population of 5,000, 7,800 died."--_Daily Gleaner_ (_Kingston,
Jamaica_).

We agree that the 'flu mortality can hardly have been greater than
this.

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"Flageolets soaked or parboiled previously and placed in alternate
layers in a fireproof dish with sliced tomato or potato sprinkled
with onion also make a valuable dish." _--Evening Paper_.

We have fortunately not yet been reduced to eating our wood-wind
instruments; but we think we should need a double-bass to wash them
down.

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[Illustration: _Impressed Rustic Sightseer_. "AY, AMOS, IT MUST TAKE
YEARS OF OILING AN' COMBING TO TRAIN HAIR LIKE THAT."]

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THE MUD LARKS.

I met a man in the Club at Lille the other day who told me that he
knew all about women. He had studied the subject, he said, and could
read 'em like an open book. He admitted that it took a bit of doing,
but that once you had the secret they would trot up and eat out of
your hand.