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The Strand Magazine: Volume VII, Issue 37. January, 1894. - An Illustrated Monthly by Unknown
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amongst the precious relics of our church."

So saying, the _bonze_ lifted his hands to bless the husband and wife,
and then went slowly away, carrying with him the glass which had wrought
such mischief.

END.

[Illustration]

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_Handcuffs._

WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY INSPECTOR MAURICE MOSER,

_Late of the Criminal Investigation Department, Great Scotland Yard._


The ordinary connection of ideas between handcuffs and policemen does
not need very acute mental powers to grasp, but there is a further
connection, a philological one, which is only evident at first sight to
those who have made a small acquaintance with the science of words.

The word "handcuff" is a popular corruption of the Anglo-Saxon
"handcop," _i.e._, that which "cops" or "catches" the hands.

Now, one of the most common of the many slang expressions used by their
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