PAST AND PRESENT.

Serious and much-Married Man. "My dear Friend, I was astonished to hear of your dining at Madame Troisétoiles!—a 'Woman with a Past,' you know!"

The Friend (Bachelor "unattached"). "Well, you see, old Man, she's got a first-rate Chef, so it isn't her 'Past,' but her 'Re-past' that I care about."


IN PRAISE OF PENTONVILLE.

["The healthiest place in England is Pentonville Prison."—Daily Graphic.]

Is it sadey ye're falin' an' pale, me bhoy,

Loike a sprat that has swallered a whale, me bhoy?

The best thing Oi know

Is a sixer or so