King Stephan III. of Servilia, while playing on the links at Nibliksk last week, Initiated one of his equerries into the humour of the game. By this thoughtful act his Majesty adds to the deserved love and reverence in which he is held by the Servilians of all classes.
Alan (to his mother, who is busy with a heavy house-cleaning). "Please, Mother, read me a story."
THE WALKERS.
There were eight pretty walkers who went up a hill;
They were Jessamine, Joseph and Japhet and Jill,
And Allie and Sally and Tumbledown Bill,