Mem. for Agriculturists.

Protect the birds and the insects will be in their crops. Destroy the
birds and the crops will be in the insects.

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"S.P. (Lincoln).--Humming-birds don't hum with their mouths. The
humming is the vibration of their wings while flying--for the
same reason that a blue-bottle or an aeroplane
hums."--_Pearson's Weekly_.

So it is not the pilot rubbing his feet together, as we had been taught
to believe.

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[Illustration: _Uncle_. "BY JOVE, THERE'S A NICE QUIET-LOOKING GIRL JUST
COME IN. WONDER WHO SHE IS." _Niece_. "HAVEN'T THE FOGGIEST. MUST BE
PRE-WAR."]

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OUR BOOKING-OFFICE.

_(By Mr. Punch's Staff of Learned Clerks.)_

_The Safety Candle_ (CASSELL) might have been called, but for the fact
that the title has been used already, A Comedy of Age. For this is what