He'd Had Experience.
A lady was one day driving her husband down ' a narrow lane, when, on turning a, sharp corner, they encountered a brewer's van. Neither had room to pass. The lady very tartly said : "He must go back, for I shall not; he ought to have seen us before entering the lane." '" But how could he, my dear,' replied the husband, " when there is this sudden turn in" the lane?" "Never mind, I don't care; here I stay till Doomsday, if necessary, before I give way to that man." The brewer's man overhearing the colloquy, said, " All right, sir, I'll back out of it," and then Significantly added, "I've got just such another at home."
The Wolf, The Fox, and The Lion. ; A Wolf one day Sought out; a Fox, who had been Particularly Recommended to him fqV'his Astuteness, and said ; 1 " I have passed the Lion on several Occasions, and- he does not Deign to notice me. 1 ' V|l And you want revenge, of course ! " "I do. I want to make His Heart Sad — very' Sad." 4< He is Honest in Business 1 " Oh, yes." «• lay liia Debts Promptly ? " " He does." <• Gdes to Church and keeps clear of Scandal? " ••• Yes." "And is too Strong for you to Attack? ll Exactly. You see how lam Situated." " I do. There is but one way for you to get" Even. Pitch in and secure his Nomination • for Office, aud then Lie about and Defeat him."
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-It was shown during the Campaign that the Lion was an Embezzler, Defaulter, Hoise Thief, Liar, anrl Sneak ; that hi* Father was a Convict and his Mother a Ballet Dancor ; tbat.his Grandfafchtr was hanged r v nfl his Brothers Gent to Prison tor Life; and he was foy 'Defeated:— Detroit Free Press.
MovstKUß Tame oh the Beauty op JLvgush Linrps. The point wbic» e een^s particularly to h« w "ir.".va?ed itself upon the mind of this brilliant Fcnch >riter. .with respect to " Buglisa beauties" w :be "d-zzling purity of their complexions.' ntwbUess, nature has richly endowed our countrywomen in this respect, but art has done no less, it. uipplying such an exquisite preparation fl» Bpwt,i}{ps' &ALTpo?}, which ap far'.aidß nature ao to remove freckles, tan, sunburn, priokly hpat, redness ttiiii roughness of the skin, produces 'a pure and ftelicats complexion; and ha« a most soothing and burifying effeofc on the skin during the heat and Suit of slimmer or ooW and damp of w' Ask jhemlati for Eowlhtds 1 KUiTOOB.
He'd Had Experience.
Otago Witness, Issue 1932, 30 November 1888, Page 38
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