THINGS ONE WOULD RATHER HAVE EXPRESSED DIFFERENTLY.

Miss Bessy. "Won't you sing something, Captain Belsize?"

Captain Belsize. "Oh! I no longer sing now. Do I, Miss Caroline?"

Miss Caroline. "I'm afraid you do, Captain Belsize!"


TRYING HER STRENGTH.

["The one certain result of the elections will be to give increased stability to the Republic."—Daily Chronicle.]