Beneath that dome of Crystal—

For many a year! And decades hence

Punch hopes it may befa' that

He'll shout, before that choir immense,

"A Manns' a Man for a' that!"


A Classic Candidate.—Mr. Homer in West Dorset is the Independent Farmers' Candidate. He is, of course, more than a positive "Home Ruler," being a comparative hopeful "Homer Ruler." But surely the language of Homer must be Greek to most of his hearers, even at Bridport, and in view of the poluphoisboio thalasses.


THE RAD TO THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER.

(On the Humdrum Budget.)