DEMOSTHENES' putting pebbles in his mouth was only figurative, and
really meant that, when about to speak in public, he used to put a brick
in his hat. The same thing is done by many of our public speakers of the
period--such as JOHN B. GOUGH, H. GREELEY, ANNA DICKINSON, and others.
Try it moderately, and it may loosen your tongue.

_Epicurus._ Is Worcestershire sauce really the invention of an English
nobleman?

_Answer._ Yes: he was one of the COOKS or one of the BUTLERS, we have
forgotten which; but it is certain that he was degraded from the peerage
for offering some of his sauce to the reigning British monarch of his
time.

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Complimentary Chromatics

While all France is Blue with the prospects of the siege of Paris, we
have constant accounts of the growing ascendency of the Reds. We commend
this to the nest scientific convention, as an evidence of the analogies
which prevail in the physical and moral worlds.

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A Sally for Sketchers.

When an artist visits a picturesque locality, why is the proceeding like
an undecided prize-fight?