" It is felt that if this last item
does not cause people to stop at home nothing will.
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ANOTHER IMPENDING APOLOGY.
"GRIZZLY BEARS AT THE ZOO.
Lieutenant-General Sir W.R. Robertson, Chief of the Imperial
General Staff, was unanimously elected an hon. member of
the Zoological Society of London at the December general
meeting."--_The Times_.
* * * * *
"By a Ministerial decree, chickens can be raised in the
courtyards of houses in Rome."--_Daily Express_.
And we are now confidently expecting some "Lays of Modern Rome."
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"?5 REWARD,--Lost, on November 28th, in Kensington, BLACK
ABERDEEN TERRIER, name 'Cinders' on collar, also Lt.-Col.
---- and badge of S.W.B. Regiment.--Kindly return to Mrs.
----."--_The Times_.
Let us hope the Colonel at least has found his way home.
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ULTIMUS.
His shape was domed and his colour brown,
And I took him up and I get him down
In the lamp's full light, in the very front of it,
Ready and glad to bear the brunt of it;
And then, having raised my hand and blessed him,
I thus in appropriate words addressed him:--
"Oh, soon to be numbered with the dead,
Your fortunate brothers, prepare," I said,
"Prepare to vanish this very day
And go to your doom the silent way.
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