PROOF POSITIVE

Old Lady. "Do they sell good 'sperrits' at this 'ouse, mister?"

'Spectable-looking Man (But—). "Mos' d'schid'ly, look't (hic) me, mad'm—for shev'n p'nsh a'penny!!"


The Sinking Fund.—The Royal Humane Society's income.


Shrewd Suggestion.—It often happens, when the husband fails to be home to dinner, that it is one of his fast days.


The School of Adversity.—A ragged school.


Never Waste your Time.—Waste somebody else's.


Men of the Time.—Chronometer makers.


A Man in Advance of his Time.—One who has been knocked into the middle of next week.


The Deaf Man's Paradise.—The Audit Office.


Site for a Ragged School.—Tattersall's.


Stuff and Nonsense.—A City Banquet, and the speeches after it.