Nervous Country Gentleman (as taxi just misses an island). "Do drive carefully, please. I'm not accustomed to taxis."
Driver "That's funny! I ain't used to 'em, neither. As a matter o' fact I've only taken this on for a bet."
"February 3.—A total eclipse of the sun, partly visible at Greenwich as a partial eclipse. Eclipse begins to be visible at Greenwich at 4.31 P. M.; ends after the sun has set."
"February 3.—A partial eclipse of the moon, partly visible at Greenwich. Begins at 4.31 P. M."—Churchman's Almanack.
This double obscuration will make navigation very difficult for sky-pilots.
BADGES.
My companion had the habit of muttering to himself and I was relieved when he leant over and spoke to me. He was a dry little man of middle age, with a nervous kindly face and eyes that twinkled with the voluntary spirit. I had seen him on summer evenings clipping his hedge and pruning his roses, for we lived nearly opposite to each other. Suddenly he emerged from his newspaper and said in a quick determined way, "What this country wants, Sir, is more buttonholes. The best suits have only two buttonholes; that is to say, only two that are superfluous, the rest are all needed by buttons. It's a scandal, Sir!"