_Brown._ Such intelligent comments should do a world of good. _Jones._ I am sure of it. I know, speaking for myself, I feel much better after perusing a column that might have supplied the pabulum of a sermon. _Brown._ Just my case. It really strengthens one's moral perceptions to come across such noble sentiments. Well, as we have both read the leaders, let us exchange papers. _Jones._ With pleasure, only I want just to glance at the latest odds. This journal gives the latest information on all matters connected with racing and the turf generally. _Brown._ Just so, that is why I wanted to read it. Well, I must fill up the time by looking at the money article. Commend me to the city editor of this favourite production when you want to have a gentle flutter! * * * * * "KEY-NOTES."--In anticipation of H.R.H. the Prince of WALES visiting the Isle of Man later in the year, though at present The Prince of WALES declines, with thanks, The invitation sent from Manx, the House of Keys has put every quay on the bunch at His Royal Highness's disposal for landing. * * * * * FLOWER SHOWS AND CITY BUSINESS.--"_Preference Stocks._ Chatham Seconds _Rose_." What a sweet combination of colour and scent per scent! * * * * * EXPECTEDNESS. "Inevitable" is the new cant phrase, and certain phrases _are_ inevitable, it would seem. It is inevitable, if you should happen to beg the pardon of one of the lower middle class, that he (or more generally _she_) will reply with "Granted!" It is inevitable, if you converse with a young Oxonian of immature intellect, that he will murder the QUEEN'S, or (as he would call it) Quagger's, English by some such expression as "What a beastly sensagger!" or invite you to "stagger for the dagger" (_i.e._ stay for the day). But competent authorities are inclined to think that this laborious form of undergraduate wit, or "wagger," is doomed to speedy "extigger." It is inevitable that the would-be smart business person, when inditing a circular or club notice, will say, "Forward _same_," or, "I inclose _same_," instead of "_it_," whatever it may happen to be. It is inevitable that, when 'ARRY wishes to be familiarly polite at parting, he will take his leave with "So long." It is inevitable that, when a young City man desires to express his disapproval of any individual or thing, he will dismiss it as "no class." It is inevitable, if you make any surprising or absurd statement to a Yankee, that his comment thereon will be, "Is that so!" It is inevitable, if you meet an actor "resting" in the Strand, that he will ask you to "Name it," and you will proceed to do so (possibly at your own expense) at one or more of the excellent drinking-bars in that locality. * * * * * [Illustration: A YORKSHIRE GOSSIP. _First Gossip._ "SO YOU WAS NIVVER AXED TUT FUNERAL?"