A veteran officer presented a memorial to INBpoleon, soliciting a pension. "We shall see," was the Emperor's only reply. " Sire, you may see now it you vrill deign to lookl" said the soldier, uncovering a breast scarred all over. The pension was granted on the spot, Au Alabama paper says : ■" A lawyer in this state suspecting someone was peeping through the keyhole of his office door; investigated with a syringe filled with pepper-sauce, and on going home found xJiat his wife had b<»en cutting wood ,' and that a chip had hit her-hi the eye,'" '
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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3921, 23 July 1881, Page 2
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94Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3921, 23 July 1881, Page 2
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