Disestablishment, whenever that event should happen, and that this
would soon be mended."

* * * * *

TEMPERANCE RIDDLE.--Why is a man who is thoroughly good-natured and
ever ready to oblige, likely to end as a confirmed drunkard? Because
he is always _willing_.

* * * * *

A USEFUL EXPERIENCE.

I awoke at one in the morning,
I had been two hours in bed,
When--bang!--without any warning
A joke came into my head.
'Twas brilliant, awfully funny,
It flashed through my drowsy brain,
It was worth--oh, a lot of money!--
I chuckled again and again.

I thought how I might employ it,
I laughed till the tears rolled down,
Foreseeing how SMITH would enjoy it,
And how it would tickle BROWN.
I said, "I had best but hint it
To _them_, or they might purloin
This wonderful jest, then print it,
And between them divide the coin."