A NOVELTY.

Mr. Cylinder (who always uses his Host's cartridges). "What Powder are these loaded with, my Boy?"

Beater. "Ar doan't rightly know; but ar think they calls it Serdlitz Pooder!"


Coal and Wood.

["That a Board of Conciliation be constituted forthwith, to last for one year at least, consisting of an equal number of coalowners and miners' representatives, fourteen of each."—Terms of the Collieries Strike Conference.]

Hooray for happy harmony so readily restored!

Thanks chiefly to young Rosebery, that shrewd and genial lord.

And Mr. Punch is thankful, for such strikes we can't afford,