the _chef_ at the Giorgione?

_Second Official_. You mean old Savary, who was always gassing about his
descent from NAPOLEON'S General? I think he went back to Paris some time
ago.

_First Official_. Thanks; then I win my second bet--that out of ten
Government officials five would know _his_ name.

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UNNATURAL HISTORY.

From a _feuilleton:_--

"She watched him catch the sticklebacks which were one day to turn
into frogs."

_Church Family Newspaper_.

* * * * *

"The Crown Prince expressed hope he would one day be able to return
to Germany and live there as a sample citizen."--_Bath Herald_.

We don't think quite so badly of the Germans as all that.

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"To Property Owners and Hotel Proprietors.--Start Redecorating and