Most rhyming men
Are cradled into poetry by fashion,
And learn as formula what they print as passion.
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_The Development of Africa_, by A.S. WHITE, is advertised. This
is White on Black, and no player in hand. It should be immediately
followed by _Black on White, or Who takes the Pool?_ Exciting match,
with one life each.
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[Illustration: CONFUSION WORSE CONFOUNDED.
_Jones_. "CON-FOUND IT ALL! SOMEBODY'S TAKEN _MY_ HAT, AND LEFT THIS
FILTHY, BEASTLY, SHABBY OLD THING INSTEAD!"
_Brown_. "A--I BEG YOUR PARDON, BUT _THAT_ HAPPENS TO BE _MY_ HAT!"]
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