(_By a Disgusted Backer._)
_Ladas, Ladas,_
Go along with you, do.
I'm now stone-broke,
All on account of you.
It wasn't a lucky Leger,
And I wish I'd been a hedger,
Though you _did_ look sweet,
Before defeat----
But I've thoroughly done with you!
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SCIENTIFIC GOSSIP.--In spite of the great number of bathers at all our
most frequented sea-side resorts there has been no appreciable
diminution in either the quality or quantity of the sea-water.
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[Illustration: STUDIES IN ANIMAL LIFE.