For our part we thought "Lord Bathsheba" rather funny too.

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AN HISTORICAL CURIOSITY.

"At Blenheim is a small glass-topped table, which contains the
sword of the great Duke of Marlborough, also a letter addressed by
him to Sarah Duchess from the field of Waterloo."--_The Queen_.

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OUR PACIFISTS.

Far as my humble daily round extends,
There's none but longs to see us lay the foe low;
I cannot trace upon my list of friends
A solitary instance of a Bolo;
So that I've sometimes nursed a doubt
Whether there are such lots of them about.

But now, when that _Gazette_ in which I read
(To learn its views on any given matter
And so avoid 'em) hints that no such breed
Exists among us, save in idle chatter,
I am convinced the country reeks
With these unnatural and noisome freaks.

Only the worst are out for German pay;