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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXI, Issue 18, 17 February 1893, Page 19

Mr J. Blenkinsopp, 47 George street, Durmlin, is now holding a clearing sale. Tha porxls nre of ibe be-'t post-ible qaaliii<s and are being efferpd at nominal price*. The s .In 1 iste tjr a month only , and ladies ehoull not let thi oppjr.u iiiy slip. Subscriber : " What the dickens do you print so maiy of those blood medicine advertnem >n's in your newspaper for? " Country editor :" To improve the ciiculation, of course. What do you suppose ? " The following beautiful poem, with its u«»ful moral, is culled from the Savings Journal, published by the Washington Loan aud Trust Co, of Washington, DC.: — There was an ol' feller as had a wooden leg, No tebaccy could he buy, no tebaccy could he beo; ; But another ol' feller as cunnin' as a fox Had pliaty of te K ac^y in his old tebaccy-box. Bed the peg-leg ol' fellow, "Won't you give me a chew? Bed the other ol' feller, " I'm blowel if I do I If you'd only bin more savin' an' a piled up your rucks You'd have plinty of tebaccy in yer old tebaccy-box. There ar? many spots in Ireland to which are attached legends in which his Satanic Majesty plays a promiaent part — such as the Devil's Gap, the Devil's Bowl, and many otherp. A good B'ory ia to d of an Iruhmin's wit in this connection. Oae day au English tourist was being shown " the sights " by a guide, whom we will call Dennis. The " Gap " ami tho " Bowl " had been viewed, and moving away, the tourist remarkel : " What an amount of land the devil possesses in Ireland ? He must be a very important personage in your country." " Wisha, then," said Dennis, ' an' yer honour's right ; but like the rest iv the landlords, he's an absentee !"