Wow-wow!
I'll have it very soon, if not just now-now!
Wow-wow!
My purpose I'll achieve,
And the Reichstag never leave
Until I get possession of that bow-wow-wow!
Wow-wow-wow!

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A QUESTION OF TITLE.--A recent speech by Mr. LOCKWOOD, Q.C., M.P.,
on the Art of Cross-Examination has been called "deliciously frank."
Henceforth, the genial Recorder of York is to be known as Mr.
DELICIOUSLY FRANK LOCKWOOD.

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A SOVEREIGN MAXIM.

He who risks the answer Nay,
When he asks he shall have MAY.

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[Illustration: WHEN A MAN DOES NOT LOOK HIS BEST.

WHEN PERCHED ON THE BACK SEAT OF A FRIEND'S DOG-CART; CAN TAKE NO PART
IN THE CONVERSATION, AND HAS TO DEVOTE HIMSELF TO STICKING ON!]

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IN SHEFFIELD PARK.

MONDAY, MAY 5, 1893.

_First Match of the Australian Cricketers against Lord Sheffield's
English Eleven._

In Sheffield Park, in budding May!
True English scene, true cricket day,
A generous host, and glorious play!
A date to mark!
A well-fought match, the Cornstalks' first!
A summer sun, a noble thirst!
The Season's on us with a burst,
In Sheffield Park!

The wondrous veteran W. G.,
At forty-five scores sixty-three!
(At sixty-three GRACE may we see
Score forty-five!)
Pleasant once more to have a peep
At those sharp eyes that never sleep,
Those bear's-paws that know how to keep
The game alive!

Safe SHREWSBURY and giant GUNN
At it once more! Oh Lords, what fun
To see them drive, and cut, and run!
A May-day lark
For elderly and paunchy lads!
Ah, Time his annual inches adds.
_We_ cannot buckle on the pads
In Sheffield Park!

Yet genuine pleasure still 'twill yield
To sit and watch, with noses peeled,
CONINGHAM smite and GREGORY field.
How's that, Sir! Hark!
Thanks to GRACE, SHREWSBURY, and GUNN,
LOCKWOOD and BRIGGS--what glorious fun!--
The first big match we've neatly won
In Sheffield Park!

Now for a wet after our roast!
Lords no, there is no call to boast!
But in Lord SHEFFIELD _what_ a host
Cricketers mark!
Who will forget that lovely day,
'Midst lovely scenery in mid-May,
Who had the luck to watch the play
In She