling CI be beaten. His sales of S Whisky in 1891 exceeded 14 gallons. Offices: 40, Northgate. v di Stores: Victoria Street lA -A

holding a court in a dressing-gown. It was never in early times the dress of Scotland, or of the Scottish court, and it is noteworthy that you do not find it in the ancient family portraits in Scotland. Shoulder plaids were worn, but they were not tartans, and the clans were dis