The Lady of the House, "Just the person I wanted to see. I've started ten committees in connection with the war and I want your help."
Visitor. "My dear! I've just started twelve and I simply counted on you!"
"The Suez Canal has brought St. Helena much closer than in Napoleonic days."
T.P.'s Weekly.
In the same way the opening of the Panama Canal has made Heligoland much more adjacent than in Lord Salisbury's days.
ODE TO JOHN BRADBURY.
(The new notes for £1 and 10s. are signed by John Bradbury.)