"The Consecrating Officers were elected Honorary Members of the
Lodge and were presented with a souvenir in the form of a solid
silver cigar ash-tray, made from the lead used in the production
of shrapnel bullets."
_Freemason's Chronicle_.
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"Several persons dropped to the pavement, several dripping with
blood. One man had his head partially opened, and he lay writing
on the ground."--_Provincial Paper_.
If the poor fellow was, as we presume, a reporter, we cannot too much
applaud his devotion to duty.
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[Illustration: NEWS FROM THE SHIRES.
_Customer_. "WELL, JARVIS, WHAT'S THE LATEST?"
_Farrier_. "I HEAR AS HOW THAT ADMIRAL BEATTY IS LIKELY TO BECOME A
PUBLIC MAN."
_Customer_. "HOW DO YOU MEAN?"
_Farrier_. "WHY, I HEAR SOME TALK OF HIM BEING MASTER OF THE QUORN."]
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