A Wisconsin boy won a wager with a playmate by holding his foot longest on the rail ahead of a locomotive ; but ha will hobble on orutuhea the rent of his life. The singing of a burlesque hymn in a Loudon theatre, intended to ridicule the Salvation Army, was furiously hissed by the audience. London has more than a thousand charitable institutions. The aggregate income of these is over £20,000,000. “ Eu Avant,” the French organ of the Salvation Army, on completing its first year’s existence, has a weekly circulation of 15,000. The spectacle of a lot of bald-headed men in bathing is said to resemble an animated game of billiards,
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1181, 21 October 1882, Page 2
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110Untitled Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1181, 21 October 1882, Page 2
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