Please make arrangements for him to be accommodated in the ----
Heavy Battery Horse Lines."

The nearest thing that could be got, we suppose, to a Canon's stall.

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"As approved up to date, the bread ticket will comprise four
squares, each entitling the holder to purchase two ounces of
bread; or, by presenting the whole ticket, two quartern loaves
of 4 lb. each."--_Birmingham Daily Mail_.

Mr. Punch, though yielding in patriotism to no one, has already
decided to present the whole ticket.

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From a letter by "Retired Diplomat" on "Maize Bread":--

"To obtain this result the hard yellow husk must be separated
from the soft white core, as does the parrot, and the latter
alone retained for baking purposes."--_Evening Paper_.

As in these days no means of increasing the supply of food-stuffs
should be neglected, we have much pleasure in passing on "Retired
Diplomat's" suggestion to the authorities of the Zoo. Personally we
prefer Cockatoo _en casserole_.

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