Please give me a Penny, Sir!
'Tis heard on every side,
Muttered by poverty's pinched lip,
Silent so long--from pride.
Ah! listen to their pleadings, Sir,
And pity the true poor,
Whose life is one long fight to keep
The wolf from the house-door.
Oh, please give me a Penny, Sir!

* * * * *

"ROOSE IN URBE."--Dr. ROBSON ROOSE has returned to town after a trip to
Madeira.

* * * * *

"SWEET STRIFE."

_By an Unionist M.P._

When PARNELL's mocked by HEALY,
In strident voice and squealy;
When HEALY'S snubbed by PARNELL,
In voice as from the charnel--
I understand the windy
Wild charm of WAGNER'S shindy.
Discord _may_ be melodious,
When Harmony sounds odious;