Friers at a Pinch. — Tightlacers. The Book of Nature.— Autumn leaves. To WHAT PLACE WOULD YOU CONSIGN A. Conservative ?— A Reform a-tory. "Mr . Pjjmsoll's Bn,L talked oui." — Shipowners' Pastime. — WrecV-creation.
A Man's dearest object should be his wife, but sometimes it is his wife's wardrobe,

Thrbb Coukses.— The Course of Time, the Coune of True Love, and the Course at Epsom,

Why is evbby wixxer of the Dkrhy luck tub Sujj ?— Because he is a race-horse (a ray source,)

A Russian* nobleman, on being asked if he could play the violin, replied, •• I really don't enow • I have never tried,"

Repobt oh 'Oijaxob — " I feel myself at home in the City," said His Majesty the Shah. " There, at least, we all worship the Profit."

w Oh, ma," said a little girl who had been at the Zoological Gardens, " I've seen the elephant ; and he walks backwards, and eats with his tail."

A Nkw York orator, in a rhapsody about Columbus, has spoken of him as " a diamond in an oasis, who soared above all his con temporaries !"

Ait on o the "conditions of sale" by an Iriih auctioneer was the following : " The highest bidder to be the purchaser, unless some gentleman bids more."

A Revenue Assessor in Ohio, asking the usual qutations, inquired : " Did your wife have any income last year?" "Yes, sir," replied the assessed, "both girls." Speaking of the rumour that a New York editor is in love with a Danish princess, a provincial contemporary remarks that it is very unfortunate for the Princess.
