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Show Perquisite of Bank's Guardian. Apropos of an explosion of a cartridge cart-ridge In tho Hank of Ireland, Dublin, the other day, the Westminster Gi-zette Gi-zette asks: "How camo rartrldgos on tho premises?" And thus expinlns: "Tho Bank of Ireland, like tho Bank of England, has a military guard which Is relieved overy twenty-four hours. Immediately after tho mounting mount-ing of tho new guard every morning a knock at tho door of the officer's room" announces tho arrival of the head porter with a largo hook, In which tho officer signs his namo, rank and regiment, nnd on tho departure of the porter with tho hook a halt sovereign sov-ereign Is found on tho table. It Is the offlcor's perqulslto!" Half n sovereign Is $2.50. |