THE DEAF MAN"S PARADISE.--The Audit Office.
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[Ill.u.s.tration: OUR FRENCH VISITORS.--(Scene--_Royal Exchange_). _First Frenchman (his first time in London)._ "Tiens, Alphonse! Qui est cet homme-la?" _Second Frenchman (who, having been here once before is supposed to know all about it)._ "Chut! Plus bas, mon ami." (_Whispers in reverential tone._) "Ce monsieur-la--c"est le Lor" Maire!"]
A VERY MUCH OVER-RATED PLACE.--London, under the County Council.
A BILL ACCEPTOR.--A dead wall.
SITE FOR A RAGGED SCHOOL.--Tattersall"s.
LINKS THAT ARE NO SORT OF USE IN ANY FOG.--Shirt-links.
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND BEAUTIFYING TREE IN LONDON.--The plane.
"COIGNS OF "VANTAGE."--__ _s_. _d_.
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THE "BREAD OF IDLENESS."--Loafing.
POEM ON A PUBLIC-HOUSE
Of this establishment how can we speak?
Its cheese is mitey and its ale is weak.
THE ARISTOCRAT"S PARADISE.--Quality Court.
"THE CONTROLLER OF THE _MINT_."--The greengrocer.
SEASONABLE.--What sort of a bath would a resident of Cornhill probably prefer? A _Cit"s_ bath.
THE TIPPLER"S PARADISE.--Portsoken Ward.
MONEY MARKET
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[Ill.u.s.tration: A decline at the close]
[Ill.u.s.tration: Railways were dull]
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THE STOCKBROKER"S VADE MEc.u.m.--A book of good quotations.
EPITAPH ON A LETTER CARRIER.--_Post obit._
A MAN IN ADVANCE OF HIS TIME.--One who has been knocked into the middle of next week.
THE LORD MAYOR"S RESIDENCE.--The munching house.
[Ill.u.s.tration: A NEW TERROR FOR THE UNPUNCTUAL CLERK
[According to the _Scientific American_ they have commenced making in Switzerland phonographic clocks and watches, which p.r.o.nounce the hour most distinctly.]