Yours,

NIL DE MORTUIS."

"P.S.--I'll think over the BISMARCK one, specially if he offers a
prize of anything over a sovereign, as of course it ought to be,
since the Ex-Chancellor always went in for an Imperial policy, which,
however, didn't insure his life. This is very nearly an epitaph--praps
you'll arrange it for me."

Another says, "This is simple:--

"Ci gît,
P.B."

Yes, very simple, but not good enough. Perhaps our Correspondents will
improve when the amount of the prize is fixed.

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[Illustration: FANCY PORTRAIT.

"THE PHYLLOXERA, A TRUE _GOURMET_, FINDS OUT THE BEST VINEYARDS AND
ATTACHES ITSELF TO THE BEST WINES."

(_From the "Times," August 27. Adapted by Our Appreciative Artist._)]

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FOUND IN A RUM PLACE.--The Latest Spice discovered in Jamaica--the