They use to "clash" along their way,

I p'raps might "ohm" upon my course

Or even "squirm," if "clicked" to-day.

"But no! the Times gives sound advice,

As matters stand, I think I'll "trice"!


OUR ADVERTISERS.

THE DON JOSÉ GIANT GRAPE GINGER BEER.—Don José di Gomez, Marquis of Maxillo, Duke of Bagota, Grandee of Spain, Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Purple Alligator, G.R.M.C.S.S., &c., &c., having, owing to some recent financial losses in connection with his ancestral estates in South Patagonia, determined to listen to the advice of experts and friends, who assure him that he possesses a complete mine of wealth in the Giant Grape Vineyards, for which his Sicilian property has long been celebrated, has made all the necessary arrangements for the manufacture of a sound and serviceable sparkling Wine, which, under the title of the Don José Giant Grape Ginger Beer, he is now prepared to supply to the general public at a moderate cost.


THE DON JOSÉ GIANT GRAPE GINGER BEER.—Is a delicious light sparkling wine, soft and smooth on the palate, of a Madeira flavour, possessing a bottled stout character, and if mixed with water strongly resembling the choicest brands of Old Burgundy, Hock, and Californian Claret, shipped from the estate direct, in cases containing one dozen, at 7s.