"It is our guns playing on the defences of Toulon!" exclaimed the Officer. "Toulon is ours!"
And the treacherous Britons, having cleared the tables of the five-franc pieces still remaining on them, proceeded, with the aid of the Germans and Italians, to the dismemberment of France.
Nautical Economy.
["It is no use our building ships without the men to man them."—Times' Correspondent. ]
Proverb suggested by the above:—"Do not spoil the ship for a pound of tar."
Novel Proceeding.—New Issue, Japhet in Search of Something Farther. By Marriott.