'RYDER'".--Last week, on the 15th, as was reported in the
_Globe_, and elsewhere, "a humble crossing-sweeper," named RYDER,
stopped a runaway cab-horse (a great rarity this, too) just as he was
about to descend headlong the steps of the Duke of York's column, and
so saved the two passengers, who, we hope, in consideration of what he
has done for _their_ lives, have settled something hansom upon him for
_his_ life. If not, the proposition is here made, and after the prop
comes the RYDER.

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GHOSTLY COUNSEL.--Prizes are being offered for "Good Ghost Stories."
This may mean _Stories of Good Ghosts_; but supplying the hyphen and
supposing that the requirement is for "Good Ghost-stories," then _Mr.
Punch_ makes a present of a good title to any sanguine amateur who
may compete. Let him call his story, "A Ghost of a Chance." And _Mr.
Punch_ wishes he may get it!

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PENNY FOOLISH.--Somebody has published a penny _A B C of Theosophy_.
To the appeal of this Occult A B C the enlightened public will
probably be D E F.

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"QUI DORT, DINE," ET "QUI DINE, DORT."--A man who "goes nap" _at_
dinner, is pretty safe to go nap immediately _after_ it.

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ONLY FANCY!

(_FROM MR. PUNCH'S OWN HUMOURISTS._)

It is not generally known that the Emperor of RUSSIA visited London
the other day on his way to Paris, where he is to hold an important
secret conference with the President of the Republic and M. BLOWITZ.
His Imperial Majesty's disguise was complete, consisting as it did of
an aquiline nose of considerable size, and a secondhand gaberdine of
primitive cut. He visited the principal Music Halls of the Metropolis
and left by the last train for Surbiton, where his private yacht was
in waiting to convey him to Marseilles, and so on to Paris by the new
French canal system.

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Monaco has adhered to the Triple Alliance. The negotiations thus
brought to a successful issue, have been for a long time in progress.
Obligations of honour, which no longer exist, have hitherto compelled
me, as your Correspondent, to keep secret the fact that amongst the
_croupiers_ of the _trente-et-quarante_ tables at the Casino for the
past three months have been the Chancellors of the German and Austrian
Empires, and the MARCHESE DI RUDINI, who, thus disguis