_Eastend Dr._ Because that fiver will just give little SALLY the
breath of sea-air she wants, and she'll never make a good cure unless
she has it.

_Reg. Rake_. Because wife says she shall certainly accompany me.

_Barmaid_. Because I've just been ill for a fortnight from overwork,
and the Company say they can't give any more leave.

_Eastend Clergyman_ (_of any church._) Because there are hundreds who
want it more than I do, and I must help them to get a change first.

_Major Hornblower_. Because MACCRACSHOTT (the only man who has asked
me) was in the smoking-room the night I was fool enough to tell that
Snipe and Rhinoceros Story of PEYTON's in the first person.

_Quiverful_. Because there's another pair.

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EPITAPH ON AN OLD CRICKETER'S TOMBSTONE.--"Out at 70."

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MUSICAL NOTES.

_Popping a Question._--The _Daily News_, in its last week's "Music and
Musicians," informs us that "Mr. CHAPPELL has now definitely decided
that the season of Monday Popular Concerts shall this year commence