never knew till now that Salmon was a flying fish!"

* * * * *

"A cabinet Minister in the Casual Ward," was the heading of an article
in the _D.T._ last Friday, and it turned out to be all about the
Richie and the Poorie.

* * * * *

THE BEHRING SEA QUESTION.--Some delay at present, but immediately
after signing we shall commence "sealing."

* * * * *

THE FORCE OF EXAMPLE.

(_A STORY OF ADVENTURE NOT IN THE LEAST LIKELY TO BE TRUE._)

"Do you see what RITCHIE has been doing?" asked the Secretary of State
for War of one of his colleagues.

"If you mean visiting the Casual Wards, after attending a meeting
in the East End of London, I do," replied the Home-Secretary. "An
excellent idea, no doubt, suggested by that old story of the Amateur
Casual, which appeared some twenty or thirty years ago in the columns
of an evening paper."

"But don't you think it is playing it a little low?" suggested the
First Lord of the Admiralty.