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has ridiculed in his paper, for those who have little 

 dignity to spare cannot forgive the loss of it ; and he 

 mentions how Mr. Lowe one day wisely remarked, ' You 

 can't unpull a man's nose.' The talk turns on Lord 

 Melbourne, and he describes the interview between 

 the easy peer who was shaving and the secretary to the 

 Lord Advocate, when the latter brings before him 

 the draft of some Bill. ' Well, Mr. M., this is another of 

 your demned Scotch jobs, I presume ? ' ' Just so, my 

 lord ; so, having settled the preamble, we will now 

 proceed to the clauses.' Strong-minded women are 

 spoken of, and a lady remarks that one noted female 

 emancipationist of masculine appearance, is much more of 

 a lady than one who had, the day before, sharply criticised 

 her. 'Well, she is much more of a gentleman, at any 

 rate, my dear,' consolingly conceded the editor, with 

 quiet sarcasm. Speaking of self-educated men, he 

 mentions a remark by Emerson, when someone spoke of 

 Abraham Lincoln as ' a self-made man,' the philosopher 

 quietly said, as he thought of that ill-made figure, * that 

 saves Providence then a great deal of responsibility.' 

 The Ballot question suggests the case of a farmer, who 

 said to his landlord, in disgust at the new Act : ' Afore, 

 everybody kent that I voted for your lordship, but noo 

 the waurst o't is, if I gang to the poll, folk micht think 

 I was voting according to my conscience.' The editor 

 relates his experience of the Irish. He recalls instances 

 of their bulls, as, for instance, the entry he found in the 

 inn-album, by a Colonel : * I stopped here by mere 

 chance, and would advise every person to do the same.' 

 He recalls their inveterate desire of money if gained 



