Compared with this barbaric combination
The tinkling of the keys, so soft and clear,
Is lacking in explosive concentration,
And yet there's more in them than meets the ear.

At least, one reason for this revolution
Is plain; the keyboard, though its tones are cold,
Viewed as a means of rapid "execution"
Endears itself to Turks both Young and Old.

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"M. Bratiano, Rumanian Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign
Affairs, has returned to Bukarest from Petrograd."--_The Times_.

The force of habit, we presume. How surprised the German Governor must
have been to see him.

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[Illustration: AT THE EXHIBITION OF THE "FORERUNNERS' SOCIETY."

_Artist_. "I RATHER LIKE THAT." _Super-Critic._ "BAH! PRETTY-PRETTY!
CHOCOLATE BOX!"]

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HEXAMETERS.

I have been examining a book by the POET LAUREATE, in which that learned