_Mr. Sheriff A-g-st-s H-rr-s_.--To attend to his professional duties,
and get through his official work.

_And Mr. P-nch_.--To bear as gaily as ever the weight of half a
century.

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SUGGESTION FOB MR. W.B. AT THE T.R.O.--Should Mr. WILSON BARRETT
contemplate giving another _Matinée_ of that out-of-date play, _The
Lady of Lyons_, why not change its title to _The Old Lady of Lyons_?
No extra charge for this suggestion.

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GENUINE ORANGE BITTERS.--Police Protection to TIM HEALY.

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[Illustration: MODERN VERSION OF "PAUL AND VIRGINIA."]

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VOCES POPULI.

THE IMPROMPTU CHARADE-PARTY.

SCENE--_The Library of a Country-House; the tables and chairs
are heaped with brocades, draperies, and properties of all