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The KAISER, it is reported, has written a play. It only needed this to
convince us that he is quite himself again.

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We also learn that he is once more on speaking terms with Count REVENTLOW.
He told the COUNT, the other day, "to mind his own business."

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There were 1,084,289 visitors to the London Zoological Gardens last year.
It is worthy of note that not one of them was accepted.

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A wood-pigeon shot at Heytesbury was found to have in its crop sixty-five
grains of corn--enough to produce half a sack of wheat. In fairness to the
bird it is only right to say that it was not aware of this.

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Mr. BRACE has lately introduced a Bill in the House to reduce the number of
jurors at inquests. A further improvement would be to repeal the old
technicality which makes it illegal for a man to give evidence at his own
inquest.

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