Little scraps of paper,
Little drops of ink
Make the KAISER caper
And the Nations think.

* * * * *

"A money prize offered to boys at Barcombe, Suxxes, for
killing cabbage butterflies resulted in over 4,000 insects
being destroyed. The winner, Victor King, accounted for
1,395."--_Liverpool Echo_.

We congratulate him on his Suxxes.

* * * * *

"One new thing he [Mr. HENDERSON] disclosed was that in his
pervious statement that carried the Conference to the Stockholm
vote, &c."--_Daily Mail_.

As "pervious," according to WEBSTER, means "capable of being seen
through," we think the printer is to be congratulated.

* * * * *

[Illustration: BREAKING IT UP.]

* * * * *

[Illustration: _Member of Committee (interviewing candidate for