rever.' And I 'spose I do," added ARCHIBALD.
"It's the way of the world."

"Well," said the Hon. MICHAEL, "I don't envy you. I shouldn't want to
owe him a debt of any kind."

"Why?" queried BLINKSOP.

"Because, sooner or later, you'll have to pay it, double over," was the
reply.

(To be continued.)

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From Gay to Grave.

Here is a suggestive item from abroad:--

"On the Crown Prince's birthday he and his staff dined with the King of
Prussia at the Prefecture at Versailles, where covers were laid for
eighty."

Will PRUSSIA have the goodness to inform PUNCHINELLO (post-paid) how
many victims of the battle-field _covers_ have been laid for since the
beginning of the war?

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Confidential.

Business at the Interior Department will now be done up in a rapid
manner, for there can be no delay by DELA-NO.

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PUNCHINELLO CORRESPONDENCE.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

_Veritas._ A paragraph has been going the rounds of the papers, giving
some description of an animal called the "Tygomelia"--a sort of
camelopard--said to have lately been captured in the Hudson Bay
Territory. Is any such animal known to naturalists?
_Answer._ Not that we know of; but there's no telling what sort of
animals the writer of the paragraph referred to might have running in
his head.

_Blondula._ My hair has gradually assumed a lovely golden hue, but my
complexion is very dark. Will eating arsenic make me fair?
_Answer._ Stuff! (but not with arsenic.) Keep a candy-store, and be fair
in your dealings.

_Ornithologist._ I have a stuffed specimen of a beautiful bird called
the "Wax-wing." Was this kind of bird known to the ancients, and, if so,
where can I find a description of it?
_Answer._ Look for ICARUS, in LEMPRIERE'S Dictionary. ICARUS was the son
of DAEDALUS. It is said that old DAEDY, his daddy, made wings for him,
and stuck them on with cobbler's wax. ICKY took flight with them, and
got so close to the sun that the wax melted and his wings came off. Then
JUPITER caught him in his umbrella as he was falling, and transformed
him to the bird known as the "Wax wing."

G.F. TRAIN. Down with the Uhlans! Up with the black flag! Killed four
Uhlans before breakfast this morning. Uhlans wear baggy sky-blue
breeches. Give 'em sky-blue fits! BOURBAKI dined with me yesterday.
American fare. Gopher soup; rattlesnake has