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"HELSINGFORS, Sept. 28.--The Governor-General of Finland has
ordered seals to be affixed to the doors of the Diet."--_Times_.

This seems superfluous. Seals have always been attached to a Fin Diet.

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"A party of the Russians in their natural costumes have come
to Portland to ply their trade as metal workers. They make a
picturesque group, which a Press writer will try to describe
to-morrow morning."--_Portland Daily Press (U.S.A.)_.

We trust that he did not dwell unduly upon the scantiness of their
attire.


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MODEL DIALOGUES FOR AIR-RAIDS.

[A few specimen conversations are here suggested as suitable for
the conditions which we have lately experienced. The idea is to
discourage the Hun by ignoring those conditions or explaining them
away. For similar conversations in actual life blank verse would
not of course be obligatory.]

I.