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Show Military Orthagraiihy. A British soldier, who is at this moment mo-ment serving in South Africa, recently sent a letter to the war office containing contain-ing a word that baffled the Imagination Imagina-tion of every clerk and ofllcia.1 to whom the puzzle was submitted. The mysterious word was spoiled "yfe." It was repeated several times, and seemed, indeed, to be the main subject sub-ject of his communication. At length it occurred to one of the clerks to consult con-sult the hall porter a grizzled veteran vet-eran quite unhampered by board school accomplishments. "Can you tell us the meaning of this word, Simpson " asked the brilliant clerk. "I should think I could," replied the veteran, with mild contempt "Y-f-e spells wife, of course. What else could it spell, sir!"' Selected. |