'Arry _is at a hotel where the boarding system prevails, and sees the
following notice posted on the walls--"Breakfast, 9 a.m."_
_'Arry (to Waiter)._ "Breakfast, and some 'am."
_Waiter._ "We've no 'am."
_'Arry._ "No 'am! _(Pointing to notice.)_ What's that?"
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_Says one 'Arry to another 'Arry._ "I say, old man, the papers say they
'ope 1882 will be the openin' of a new era. What's that?"
_Second 'Arry._ "Openin' of a new 'earer? Why, a telephone, of course,
you juggins!"
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