single moment listen to their selfish and pitiful beatings, when
we know that if their methods were carried out through the land
it would people our beloved country with a virile race of effete
degenerates."--_Provincial Paper_.

"Virile" is good, and should encourage the teetotalers to proceed with
their "beatings."

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GERMAN CAVALRY IN (AND OUT OF) ACTION.

"'Polybe,' writing in the _Figaro_, estimates the German losses at
20,000 horse de combat on the first day of the battle."--_Local
Paper_.

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"Following the Franco-German war an epidemic of smallpox raged
throughout Europe, which was not checked until Jenner's famous
vaccination discovery."--_Liverpool Echo_.

It is sad to think that JENNER's discovery, made in 1796, should have
remained dormant till after 1870.

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"Mr. Gerard's reminiscences have caused much perturbation in
German Court circles."--_Daily Paper_.