The organist seems to be a sympathetic soul.

* * * * *

"The fees for Burial will in the future be doubled, in order to meet the
increased cost of present-day living."--_Parish Magazine._

At this rate we shall soon be unable to afford either to live or to die,
and must try a state of suspended animation.

* * * * *

"As Lady ---- was stepping aboard she dropped a waterproof
satchel containing a pair of the Queen's shoes, and Their
Majesties laughed heartily at her Ladyship's discomfiture. One
of the sailors adroitly recovered the satchel with the aid of a
boot-hook." _Scotch Paper_.

The handy-man! Prepared for all eventualities.

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THE HOUSE THAT JACK WANTS BUILT.

[Illustration: This is the house that Jack wants built.]

[Illustration: This is the landowner who (if the talk of a railway
being made over this bit of land doesn't come to anything, and the
corporation cannot, after all, be induced to buy it as a
recreation-ground, and no one makes a better offer) is willing to sell