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    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, July 5, 1890
    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, July 5, 1890
    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, July 5, 1890
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    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, July 5, 1890

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      Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, July 5, 1890 - Various Various

      The Project Gutenberg eBook, Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 99, July 5, 1890, by Various, Edited by F. C. Burnand

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      Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 99, July 5, 1890

      Author: Various

      Release Date: March 27, 2004 [eBook #11726]

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      ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOL. 99, JULY 5, 1890***

      E-text prepared by Malcolm Farmer, William Flis,

      and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

      PUNCH,

      OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

      Vol. 99.

      July 5, 1890.

      WEEK BY WEEK.

      We understand that careful observers have noted a considerable amount of disturbance in the House of Commons during the past three weeks. Various reasons have, as usual, been advanced to account for this phenomenon, one eminent politician having gone so far as to hint darkly at the existence of Cave-men (or Troglodytes), who dwell in barrows.

      The weather has been subject to strange variations. The mean temperature of the isothermal lines, when reduced to fractions of an infinitesimal value, has been found to correspond exactly to the elevation of the nap on the hat of a certain sporting Earl. Dividing that by the number of buttons on a costermonger's waistcoat, and adding to the quotient the number of aspirates picked up in the Old Kent Road on a Saturday afternoon, the result has been computed as equal to the total amount of minutes occupied by a vendor of saveloys in advertising his wares in the Pall Mall Clubs.

      Candour is at times inconvenient. A prominent member of a Metropolitan Vestry was informed two days ago by one of the permanent scavengers of the district, that he wasn't worth the price of a second-hand boot-lace. On inquiring the meaning of this curious phrase, he was told that his blooming head would be knocked off for two-pence. We understand that the Vestryman's vote on a question of salary is responsible for the indignation of the scavenger, a member of a class usually noted for their somewhat ceremonious courtesy.

      Those who propose to travel this year will doubtless be glad to learn that the Hessian fly has been observed in unusual abundance in Westphalia. This succulent morceau is now eaten fried, with a sauce of devilled lentils and oil.

      It appears, after all, that there is no very definite foundation for the report that Sir EDWARD WATKIN is said to be disappointed in the competitive designs sent in for his Tower, because none of them provide sleeping accommodation for 2000 people on the top storey. Of course something must have given rise to the rumour, but it is not easy to say exactly what. One competitor has already, however, it appears, intimated his readiness to make the required addition, by hanging his beds over the side of the Tower on extended poles. The question is, Would Sir WATKIN be able to induce his patrons 'to turn in' under such conditions? There's the rub.

      OUR BOOKING-OFFICE.

      STANLEY'S Darkest Africa (SAMPSON LOW) swamps all other books just now, except, of course, the Other STANLEY book, called A Light on the Keep-it-Quite-the-Darkest Africa (TRISCHLER & Co.) which follows closely at its heels. The real STANLEY narrative is most interesting and exciting; it is a book that will make everyone sit up—at night to read it. The centre of attraction is in the answer

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