Portended merely General Avalanche.
Mrs. R. is astonished to hear that "Count Taaffe, the Austrian Premier, is an Irishman and a Member of the British House of Lords." She says she is sure she has heard that "Taaffe was a Welshman, Taaffe was a ——," but she must have been misinformed!!!
A Strike-ing Suggestion.—The Pitt-coalition was a brilliant idea in its day. A coalition between masters and miners—a Pit-coal-ition, in fact—would solve the strike difficulty.
THE FRENCH FLAG.
AN AMICABLE APPEAL.
The Arab dhow to the chase is gone,
Chock-full of slaves you'll discover it;