The Atherstone, Nuneaton, and Warwickshire Times. — 1883-11-03 (Atherstone, Warwickshire, England)

HINT FROM SIR WALTNR SGAT (?) TO THE WOOLD•BE "FAST GIRL" OF THE PRESENT DAY. Breathes there the "girl" so void of "cheek," Who neer to Cother sex cloth shriek : ve me my own, my rightful vote !" Whose tongue bath ne'er been papa stirred, As home she rushed, from having heard Folks talk who on she-franchise dote? If such there be, just mark her well ; Of her no penny papers tell ; High though her boot-heck, padded her hair, Powdered her face like a clown's at a fair; Despite this waste of powder and pad, The minx with stale attraetions clad, chill to. kit rk radical beau, And growing passed, is ure to go To chaste oh l maidenhood at last, umup-to-muff, " unrest." * *  I have just heard of a most revolting case of "death through drink.' Although the case is a local one, I withhold the name of the unfortunate victim for obvious reasons. The man is described as being in the prime of life, and had prematurely retired to rest in consequence of a reckless attempt to conquer fourteen glasses of whiskey at a sitting. Only a week or more ago, be sought, in the principal liquor vaults of hie native town, that solace which, perhaps, was denied him at home, and there, challenged by a bibulous friend, he essayed the fact that I have mentioned, but perished, with an awfully short notice, at the eighth glass. What penalty ought to be inflicted on the landlord who thus assisted his customer to commit suicide I Alas ! this case is not without precedent. • • •  A gentleman—oh, such a pleasant looking gentleman he is to be sure—the effect of phosphorous on whose little brain seetustohave had a most undesirable effect, and whose solicitude for the welfare of this paper is very touching, says that he has always been struck by the weakness of my writing when compared with some other body's, and urges the Editor to dismiss me. The Editor, who is nothing if not merciful, has told me of the remarks and soothes my fluttering heart by observing that "we can't all be some-otherbody's, you know." He also adds that if I trace this exacting gent, I may eat him. I don't wish to make any threats, but, if I were dismissed, I should not have the means of procuring the costly fowl, nor the harmless necessary whelk ; and it is obvious I must eat something, and I don't like fish. • • •  Another correspondent writes to me that he has been gulled by a "postage stamp" advertisement, and wishes me to express their wrongs and to advise him what advertisements are genuine and what are not. Will the following experience which I learn from Ern.,cote be of service for his guidance It is that of a man who satisfied his prurient curiosity by answering such an advertisement as this :—" If you would learn how to make home happy send a directed envelope and 13 stamps to.,` 'Benefactor, Post-office, —." He did send the necessary cash, and soon received the answer, for "Benefactor" was none of your clumsy swindlers : "If you are as big a fool as we think you must be for giving us your money, you can make home happy by leaving it and emigrating yourself." And yet, though his money was evidently not wasted, that man does not seem, judging from the tone of his letter, to be happy even now. What good, then, can possibly come, in any case, from answering "postage stamp" advertisementsl Verburn sap—a word to the unwise.