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"An extraordinary plague of rats prevails on the Sheffield
Corporation rubbish tips at Killamarsh. The rodents have
constructed beaten tracks eight inches wide, extending to
corn stacks on a local farm, where they have wrought munch
havoc."--_Local Paper_.
Quite the right epithet, we feel sure.
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"We make a speciality of gorillas and chimpanzees. They are
wonderfully intelligent and can be trained right up to the
human standard in all except speech. One of our directors, Mr.
----, and his wife are both able to only be tamed to live in
captivity."--_Irish Paper_.
A perusal of the above paragraph is said to have stimulated Mr. ----'s
gift of speech in a startling degree.
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[Illustration: IF THE POETS STRUCK WOULD THE MILITARY BE CALLED IN TO
DO THEIR WORK?]
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