Wheel and Whoa!

The popular wheel, so the French doctors say,
Is the worst enemy of the popular weal.
Academies of science scarce will stay
The devastations of the steed of steel.
The scorcher will deride as a bad joke
Attempts in his wild wheel to put a spoke


Instrument for an Anti-Birmingham Band.—The Ban-Joe.


A YOUNG CYNIC.

Dorothy. "I wonder why Men take their Hats off in Church, and Women don't!"

Michael. "Oh, Dorothy, just think of all the Looking-glasses there'd have to be in every Pew!"