SCORCHING.
First Countryman (to third-rate Amateur Jock, whose mount won't have the Fence). "Now then, shove 'im at it agin, Mister! Whoi denged if Oi wouldn't jump that 'ere little Place wi' a Jackass!"
Second Countryman. "Maybe yer would, ma Lad; but yer see that 'ere 'Oss don't seem to care about Jumping wi' a Jackass!"
THE JAP IN THE CHINA SHOP; OR, THE NEW "OPEN SESAME."
["China, properly opened up, would be an El Dorado for mankind.... The true conquest effected by the war is the conquest of the right to a market, and that apparently on an enormous scale."
"Daily News" on the terms of Peace between China and Japan.]
Little Jap loquitur:—
Come, wake up, old chap! I'm the go-ahead Jap.