This seat of torture that they call a saddle!

Va via! in plain English, get thee hence, or——

On second thoughts, to leave unsaid the rest,

I think, were best!


"ASTONISHING THE NATIVES"

First Alpine Tourist. "I say, Will, are you asleep?"

Second Tourist. "Asleep? No, I should think not! Hang it, how they bite!"

First Tourist. "Try my dodge. Light your pipe, and blow a cloud under the clothes! They let go directly. There's a lot perched on the foot-bar of my bed now—coughing like mad!"