Often their magazine rifles and automatic
revolvers were all that stood between them and death."--_Observer_.
We always use a Winchester repeater for shooting rapids.
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"Merely as photographs these postcards are remarkable. As ikons for men
to vow by; as lessons for women to show their children in days to
come--when the Hun octopus roots himself again in the comity of
civilised nations, lying in wait at our doorways, stretching out his
antennae, like those foul things that lurk at sea-cavern mouths--these
eight pictures have historical value."--_Daily Mail_.
Biologists too will be glad to have this description of the habits and
characteristics of that fearsome beast the _Octopus Germanicus_.
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[Illustration: "WHAT'S FOR YOU, MISSIE?" "I FORGET ITS NIME--BUT IT'S
A PINT O' WOT IT SMELLS LIKE."]
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ANTICIPATORY INTELLIGENCE.
(_Items gathered from the Dally Press of April 1st_, 1927).
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