heart-mysteries--and, low-born, humble men as they were, their tragic or
comic strains strike like electricity.--_Blackwood._

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SPIRIT OF THE
Public Journals.

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THE SHAVING SHOP


'Tis not an half hour's work--
A Cupid and a fiddle, and the thing's done.

FLETCHER.


"Hold back your head, if you please, sir, that I may get this napkin
properly fastened--there now," said Toby Tims, as, securing the pin, he
dipped his razor into hot water, and began working up with restless
brush the lather of his soapbox.

"I dare say you have got a newspaper there," said I; "are you a
politician, Mr. Tims?"