It is possible that Mr. Tom Mann, the secretary of the A.S.E., will shortly retire under the age limit. It is rumoured that members have started to collect for a souvenir strike as a parting tribute.


Bus Conductor (after passenger's torrents of invective on the subject of increased fare). "Right-o, Ma. I'll tell 'em everythink you've said wen I takes the chair at the next directors' meeting."


The Ethiopian Again.

"COAL STILL BLACK."

Heading in "Church Family Newspaper."


"The output in the first quarter this year was at the rate of 248,000,000 million tons a year. It fell in the second quarter to 232,000,000. Between and beyond these lines there is an ample margin for bargaining."—Evening Paper.