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THE NEWSBOY.

“Sun! Herald! Tribune! Here they are!”
With all the news, and more than all, sir;—
Puffs for the last dramatic star;
And cuts at Mrs. M.'s last ball, sir!
 

The Newspaper Boys have become a numerous class in this city, and may be seen, daily, in all parts of the city, with the morning and evening papers for sale. They also crowd in great numbers around the Steam-Boats, a few moments before they leave the city; and it is a great convenience to have the different Newspapers thus brought on board of the Boats, where passengers may have an opportunity to purchase such as they may choose to read on the passage, or take to their friends. The Newsboys, if industrious and prudent, may make a good living by their business. Their profits are from thirty cents to one dollar on each hundred papers sold.