[M. PASTEUR, the great French bacteriologist, died at St. Cloud
on Saturday, September 28.]
At the great PASTEUR'S passing we must grieve
_De tout notre cœur_:
May the Good Shepherd's pastures fair receive
_Notre Bon PASTEUR_.
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A Cruel Jest.
_Householder_ (_to unfamiliar Gas Collector_). I don't seem to know your
face. Where's the usual man--JONES?
_Collector._ Laid up in bed.
_Householder_ (_bitterly_). Of course, with the old complaint--gas-trick
fever--eh?
[_Exit New Collector, hurriedly._
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"ONE OF THE 'UPPER TEN.'"--"Rev. HERBERT BROOKE," we read in the _Daily
News_, has been "appointed to the chaplaincy of Les Avants, above
Montreaux, Switzerland." Above Montreaux! In such a position the
reverend gentleman will be a very high churchman. Likewise ought he to
be a very learned one, seeing that he is to be chaplain to _Les
Savants_.
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The Member for SARK writes from the remote Highlands of Scotland, where
he has been driving past an interminable series of lochs, to inquire
_where the keys are kept?_ He had better apply to the local authorities
in the Isle of Man. They have a whole House of Keys. Possibly those the
hon. Member is concerned about may be found among them.
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TAKEN FOR GRANTED.--Although members of the London County Council, whose
business it is to attend to the "nice conduct" of theatres and
music-halls, may be said to have "given up all their wild proceedings"
of a year ago, their actions of late have, nevertheless, been
characterised by "unbridled license."
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[Illustration: FELINE AMENITIES.
_Female Friend_ (_to fair Author of "The Woman who Durstn't"_). "NOW
YOU'VE HAD SUCH A SUCCESS, I SUPPOSE YOUR PUBLISHERS WILL TAKE ANY
RUBBISH YOU CHOOSE TO WRITE!"]
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