The heat got slowly comes to stay;
Patient for peace means firm in fight;
And so their country still shall be
Land of the Free.

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"Remarkable scenes were witnessed at Exeter yesterday at the
free distribution of 10,000 lbs. of potatoes in 5 lb. lots.
Five thousand people obtained 5 lbs. each."--_Sunday Paper_.

This result was obtained by the forethought of the distributors, who
had the potatoes laid out on multiplication tables.

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[Illustration: _Farmer_. "WHAT THE BLAZES ARE YOU DOING? AND WITH THEM
'ORSES STANDIN' HIDLE?"

_Tommy_. "CLEANIN' ME BUTTONS. 'AVEN'T YOU NEVER BEEN A SOLDIER?"]

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THE DOLLS THAT DID THEIR BIT.

_"Je vous tends mon corbillon: qu'y met-on?"_ asked Jeanne, holding
out her basket towards the first of her dolls seated in a semi-circle
before her. Most of them were quite familiar with the game, but for
the sake of a new-comer Jeanne had explained that each player must
place in the basket some object the name of which ended with _on_, to