An expert accountant.
Has worked out the cost
Of the keep of officials
Who've recently crossed.
It must be Three Millions;
Mayhap 'twill increase
If the delegates dally
In speeding up Peace.

* * * * *

"THE THAMES RISING.

"LONDON MILK SUPPLY THREATENED."--_Pall Mall Gazette_.

A surprising change of affairs.

* * * * *

"Sprats in South London are 2½ lb. a lb."--_Continental Daily
Mail_.

This may explain why our fishmonger's price is 2½ shillings a
shillingsworth.

* * * * *

"The story of an ingenious robbery by three young boys was told to
the Stockport magistrates to-day.