A lady asked a veteran, what rifle carried the maximum distance, and he answered, " Tho Minie, mum.''
."I feel;!' moaned a dying cobbler, " that I wax •weaker every day, and. that I am gradually approaching my end; only a jfow more stitches and 'viol will be over. In heaven there ia rest for the sole ; earth.has no sorrow that heavan cannot hctl." Having said aivl he wished, he calmly breathed his last. Hard on the Clergyman.—The Duke of Wellington, in a certain debate in the House of Commons, stated that two Irish clergymen had been murdered. A noble Lord exclaimed, ;"K"o,: no, not .one ! " Upon which the Duke, rejoined, v'filf I am mistaken, lam sorry for it."; ; Paris gossip tells of "a countess who for years.has been ; in the habit of seeing her physician daily."' He never prescribed for her, but a}way> pocketed the fees" Recently he. called and was denied admittance. The man in buttons quickly explained his conduct: "Monsieur le docteur> Madame cannot receive yqii to day as she is indisposed,"
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Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1811, 22 October 1874, Page 3
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173Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1811, 22 October 1874, Page 3
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