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From a German _communiqué_:--

"Our naval forces had encounters with Russian destroyers and
gungoats north of Oesel."--_Westminster Gazette_.

The Russian reply to the ewe-boats, we suppose.

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"Kugelmann, Ludwig, of Canterbury Road, Canterbury, grocer, has
adopted the name of Love Wisdom Power."--_Australian Paper_.

Who said the Germans had no sense of humour?

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[Illustration: BURGLAR BILL.

THE POTSDAM PINCHER. "SURELY YOU AIN'T ASKIN' ME TO GIVE UP MY SWAG
ARTER ALL THE TROUBLE I'VE HAD GETTIN' IT, AN' ALL THE VALIBLE BLOOD
I'VE SPILT."]

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THE MUD LARKS.

The Babe went to England on leave. Not that this was any new
experience for him; he usually pulled it off about once a