A GOOD STAYER.--From the _Times_ of Tuesday, the 12th, we cull this:--

IN ANY CAPACITY of TRUST.--Seven years in first-class Turkish

Bath. Patience and perseverance. Good invalid attendant.

Active and attentive.

"Seven years in a Turkish Bath!" As Mr. WILSON BARRETT would

exclaim, "How long! How long!" What better example of patience and

perseverance, which, as all know, are "good for the gout," could

possibly be given? That after this long stay in the Turkish Bath, he

should be "a good invalid attendant," goes without saying. And not

only is he "attentive," which is a great point in an "attendant," but

he is also active--and this after so long a stay in a Turkish Bath, of

which, however, he does not mention the temperature.

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[Illustration: THE POLITICAL JOHNNY GILPIN.

(_THE FINISH_.)

"SO LIKE AN ARROW SWIFT HE FLEW BACK SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE THRONG, WHO

SHOUTED LOUD, 'HE YET WILL WIN! JOHN GILPIN'S GOING STRONG!'

"AND SO HE DID--AND WON IT, TOO, FOR HE GOT FIRST TO TOWN; AND, STIFF

AND SORE, AT THE HOUSE DOOR, BARE WINNER, HE GOT DOWN."]

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[Illustration: "COLOURABLE SHAKSPEARIAN IMITATION."

_Othello, M.P. for Central Finsbury_ (_saluting Sarum, Doge of

Westminster_). "HAPLY THAT I AM BLACK--" [_Doge shudders, but feels

unable to withdraw._]

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