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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 28, 1891 by Various
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_Husband and Wife_.--"A man has a right to the society of his wife."
when she does not prefer to give her company elsewhere.

_Birthright of an Englishman. (Popular traditionally but strictly
speaking supplementary_.)--"An Englishman's house is his castle," but
only the _pied à terre_ of the lawfully wedded sharer of his income.

OLD FATHER ANTIC.

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QUEER QUERIES.--CLIMATE OF THE BRITISH ISLES.--As the Gulf Stream
produces such an effect on the English climate, would it not be
feasible to add to the heat of the water in some way--say, by erecting
powerful furnaces somewhere on the south coast of Florida, or by
turning the lava from a volcano in the neighbourhood of the Gulf into
the sea? I am not a man of science, but I should be glad to hear your
opinion of the scheme.--SUFFERER FROM COLD.

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