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The latest tall story from America is to the effect that some burglars
who broke into the Presbyterian church at Syracuse, New York, stole a
parcel of sermons.

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[Illustration: PANTOMIME FAUNA.

_Extract from the note-book of the dramatic critic of "the Wampton
Clarion_":--

Mr. Clarence Fink delighted the Audience with his truly life like
representation of [Crossed-out: a wolf bear lion cat monkey] an animal
of the furry tribe.]

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YOUNG MOTHER'S SWAN-SONG.

["It was better for a young mother to start her new
chapter unhampered: the less she knew the better it was for
her."--_Mrs. Annie Swan_.]

How do you take a baby up?
What does it like to eat?
Do you put rusks in a feeding cup?
Have you to mince its meat?
Haven't I heard them speak of pap?