[Illustration: _First Survivor from Wreck_ (_to Second Survivor_.)
"'Ow much ought we to ask off the music-'alls when we get
back--'undred-an'-fifty quid a week or two 'undred?"]
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"Owing to the number of rats and crickets in her bedroom a nurse
employed by the Dudley Board of Guardians, it was stated at the
meeting of the board yesterday, had resigned.
"It was decided to engage a professional rat-catcher."--_Daily
Mail._
It is, however, not altogether satisfactory to be nursed by a
professional rat-catcher, and some of the patients are already
complaining most bitterly of the change.
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