_Vive le France!_

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From a report of the British Cotton-growing Association:--

"The negotiations with the Government for the development
of the irritation scheme for the Gezira plain are still
under consideration."--_The Field_.

We trust we shall hear no more of this vexatious project.

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A lodging-house keeper at Whitby
Saw a couple of Zeppelins flit by;
Though she felt a sharp sting,
It's a curious thing
That she never knew which she was hit by.

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"War conditions have given occasion in Germany for the study
of an oedema disease (swelling) unknown in peace times. Among
the civil population it has been generally located in the feet
and legs, and in more than one-half of the cases studied some
degree of facial swelling was present."--_Daily Paper_.

This last symptom is especially noticeable in the case of the KAISER.