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Show BARGAIN.-A ludicrous transaction, in which each party thinks he has cheated the other. A CLERGYMAN in New Orleans agreeably surprised to find a plump turkey served up for his dinner, and inquired of his servant how it was obtained. "Why, sir," replied Sambo, "dat turkey has been roostin' on our fence three nights, so dis mornin' I seized him for de rent ob de room." CHINESE authors are so happy as to hold perpetual copyright in their works, and the punishment of infringement is a hundred blows and transportation for three years. HAYSTACK FIRES.-The frequent mysterious burning of haystacks and farmers' buildings has led to the discovery that they are usually set on fire by wasps' nests, and that the nests are ignited by spontaneous combustion. This is produced by the chemical action of the wax in contact with the paper like substance of which the nest is composed, a comparatively small access of oxygen being sufficient to make it burst forth in a blaze. |