THE TONE-IMPARTING COMMITTEE OUR PRECIOUS LUNATIC THE EUROPEAN WARS— [From the Buffalo Express, July 25, 1870.] THE WILD MAN INTERVIEWED— [From the Buffalo Express, September 18, 1869.] LAST WORDS OF GREAT MEN— [From the Buffalo Express, September 11, 1889.] CONTENTS CONTENTS THE CURIOUS REPUBLIC OF GONDOUR A MEMORY INTRODUCTORY TO “MEMORANDA” ABOUT SMELLS A COUPLE OF SAD EXPERIENCES DAN MURPHY THE “TOURNAMENT” IN A. D. 1870 CURIOUS RELIC FOR SALE A REMINISCENCE OF THE BACK SETTLEMENTS A ROYAL COMPLIMENT THE APPROACHING EPIDEMIC THE TONE-IMPARTING COMMITTEE