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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4467, 30 April 1883, Page 2

A Yankee menagerie-mao, who bought a zebra from an individual who said that he had just arrived from Africa with the animal, kept his purchase closely con* fined in its cage for several weeks, until it needed cleaning badly; and then he led it down to the water, and gave it a good scrubbing for half an hour. At the end of that time the menagerie man was surprised to perceive that the zebra's stripes had entirely disappeared. And now, if anybody wishes to buy, an ablebodied and energetic mule, warranted to bo kind in single harness and not to suffer from home«sickness because it caa't: get back to Africa, such an article,can.be pro* cured of this menagerie«man, who is disgusted with zebras.

Mr Thurlow Weed, the American statesman who died some months ago, left an affidavit solving the mystery surround* ing the murder of Morgan in 1827. According to the confession of the principals made to Mr Thurlow Weed tinder cir-» cumstances of secrecy and necessity, the Freemasons drowned Morgao in the Niagara Eiver in revenge for his exposure of the secrets of the craft. ;