Q. What is the survival of the fittest?

A. The Romanes Lecture.

Q. What was its comparative commencement?

A. Mr. Gladstone.

Q. And what has been its absolute end?

A. Positive ... bosh.


"The World's Fair."—Yes, so it is, perhaps, occasionally, to some people; but "The World's Unfair" to those on whom it chooses to sit in judgment.


MANNERS.