taste of the roughs. The proceedings in the McFARLAND and JACKSON case
show that swagger, not study--bullying, not brains, are in a fair way to
become the important qualifications of a counsel. The lawyers should
organize in their own defence and classify themselves. Mr. PUNCHINELLO
suggests the following method as the simplest and probably the most
effective in its application to matters of legal digestion. Let there be
two classes made, the one to embrace the well-bred, and the other the
GRAHAM bred practitioners.

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THE SPORT AT WASHINGTON.--Fighting COX.

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THE PLAYS AND SHOWS

"O What a wretched smell of orange-peel and sawdust!" says MARGARET to me,
as we enter the gateway of the CIRCUS. Wretched! Why of all perfumes,
next to that of the clover and the new-mown hay, it is the most
delicious. For it brings back to us the days of our innocent childhood,
when we stole unlawful pennies to pay for admission to the charmed
circle of equestrian delights, and in youthful purity of soul, and
general dirtiness of face and hands, listened to the ingenious
witticisms of the clown, while we cracked the peaceful peanut, and
shared the social gingerbread.

Childlike innocence is a phrase that must originally have been applied
exclusively to girls. Obviously it is sheer nonsense as applied to boys.
Who ever saw an innocent boy, especially in a place of amusement? Are