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THE NAKED TRUTH.—­Our old friend, Mrs. RAMSBOTHAM, was reading, the other day, a letter in the Times about “Electrical Tramways,” when she came upon a line stating that “two naked conductors” would be used.  Much shocked, she was about to look at something else in the paper when she noticed that “one of the conductors was to be carried on poles,” and another to be “laid rigid between the rails!” Horrified at this apparent brutality, the worthy lady has been writing letters (in draft) to the Commissioner of Police ever since!

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A FRIENDLY TIP TO THE FIGHTING FACTIONS.

  Recrimination is vexation,
    Sedition is as bad;
  Home Rule the-o-ry much puzzles J.B.
    Such practice proves you mad!

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A TIMELY SUGGESTION.—­Commenting upon the exceptionally bad case of the Rev. Mr. CLUTTERBUCK last week, the Times asks if something cannot be done to put down betting by turf-agencies, and stock-exchange gambling per “bucket-shops.”  We regret our inability to suggest an immediate remedy, but, as a warning and a reminder, let the last-named institutions be called “Clutterbucket-shops.”

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