"One recalls in this connection the statement made by Alexander the Great, that Napoleon's invasion of Russia was defeated not by the Cossacks, but by Generals January and February."—Stock Exchange Gazette.

This reminds us of Cæsar's comment on the sack of Louvain:—"Magnificens est, sed non bellum."


WIRELESS.

There sits a little demon

Above the Admiralty,

To take the news of seamen

Seafaring on the sea;

So all the folk aboard-ships

Five hundred miles away