"'Cause these ain't no milk at that end, mum."
CHARIVARIA.
Portugal is now officially at war with Germany, and the dogs of frightfulness are already toasting "der Tagus."
At first the report that Enver Pasha had gone to pay a visit to the tomb of the Prophet at Medina caused a feeling of profound depression in Constantinople; but it is now recognised that there was no other course open to him, as Mahomet was not in a position to visit the Pasha.
Sven Hedin is reported to be at Constantinople, on his way to the Turkish Front. It is supposed that he will undertake the writing of the official despatches, a duty to which the innate modesty of the Osmanli prevents him from doing full justice.
A salmon containing a label marked "U 100" was recently caught in the Avon. No trace of the crew has been found.