Second Lady Broker. “BOOKED!”]

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THE BALLAD OF CAPTAIN EYRE,

OF THE PACIFIC AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP “BOMBAY.”

    My name was ARTHUR EYRE, when I sailed,
    When I sailed;
    My name was ARTHUR EYRE, when I sailed;
    My name was ARTHUR EYRE, a true British snob, I swear,
    Who for Yankees didn’t care, as I sailed.

    I’d been taught at ’ome, per’aps, ere I sailed,
    Ere I sailed;
    I’d been taught at ’ome, per’aps, ere I sailed;
    I’d been taught at ’ome, per’aps, that JOHN BULL his fingers snaps
    At the “cussed Yankee chaps,” ere I sailed.

    So I steered across the seas, as I sailed,
    As I sailed;
    I steered across the seas, as I sailed;
    I steered across the seas, and swilled my hale at hease;
    I was master, “if you please,” as I sailed.

    VICTORIA’S flag I flew, as I sailed,
    As I sailed;
    VICTORIA’S flag I flew, as I sailed;
    VICTORIA’S flag I flew, and wore her colors too,
    Like a British sailor true, as I sailed.

    Off the shore of far Japan, as I sailed,
    As I sailed;
    Off the shore of far Japan, as I sailed;
    Off the shore of far Japan, I a Yankee ship did scan,
    That with helm a-starboard ran, as I sailed.

    A curse rose to my lip, as I sailed,
    As I sailed;
    A curse rose to my lip, as I sailed;
    A curse rose to my lip as on the Yankee ship
    Through the darkness I did slip, as I sailed.

    And I ran the Yankee down, as I sailed,
    As I sailed;
    And I ran the Yankee down, as I sailed;
    Ay, I ran the Yankee down, and I left the dogs to drown,
    While to Yokohama town on I sailed.

    They say they showed a light, as I sailed,
    As I sailed;
    They say they showed a light, as I sailed;
    They say they showed a light, to tell their hopeless plight,
    But “I served them bloody right,” as I sailed!

    For my name is Captain EYRE, as I sail,
    As I sail;
    My name is Captain EYRE, as I sail;
    For my name is Captain EYRE, and it’s d-----d absurd, I swear,
    That for Yankees I should care, as I sail!

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“Arcades Ambo.”

As there seem to be some disorganizing elements just now at work in the ancient and honorable order of the Knights of Pythias, might it not be well for them to compromise by a fraternal secession of the discontented spirits, who could form a kindred order under the title of the Deys of Damon?

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USEFUL MATERIAL FOR FANCY CLOG-DANCERS—­Sandal-wood.

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[Illustration: 

March 4, 1869. 
A GIANT AMONG THE PIGMIES.

March 4, 1870. 
A PIGMY AMONG THE GIANTS.]