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Cromwell Argus, Volume 2, Issue 86, 4 July 1871, Page 5

i Tliey have strange chambermaids at Shcp j : lierd's Hotel in Cairo (says a lady traveller), The one who waited on our room, and attended to all the various duties of the calling, ; even to the making of the beds, was a Frenchman, dressed as if tor a dinner-party (wh ; to i vest and dross-coat), and having the air of a refined and educated gentleman. It was rsally embarrassing to accept of h;s services iin such a capacity. One of the ladies, on arriving at the hotel, rang for the chamberi maid. This gentleman presented himself. j Supposing him to be the proprietor or his chief clerk, sue expressed her wish to see thu chambermaid. He politely ropliid, in the best English he could command, " Madame, 1 1 am she." The following is extracted from an advertisement in the " M. A. Mail," CaHtloinaine, of E'tster sports at Svndhurst: —" A grand j Chinaman's race, in full Mongolian costume, •for a l : ttle pig. Hack Uluutum wuryiiy weight on a b unboi in two bas'ects. Irish jigs, Scotch reels, nigger breaks. A prize 1 for the hindsomosfc man. A prize for tlvj ugliest man, and a proscut for the fattest 'baby. Tko Dunm.nv Hitch of bacon will bj I presented t > the happy conn!.-;, neither exicecding twenty-five years, who are adjudged : the best matched pair, have boon uratTied twelve, and not more than eighteen months, i and can solemnly declare and prove tint they never had a I'UiupUii.