STARTLING!
He (rapturously). "And now that's all settled, Darling, what kind of Engagement Ring would you like?"
She. "Oh, Gold this time, I hope, Dearest! I'm quite sick of wearing Imitation Engagement Rings!!"
[Tableau!
THE DUSTMAN AND THE BARGE-OWNER.
(A River Carroll.)
"Mr. Akers Douglas assured Baron Henry de Worms that a system had arisen of London barges, laden with tin kettles, old iron, pots, crockery, and even iron bedsteads, emptying this refuse into the sea near the Isle of Sheppey, and that the Whitstable oyster-beds were in consequence being ruined."—Daily Paper.
The Dustman and the Barge-owner