I think I should send him into the army, that's the best place for himthere's the least to do and the handsomest clothes to wear," says the little wag, daintily taking up the tail of his friend's coat.

" King of Corpus (who was an incorrigible wag) was about to point out a half dozen of people in the room, as the most celebrated wits of that day; but I cut King's shins under the table, and got the fellow to hold his tongue, while Jones wrote on his card to Hoskins, hinted to him that a boy was in the room, and a gentleman who was quite a greenhorn: hence that the songs had better be carefully selected.

"You'll have some triers," said Appleyard, with an emphatic wag of the head.

" "Say, Mr. Percival B. Fresh, you certainly are the village wag when it comes to the Oriental repartee, ain't you?"

BEFORE THIS WORLDS GREAT FRAME, in which al things Are now containd, found any being-place, Ere flitting Time could wag* his eyas** wings About that mightie bound which doth embrace 25 The rolling spheres, and parts their houres by space, That high eternall Powre, which now doth move In all these things, mov'd in it selfe by love.

[* Wag, move.]

Indeed, there are, as Shakespeare's contented Duke says, "books in the running brooks, and good in every thing;" and so far from neglecting to turn the ill-wind to our account, we are disposed to venture a few seasonable truisms for the gratification of our readers, although a wag may say our subject is a dry one.

" "Ah, you're a wag, sir," keckled the old man, "I'll tell you frankly; I have an old father, sir,a gentleman, and a scholar, and a man of science; once in as good a country practice as man could have, till, God help him, he went blind, sirand

As it is supposed that the song of the Ranz des Vaches affects the sensibility of the Swiss very much, and makes them long to return to their native mountains, a wag has recommended to all the young ladies in France who are musicians to play and sing the Ranz des Vaches with all their might, in order to induce the Swiss to betake themselves to their native country.

and as tongues would wag, her father perhaps might hear of it, and what explanation could she give?

In buying a hat many of the "unfair sex"as the modern wag dubs the progressive sisters who wish to have all man's rights and privileges and keep their own besidesnever seem to consider their heads but from a front point of view.

A woman of distinction in Boston, who is exceedingly thin and tall, wore Watteau pleats so frequently, even on reception and evening gowns that she was dubbed by a wag "the fire-escape," a title which so strikingly characterized her style, that the term was adopted by all her friends when they exchanged confidences concerning her.

I heard a good bit of talk about them too," Mrs. Burton said, with a happy little wag of her head.

" "Anstey is a wag, you understand," explained Thorndyke, "but he has lucid intervals.

Then, all at once, oh, I guess in about two wiggles and a wag, if Sallie didn't see a nice, long, smooth, yellow carrot.

Oh, it wag great fun, I tell you!

They have adopted as a sort of trademark, a nickname given by some wag to the founder of the family, in the last century because of his immense fortune and success in trade.

We love them for the way they look out of their eyes, and the way they wag their tails.

GEHRES, ETHEL MALTBY. Wag, a friendly dog; a pre-primer.

LANKES, J. J. Wag-by-wall.

MAHONY, BERTHA E. Wag-by-wall.

Vanderbilt University (PCW); 10Sep71; R513069. POTTER, BEATRIX. Wag-by-wall.

so you'll never wag it again!

Just before the abolition of this party-coloured tribunal, a wag who was fond of music, but who had more wit than money, appeared at the gallery door, when the porter demanded the name of his master.

The wag boldly answered, "I am the Lord Jehovah's servant," and was admitted, one of the door-keepers saying to the other, "I never heard of that man's master before, but suppose it is some scurvy Scotch lord or other.