"Yes, Sir, discipline's the thing. Thank you, I'll have another
cigarette."

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SIMPLER FASHIONS IN INDIA.

"The bride, who was given away by her father, looked happy and
handsome in a beautiful red fern dress."--_Allahabad Pioneer_.

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TO THE KAISER FOR HIS NEW YEAR.

Now with the New-born Year, when people issue
Greetings appropriate to all concerned,
Allow me, WILLIAM, cordially to wish you
Whatever peace of mind you may have earned;
It doesn't sound too fat,
But you will have to be content with that.

For you will get no other, though you ask it;
No peace on diplomatic folios writ,
Like what you chucked in your waste-treaty-basket,
Torn into fragments, bit by little bit;
In these rude times we shrink
From vain expenditure of pulp and ink.

You hoped to start a further scrap of paper
And stretched a flattering paw in soft appeal,