Only for external trial--
Gems of London--gems of Paris--
Arid gusts--AUGUSTUS HARRIS--
Splitting mirth--some garbs that split, too--
Aching heads next morning, ditto!

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TO BE AVOIDED.--An Intemperate tone by a Temperance lecturer.

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[Illustration: _Benevolent Stranger_. "ALLOW ME, SIR, TO OFFER YOU A
DRINK!"

_Unfortunate Sportsman_ (_just out of Brook_). "THANKS; BUT I'VE HAD A
DROP TOO MUCH ALREADY!"]

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RESPECTABILITY.

["What is Respectability?"--_Daily Telegraph, Jan. 12._]

It's having money at the Bank.
It's being a personage of rank.
It's having spent three years at College
With great, or little, gain of knowledge.
It's going to Church twice every Sunday,
And keeping in with Mrs. GRUNDY.