y, things have not come to that pass;
And MATTHEWS'S obstinate backing,
Will not close the case against CASS.
Sound sense seems abundantly lacking
In Courts and in Cabinets too;
And Public Opinion will grapple
With bunglers like MATTHEWS and you;
So NEWTON, my boy, 'ware the apple!
You'll probably spy out a lesson or two,
In this story, that's old, with a moral that's new!

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ANOTHER version of "NEWTON and the Apple," is "NEWTON and the Appeal."
In France, it would have been sent up to the Court of Cass-ation.

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A TESTIMONIAL.

ON the front page of this week's _Christian Age_ is an excellent
portrait of a Christian Youth, Mr. Deputy BEDFORD as _Sir Adonis
Evergreen_. _Age!_ What has he got to do with Age, whether a Christian
Age or any other? He is not for an Age but for all time, and if "Age is
before Honesty," then at what period of his existence----but this is to
inquire too curiously into the future. Suffice it to say that there is
something in this particular Page which reminds us of an eminently
respectable Waiter, not unknown to the public, and to more than one
public it may be, as--"ROBERT." Christian Youth, _Salve Flos Waiterum_!
and in these "salad days," _Salvete Flores Tomatorum_!

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IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE.--The New Rooms at the National Gallery may now
fairly claim to present "the finest 'sight' in Europe." Thanks to Sir
FREDERICK BURTON and Mr. EASTLAKE, who, like the great naval hero on the
top of the column in the neighbourhood, may congratulate themselves on
having done what the Nation expects them to do--their duty. And so
here's our duty to you, Sir FREDERICK and Mr. EASTLAKE!

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POLITICAL MENSURATION.--When the Gladstonians say that we are "within
measurable distance" of Home Rule, do they mean that that distance is to
be measured by a (National) League?

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LORD BRAMWELL, "the Busy B" of the _Times_.

[Illustration: NEWTON AND THE APPLE.

(THE LATEST VERSION OF AN OLD STORY.)]

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[Illustration: THE TRIANGULAR DUEL OF THE OPERATIC MANAGERS.]

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LORD'S AND LADIES. (July 8, 1887.)

_Lady loquitur_:--

BATTLE of Blues? There's the blue of the skies and eyes aristo