_Voice._ "Has anything been gained by General O'NEIL?"

_Echo._ O Nihil!

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[Illustration: A CABINET ORNAMENT. THE FISH REPRESENTED IS ONE OF THE
UPPER CRUST-ACEA]

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~The Dominion of King Whiskey.~

The London _Illustrated News_ calls the new Province of the Dominion,
Manetoda, instead of Manitobah. Perhaps the mistake originated from the
rumor of the Many Tods by which certain members of the Canadian Cabinet
are said to be habitually inspired.

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~A Blue-grass Reflection.~

Hard, indeed, is the life of the poor trapper of the Plains. Driven by
stress of hunger, he is often obliged to eat rattle-snake; but, as he
cannot eat the head of the reptile, though the tail is good at a pinch,
he fails, you perceive, to make both ends ~Meat.~

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