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"Bui have a cigarette while you're wailing!" Letter of Thanks The folliiwing extract from a letter of thanks for a Cliristmas present is cherished by its recipient; "The beautiful rlock yon sent us is rame In perfect coiidiction, and is now in the p::rlor on the top cf tl'c honk-shelve.i, wlierp we hope lo see yen soon, and yiinr lius- hriil i'l o, it le can make it con- venient." This Curious World By William Ferguson OFTEN CONTAIN A LI6HTED MATCH CAN BE 5EEN AS PAR AWAV AS /, OOO VA^£>S AT NIGHT. COPR. 1W »Y NI< SEBVICC. IHC. ^'O T. *i MO. u. I. TKt. orr WHERE'S €L/V\eRP ANSWER:. CMracM, Venezuelb. 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