"For the first time for centuries the Old Bailey Sessions were opened
on Tuesday without the customary ceremonies connected with the
summoning of a Grand Judy."--_Lincolnshire Echo._
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"Too proud to fight" has now become "Proud to fight too."
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"'It was between half-past seven and eight,' said a fireman, 'and as I
was off duty I came out on deck for a blow. The force of the explosion
threw me along the deck for some yards.'"--_Daily Paper._
"This is indeed a blow," said the gallant stoker--we _don't_ think.
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[Illustration: "HENRY, I WISH YOU WOULD WRITE TO THE URBAN COUNCIL AND TELL
THEM TO SEND A DUSTMAN WHO TURNS HIS TOES _IN_. OUR ROCK BORDER'S BEING
COMPLETELY RUINED!"]
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