THE Monta di Pieta at Rome, which has existed ever since the year 1585, is certainly the most lenient pawn-broker's shop in the World, and in its kind one of the noblest charities. Any person who brings a pawn may borrow from £3 to £5 without-paying any interest, but all that is

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ments sorely jarred on discovering that 11E could reach Jerusalem by railway fro . ni Jaffa Before this month is over the will be in full operation, and when the shriek of the locomotive wakes the echoe of the Valley of Hinnom, the Holy Land will surrender itself to the spirit o

1. Competitors must write their name and address on the following Coupon, and forward same, with their list of transpositions, to "THE PRIZE EDITOR," 14, Bartholomew Close, London, E.C. 2, Every List must be accompanied by a Coupon, 3. In the event of a tie, the ballot will be r

THE attorney prosecutini.; in a breach of promise case was youthful and fresh, and delighted in showing himself oft; but he didn't know what a guy he was until it fell on him with a dull and sicken- , tug thud. The defendant had taken the stand. "You say," said the attorney; aft

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IN referring to the fourth marriage of a medical friend, the late John Brown (" Rab ") used to allege that, on the lady proposing that the ceremony should take place on a Friday, the bridegroom bluntly 9xpressed a hope that she would nnt object to a WedneNday, as he had been " a

MR. GLA.DSTONE .- AND HIS COLLAR • To be able to make a joke well is a delightful gift • to be able to take one well is hardly less desirable. Mr. Harry Furniss, the distinguished comic artist of the London Punch, recently a visitor to the United States relates a little incident