The Sun.
London, England, 1871-01-26 00:00:00

COMIC PAPERS.

(From Punch.)

QUESTION BY A SEWING MACHINE.—What is Woman's
true sphere ?—The Hemisphere.
NATIONAL ADVICE.—Never go to war unless you are
morally certain that you are in tte right, and physically
sure of being able to crush your enemy.
A HINT FOR A HERO. —When next England goes to
war, the battle-cry of her future Nelsons and Wellingtons
must be, " Westminster Abbey, Madame Tussaud's or
Victory !"
INGENIOUS.—Farmer. "Jimmy, d'ye see the Wind has
Blawn the Flay-Craw Down ? Get away, and Set it Up !"
Jemmy (at his lunch). "It's Better as it is, Maister.
The Craws'll Think it's Stoopin' to Pick up a Styer.."—
North Country, " Stone."

ECONOMY AND EXTRAVAGANCE.
By Blood and Iron Bismarck wins, behold !
But conquest always costs us Blood and Gold.

(From Fun. )

Too LITTLE FOR THE MONEY.—Britannia : " I'm very
much afraid, Master Cardwell, that you haven't got the
full value of the money I gave you !"

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SKINFLINTS !—Shopman " Shoelaces ? Yes, m'm
allow me to recommend these, m'm, —remarkable
endoorin'—made o' porpu,s shin ! "—Lady :—" Good
gracious ! Is that what they do with them ? Well, I
have heard of cruelty in workhouses ; but shoelaces of
paupers' skin ! "—Collapses.

(From, Judy.)

THE SCHOOL BOARD.—Bloggins : " Hallo, guv'ner !
Hopes as how you wotes for the working man?" Elector
(pointing to curate): "Yes, and there he goes !"
A WEIGHTY QUESTION.—tat Juvenile Politician : "I
say, Bill, do you know why them Prooshuns don't raise
the siege of Paris ?" 2nd Ditto : "No !" Ist Ditto :
"'Cos they ain't got nothin' big enough to lift it with."

SWEET WOMAN'S SYMPATHY.—" Oh, its all very well
(sob) to talk about not feeling for poor Paris (sob), but
where am I to get my boots and gloves and things from
(sob) next season, I should like to know ?"—(Left
sobbing.
VERY LIKE-A-BULL.-Sir IZ. Phillimore has decided
the case of the French cable, which was seized under a
suppositious breach of international law, against Messieurs
les Prussiens. This is as it should be. No sensible man
could have any doubt as to the result. Contraband of
war, in spite of Count Bernstorff's " benevolent neutrality,"
was in this case found to be not (h)appily-cable

SPUTTERINGS FROM JUDY'S PEN.
A Vessel of Wrath—A man-of-war.

A Regular Nuisance.—Quarter-day.

One would have thought that, as the rest of Europe
could not possibly spare Paris, it ought to have made
Prussia do so, at any rate.

Why is it almost impossible to believe that the Prus-
sians have sunk six English ships in the Seine ?—Because
theylnust be in Seine if they have done it.

Two hundred watches were stolen from an Edin-
burgh jeweller on Sunday night, and other property to
the value of 2700. It is said the thieves put a boy into
the house by an aperture only a foot square. The boy
unbolted a back door and let his friends in.
A MOST DELIGHTFUL MAN.—Madame de Stael
was a pitiless talker. Some gentlemen who wished to
teach her a lesson introduced a person to her, who, they
said, was a very learned man. The blue-stocking received
him graciously ; but, eager to produce an impression,
began to talk away, and asked a thousand questions, so
engrossed with herself that she did not notice that her
visitor made no reply. When the visit was over the gen-
tlemen asked Madame de Stael how she liked their friend.
" A most delightful man !" was the reply ; " what wit
and learning ! " Here the laugh came in—the visitor was
deaf and dumb.

MR. LE ATHAM, M.P., ON THE BALLO T.-Mr.
E. A. Leatham, M.P., delivered an address on the Ballot
in the room of the National Reform Union, Manchester.
In the course of his speech he said that municipal elec-
tions must be regarded as the primary school of bribery.
It was there where those lessons were learned which pre-
pared the man in struggling circumstances for the
finishing touches of " the man in the moon." The
lesson was again and again learned, until he
became convinced that the vote was not a trust, but a
perquisite and an article of barter. He began to look
forward with expectation to the bigger prize, and when,
after an interval of three or four years, the parliamentary
election came, this promising pupil graduated 'in parlia-
mentary bribery with an outstretched hand and an' itching
palm. Hs was, therefore, convinced that the ballot ought
to be introduced into both municipal and parliamentary
elections. The ballot question ought to stand among the
first subjects for discussion in the House of Commons
during the approaching session, but he had heard certain
rumours that it would not.