"
Man's vulgarer ambition's not just to play well and win;
His eye is ever on the stakes, his interest on the "tin."
Whist! Whist! Whist! That blatant Bogey, Man!
Whist! Whist! Whist! He'll flout us when he can.
"Indirect means" though, after all, are portions of _his_ plan;
For all his brag he loves the "swag," the Bogey, Man!
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MUM'S THE WORD!
[Mr. CHAMBERLAIN presided lately at a Deaf-and-Dumb Meeting.]
JOSEPH _reflecteth_:--
Deaf-mutes make the best audience, I see;
_They_ gave me no rude flood of gibes to stem.
True, they were deaf, and so could not hear _me_,
But they were dumb, so _I_ could not hear them!
* * * * *
MADAME ROLAND RE-EDITED (_from a sham-Japanese point of view_).--O
LIBERTY! what strange (decorative) things are done in thy name!
* * * * *
JACK'S APPEAL.
["It is impossible for warrant-officers in the Navy not to
see that they are placed at a disadvantage as compared with
non-commissioned officers in the Army, and it must be
very difficult to persuade them that the two cases are
so essentially different as to afford no real ground for
grievance.
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