AN ANXIETY.
Aunty. "Why, Laurie, you seem to be Growing every day!"
Laurie (whose one idea is his Birthday next week). "Yes, Aunty;
I'm afraid I shall be Six before my Birthday!"
Vicarious Whipping.—Why are Railway Chairmen and Directors like James the First when he was a boy? Because, according to received tradition, His Majesty, in statu pupillari, was provided with another boy, who, whenever Jemmy deserved the rod, had to be flogged, as a substitute, in the Royal youth's place; and the Railway Authorities are allowed similar substitutes, namely, signalmen, engineers, and other subordinates, against whom, when fatal accidents happen by their superiors' fault, Coroners' Juries usually return verdicts of manslaughter.
Description of an Assassin.—"A Man who takes life seriously." N.B.—I never like hearing a Medical Man so described in ordinary conversation.
