"Classical Master for endurance of war wanted."--_Scotsman_.

Humane letters are very sustaining.


* * * * *

"MARCHING ON!

"The council of the Chippewa tribe of North American Indians, by
a two to one majority, have accorded the suffrage to their
squaws."--_The Vote_.

As SHAKSPEARE was on the point of saying, "Suffrage is the badge of all
our tribe."

* * * * *

THE SPOIL-SPORT.

["The Town Clerk of Colwyn Bay informs us that the fish caught
there the other day by two youths was a dogfish and not a shark,
as reported, and that its size was much
overestimated."--_Manchester Guardian_.]

O gallant youths of Colwyn Bay,
With what unmitigated rapture
Did I peruse but yesterday
The story of your famous capture!