"'Polybe,' writing in the _Figaro_, estimates the German losses at
20,000 horse de combat on the first day of the battle."--_Local
Paper_.
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"Following the Franco-German war an epidemic of smallpox raged
throughout Europe, which was not checked until Jenner's famous
vaccination discovery."--_Liverpool Echo_.
It is sad to think that JENNER's discovery, made in 1796, should have
remained dormant till after 1870.
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"Mr. Gerard's reminiscences have caused much perturbation in
German Court circles."--_Daily Paper_.
Little scraps of paper,
Little drops of ink
Make the KAISER caper
And the Nations think.
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"A money prize offered to boys at Barcombe, Suxxes, for
killing cabbage butterflies resulted in over 4,000 insects
being destroyed. The winner, Victor King, accounted for
1,395."--_Liverpool Echo_.
We congratulate him on his Suxxes.
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"One new thing he [Mr. HENDERSON] disclosed was that in his
pervious statement that carried the Conference to the Stockholm
vote, &c."--_Daily Mail_.
As "pervious," according to WEBSTER, means "capable of being seen
through," we think the printer is to be congratulated.
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[Illustration: BREAKING IT UP.]
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[Illustration: _Member of Committee (interviewing candidate for
training for farm work)_. "AND ARE YOU FOND OF ANIMALS--HORSES
AND COWS?"
_Candidate_. "WELL, NO--NOT VERY."
_Member of Committee_. "BUT I'M AFRAID THAT'S RATHER NECESSARY."
_Candidate (brightly resolute)_. "OH, BUT I SHOULD TRY NOT TO THINK
ABOUT THEM."]
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