Prussians have advanced to
Dole," while from several other sources we learn that the Prussians have
come to Grief.

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PUNCHINELLO CORRESPONDENCE

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

_Ambergris_.--Can you give me the motto of the City of Strasbourg?

_Answer_.--We cannot at this moment recall the Flemish version of it,
but it means, in English, "We make our own Pies."

_Katrina Shwachenzittern_. We have had some difficulty in deciphering
your manuscript. Your grievance, however, seems to be that one of your
boarders, an Alsatian, keeps a ten-pound brass cannon in his bedroom,
and fires a grand salvo with it whenever a French victory is announced.
This, of course, is very foolish. The best way of putting a stop to it
would be for your German boarders to keep guns of even larger calibre in
their rooms, and fire the Frenchman down. You will then have a perfect
right to charge all your boarders for extra fires.

_Ney_.--Please explain two things about the war. First: How did the
Mobile Guard come to leave Mobile? Second: Is _Francs-Tireurs_ the
French for FRANK BUTLER'S black-and-tan terriers?

_Answer_.--We cannot perceive much difference between NEY and BRAY.

_Artichoke_.--You are mistaken in supposing total deafness to be an
indispensable qualification in a candidate for the position of prompter
to a theatre.

_Flippertygibbet_.--How is the belligerent attitude of the Russian Bear
likely to affect the New York money market?

_Answer_.--Turn a rushin' bear into any market, and see what the result
will be.

_Paterfamilias_.--I am the unhappy father of three brace of twins, and
wish to dispose of one out of each brace. Can you advise me in the
matter?

_Answer_.--If you don't mind being put in the Lockup, perhaps you had
better apply to "Dr." LOOKUP.

_Sad-you-See_.--We cannot sympathize with you in your wail about the
markets being "flat." Wait a while, patiently, and they will come
"round."

_Peter Dole_.--Your questions about cooking turkeys for Thanksgiving Day
are so multitudinous, that we can only reply to them generally. In
Europe it is the usage for Crowned Heads and their families, only, to
eat sausages with their turkey; and, if ever the true story of the Man
with the Iron Mask comes to be unveiled, it is more than likely that the
mystery will be found to hinge upon that fact.

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A PRESIDENTIAL FLOUT.

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