Simple SIMON? Well, that's not as clear as it looks.
The typical noodles of nursery books
Were podgy and chubby, or lanky and pale,
And--they tried to drop salt on poor dicky-bird's tail!
A fat boy in tight breeks with a palpable bait
May look a great fool; but I guess we must wait,--
Before we bemock him as crass and absurd,--
To see--what effect it will have on the Bird!
The trial's well timed, and the bait looks "not bad;"
The Boy _may_ "know his book," though he's only a lad.
Birds sometimes fall victims to Boys on the prowl,
And the Voter Bird is _not_ the wariest fowl.
The Voter Bird shortly must show what he's worth
He may be the stupidest dicky on earth,
Predestinate victim to salt-pinch or net;
But then he may _not_,--and he is "not caught _yet_!"
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AN AUTOCRAT'S ASPIRATION.--Pan-Slavism for Holy Russia, and
Pan-Slav(e)ism for the rest of Europe.
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LAND AND BRAIN.
(_A PAGE FROM A VADE MECUM FOR POLITICAL ECONOMISTS._)
_Question_. Can you tell me how long an Author has a right to the
profits arising out of his literary labours?
_Answer_.
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