th a wax face
and hollow leathern body. It was the thief's custom to conceal the
stolen articles as quickly as she got her fingers on them, gloves,
laces, and so forth, in the cavernous and spacious interior of the
"baby."

SOME STRANGE VISITING-CARDS

Calling in Corea must be a very difficult performance, if, as a London
journal has recently stated, the ordinary visiting-cards there are a
foot square. The same journal goes on to say that the savages of Dahomey
announce their visits to each other by a wooden board or the branch of a
tree artistically carved. This is sent on in advance, and the visitor,
on taking leave, pockets his card, which probably serves him for many
years. The natives of Sumatra also have a visiting-card, consisting of a
piece of wood about a foot long and decorated with a bunch of straw and
a knife.

SOME NOVEL RACES.

A London newspaper some years ago contained an account of a strange sort
of contest which two noblemen once got up for their own amusement. It
consisted of matching a flock of turkeys and a flock of geese for a race
on the London and Norwich road, in the middle of the last century. The
turkeys would insist upon flying up into the roadside trees to roost
while the geese, keeping up a steady waddle till night, reached London
from Norwich two days ahead. The same journal also mentions the feats of
the Hon. Tom Coventry's sprinting pig. In 1803 this speedy animal was
matched against a celebrated runner, and started a strong favorite on
the day of the race which she won with ease. The pig had been trained to
run the distance each day for its dinner. Another strange contest of
this time took place between two sporting noblemen, who raced against
each other on a windy day on Hampstead Heath, one running backwards in
jack-boots, and the other holding up an open umbrella, and running
forwards.

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