ed from Persia;
various designs, old and modern; no dealers; preferably after six
evenings."--_Daily Paper._

This gentleman seems to have brought back with him the methods of the
Oriental bazaar. Six evenings is about the average time for adjusting
a bargain.

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[Illustration: =BALM FOR THE SICK MAN.=

THE TURK (_after reading report from Greece_). "WELL DID THE INFIDEL
SAY, 'WHEN ROGUES FALL OUT HONEST MEN COME BY THEIR OWN'!"]

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[Illustration: _Parent (after tour of inspection of Art school)._
"YES, I THINK THIS WILL DO. I'LL SEND MY DAUGHTER HERE. YOUR
VENTILATION SEEMS GOOD."]

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=UNAUTHENTIC IMPRESSIONS.=

=IV.--DR. ADDISON.=

The ridiculous tradition of government by K. C.'s has for some time
past been broken down, and quite a number of our present Ministers
have never taken silk in their lives, except from cocoons in a
match-box. There is at least one business man in the Cabinet, and even
the LORD CHANCELLOR, great lawyer though he is, is almost equally
renowned as a horseman. "He sits the Woolsack," a hard-riding Peer has
said of him, "almost as though he were part of it."

Of this tendency to break away from the Bar Dr. ADDISON is one of the
pleasantest examples. We Englishmen surely owe as much to our great
physicians as to our great lawyers, and in some cases indeed the
fees are even higher. After the Demosthenic periods and Ciceronian
verbosity of some of our previous rulers Dr. ADDISON'S bright bedside
manner with an ailing or moribund Bill is a refreshing spectacle. The
shrewd face under the shock of white hair is too well known to need
description. The small black bag and the slight bulge in the top-hat,
caused by the stethoscope, are equally familiar. Nor is there wanting
in Dr. ADDISON that touch of firmness which is so necessary to a
good practitioner and in his case comes partly, no doubt, from his
Lincolnshire origin, for he was born in the county which has already
produced such men as Sir ISAAC NEWTON, the late Lord TENNYSON, M.
WORTH of Paris, the present Governor of South Australia and HEREWARD
THE WAKE.

None but the robustest of officials is allowed to direct the affairs
of the new Ministry of Health. The patron saint of its Chief is St.
Pancreas and his eupepsia is reflected in his subordinates. His junior
clerks whistle continuously, his liftmen yodel,