_Sic semper e pluribus unum go bragh!_

The people may some day awake to the notion
That statesmen can tamper too much with the law,
And send them to regions less genial than Goshen;
_Sic semper e pluribus unum go bragh!_

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[Illustration: OUR NURSERY-MAIDS.
_Julia._ (_Who has been cautioned not to leave the private park on any
account_.) "WHICH WAY NOW, MARY ANN?"

_Mary Ann._ "TO THE MILLINER'S. AND YOU?"

_Julia._ "TO THE DRESSMAKER'S."

_Mary Ann._ "OH, WHAT BOTHERS CHILDREN IS!"]

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ON CATS.

Some cats are black, some brown, some white, some "arf and arf."

Some cats are gentle, and require a good deal of pinching and
"worriting" to bring them to the scratch, like some persons, who require
to get their dander up before they'll show fight.

Other cats, however, are very vicious. These, from their spitting