Can man sustain a greater curse Than to possess an empty purse? Yes, with abundance to be blest, And not enjoy the pow'r to taste. G.K. * * * * * EPIGRAM, FROM THE GERMAN. If one has served thee, tell the deed to many? Hast thou served many?--tell it not to any. J.L.S. * * * * * A GENTLEMAN. To tell the reader exactly what class of persons was meant to be designated by the word _gentleman_, is a difficult task. The last time we heard it, was on visiting a stable to look at a horse, when, inquiring for the coachman, his stable-keeper replied, "He has just stepped to the public-house along with another gentleman." The following is the negro's definition of a _gentleman_:--"_Massa make de black man workee--make de horse workee--make de ox workee--make every ting workee, only de hog: he, de hog, no workee; he eat, he drink, he walk about, he go to sleep when he please, he liff like a GENTLEMAN_." * * * * * "VERY BAD." Why are washer-women, busily engaged, like Adam and Eve in Paradise? Because they are _so-apy_ (so happy). Why is a widower, going to be married, like Eau de Cologne? Because he is _re-wiving_. Why is a vine like a soldier? Because it is listed and trained, has _ten-drills_, and shoots. Why is a sailor, when at sea, not a sailor? Because he's _a-board_. Why is a city gentleman, taken poorly in Grosvenor-square, like a recluse? Because he is _sick-westward_ (sequestered.) Why is it better for a man to have two losses than one? Because the first is a loss, and the second is _a-gain_. "If Britannia rules the waves," said a qualmish writing-master, going to Margate last week in a storm, "I wish she'd rule 'em _straighter_."-- _Lit. Gaz._ * * * * * _Printed and Published by J. LIMBIRD, 143, Strand, (near Somerset House,) London; sold by ERNEST FLEISCHER, 626, New Market, Leipsic; and by all Newsmen and Booksellers._