"There is something very amusing n the idea of members of the United states Conmress meeting the Washington newspapermen in a spelling Bee" as reported in another alumn, but whether it eventually ends to an increase of reverence for! hose sent to guide us along the! maths of governance is entirely mother question, It is quite pos ible, even in these days, that a lever legislator may not know, how 0 spell—in exactly the same" way! 6 an expert blacksmith is not exjected to know how to play the iano. We doubt whether a farrier ould be enticed into a musical cometition, or un organ-grinder into! he intricacies of the integral cal-ulus. If, however, the competition were no more difficult than the:
linen words telegraphed would to indicate, we do not wonder the newspapermen winning the outest. Nevertheless, we know. \ewspapermen who would fail at the impiest of words, such as "tityre-1," especially if they had to define ho word before opponents spelt it, "tude" which simply cannot, be led unless someone explains the nig of the word king for zeugma," though po would be trickier, especially if!
inoed quickly, while "glochiwould ruin the nerves of the' nest possible proof reader, let alone 1 senator, All of which reminds us the meeting of a Board of Juardians discussing the furnishings f the board room. "Yus,¥ said one them, "I'm all in favour of artistic surroundings for our deliberations, nut even if we do buy a candelabra, what T wants to know is, oe among members present knows ow to er When sojourning in VICTORIA, British Columbia, make your home ai
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