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[Illustration: THE MODERN RALEIGH.]
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"If the ploughman is taken the farmer may as well put up his
shutters."--_A farmer in "The Daily News."_
And if the shop-walker is taken, the tradesman may as well let his windows
lie fallow.
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[Illustration: _Officer_. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY FEEDING THAT HORSE BEFORE
THE CALL SOUNDED?"
_Recruit_. "I DIDN'T THINK AS 'OW 'E'D START EATING BEFORE THE TRUMPET
BLEW, SIR."]
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