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BEWARE! BEWARE! BEWARE!

(_Being the Experience of a very Old Man._)

Beware of listening to a man who says he "will not detain you five
minutes."

Beware of purchasing wine at an auction, which is described as "late the
property of a nobleman who has gone to live upon the Continent."

Beware, if you are in a hurry, of getting into an empty omnibus.

Beware of a shop that deals in "AWFUL FAILURES!"

Beware of mentioning the name of Ireland in the presence of an Irishman.

Beware of interfering in any quarrel--more particularly a matrimonial
one.

Beware of marrying a woman who has "great expectations."

Beware of short cuts, when you are travelling; of playing with a man who
knows a trick or two at cards; of buying a horse of a friend; of living
near a firework-gallery; above all, beware of putting your name on a
stamped piece of paper, as much as you would beware of steel-traps and
spring guns, or of putting your fingers in the fire.

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ROSES OF SHARON FOR AUSTRALIA.

We are pleased to learn that MRS. CHISHOLM--(she is to have a formal
interview of HER MAJESTY, we understand, before departure)--is about to
take in her own ship, the _Caroline Chisholm_, no less than twenty young
maiden Jewesses, resolved to emigrate to Australia for the noblest and
most humanising of purposes. These damsels--should matrimony be their
fate--have every hope that they shall be enabled to win their
gold-digging husbands from an unceasing pursuit of the root of evil,
teaching them that, after all, gold is only the dross of life, and that
there is nothing like virtuous love and contented poverty. These young
enthusiasts have made quite a sensation in the Minories; and one
speculative Hebrew has already offered them very handsome terms to
exhibit themselves. Several entire Jewish families have already
emigrated to the diggings. None of them, it was observed, had pickaxes;
but all had scales.

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A COAGULATED HORDE.

In connexion with the Eastern question, it may be remarked that the
Kurds appear to be a very savage murderous race; and that Kurds like
these can hardly be supposed to be made of the milk of human kindness.

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THE HEIGHT OF IMPOSSIBILITY (AT PRESENT).--"To make hay while the sun
shines."

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[Illustration: A SON AND HEIR. _