st with the courage of the present, we shall
avert the dangers of the future. It has been said--and truly
said--that the sun never sets upon the British Empire. Let us believe
in that sun, and find in its rays an earnest of that glory which was
the birthright of our ancestors, and which, should be the birthright
of our descendants from generation to generation.

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[Illustration: ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.

_Antony_ ... JOHN BULL. _Cleopatra_ ... EGYPT. _Mecaenas_ ... H.
L-B-CH-RE. _Enobarbus_ ... GL-DST-NE.

_Mecaenas_ (_aside to_ ENOBARBUS). "NOW ANTONY MUST LEAVE HER UTTERLY."

_Enobarbus_ (_aside to_ MECAENAS). "NEVER; HE WILL NOT." (_Apart._) "AT
LEAST, NOT YET."

_Ant. and Cleo., Act II. Scene 2, adapted._

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MR. GLADSTONE'S CHANGE OF NAME.

He was "The People's WILLIAM." He will
Be known in future as "Our Home-Rule BILL."

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HIGH NOTES FOR A VIOLIN.--Last week a Stradivarius (_vide Daily
News_), a real genuine "Strad," sold at PUTTICK AND SIMPSON'S for
L860. Fiddle de L. S. Dee!

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IN THE TIME OF THE RESTAURATION.--They're going it! Feeding, feeding
everywhere, and not a bit to eat--without paying for it pretty
heavily. We gather from a note in _Sala's Journal_, that LONG'S Hotel
now possesses a "Restauration." Of course, those who live in "Short's
Gardens," won't be able to patronise "LONG'S." The management is
announced as under the direction of a "M. DIETTE," and, as he has
obtained no inconsiderable renown (so we are informed) at the Berkeley
and Bristol, patrons of LONG'S may expect something superior, by way
of "DIETTE-ary."

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MR. PUNCH TO THE BETROTHED PAIR.

(_The Duke of York and the Princess May of Teck._)

MAY 3, 1893.

'Mid the bird-chorus of the May,
From glade and garden madly ringing,
There sounds one welcome note to-day,
Round the glad world its way 'tis winging.
You hear--you hear the general cheer
That greets it! 'Twill suffice to show you
That all who love you joy to hear.
And all who love are all who know you!

Soft music of the marriage-bell
Seems woven 'midst the world's Spring Voices.
In truth, there's little need to tell
How in the prospect _Punch_ rejoices.
His well-pleased eye has watched your way;
His loyal heart ha